It's a Banner Day

Hi Papertrey friends. It's time for another Design Team Group Post using a much anticipated grouping of products....the Banner Builder stamp set and coordinating dies. For my project I chose to use a sports theme to create some fun door decor for my sporty reds.

Using images from Piney's All Star Team, All Star Team Additions, and Have a Ball stamp sets, I created lots of die cut looking shapes. By embossing all of the images with black embossing powder the cut out images resemble items you'd pick up at your local scrapbook shop. Love. The notch tipped banners are from the new Banner Builder stamp set, along with the pinking shear looking banner topper. And check out those basketballs...they are punched from some textured basketball paper I picked up at my local scrapbook store.
For my banners for the girls I used the large set of notched banner dies. There are two nesting dies which make layering a breeze. I added black stitching to the banners with my sewing machine.
Note: You'll see many of the banner toppers facing downward on the banner. I wanted my toppers to face up so I took a scrap of cardstock and adhered 1/2" Scor-Tape....peeled the backing off.....then added 1/2 of the topper and 1/2 of the top of the banner to the adhesive strip. Makes for a really tight hold. 
To create my banners I simply added all of my embellishments to the banner dies using pop dots. You can really zoom in and see how cool the black embossing looks.
I made two similar banners, one for each of the girls.
I found these great basketball pieces at my local scrapbook store. I thought they would make for some great door decor and a nice backdrop for the banner pieces. Jordan was kind enough to let me use some old shoe laces from a smaller pair of basket ball shoes. These were used to hang the banners over their doors.

Here's a shot of Jordan's door decor. The girls loved them....especially since they usually don't get to tape stuff to their doors or walls.

I also made some cards for the girls using more of the same supplies listed above.
For the background paper I used Pine's Halloween Prints. The black and white stars were perfect since our school colors are black and white. I also used some Cork Paper to place all the miniature banner elements on. I think it resembles a bulletin board that you stick sports pennants to. As a personal touch I added the girl's jersey numbers to some punched circles. The numbers are included in the Banner Builder stamp set.
On the inside of the cards I used lots of quotes from the All Star sets. I thought it would be for Eric and I to add some encouraging comments on each game day. The girls really loved these cards!!
I can't wait to use my Banner Builder accessories more. In the meantime check out the other PTI designer blogs for more banner inspiration:

• • Nichole Heady
  • Heather Nichols
  • Lisa Johnson
  • Betsy Veldman
  • Debbie Olson
  • Dawn McVey
  • Kim Hughes
  • Niki Estes
  • Melissa Phillips
  • Erin Lincoln
  • Maile Belles