American Crafts | Party Pieces

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Create a stunning backdrop out of paper plates.  This backdrop works great

for weddings and birthday parties.

Supplies: DIY Shop 3 (370861) Acetate Gold Foil Triangles, DIY Shop 3

(370878) Cards W/ Envelopes, Cardstock (AM71-766) Black, Sticky Thumb (ST340261) Adhesive Runner and Refill Permanent Solid, Valentines (373478) Gold Glitter/Love Washi 

Backdrop How To:

Gather about 50 paper plates, spray paint the back side of each plate with gold spray paint. Set aside to dry.  Use tape to adhere plates to your wall or background surface.  Adhere plates in a staggered overlapping pattern.  Repeat this step until you have covered your desired background area.  

Vintage Banner How To: 

Tear out pages from an old book.  Take a stack of about 4-5 pages at a time and trim into an oblong triangle shape, repeat until you have trimmed all of your pages.  Adhere glitter washi tape to the top of each banner piece.  Run the banner through the sewing

machine to stitch all pieces together.  Use scissors to trim slits into each of the banner pieces.  Each piece should look like fringe when you are finished.  Hang banner across your backdrop.

Frame How To:  Use your die cut machine to cut out a very saying to be displayed, cut title out of black cardstock and set aside.  Trim a piece of gold triangle acetate paper to the size of your desired frame.  Use adhesive to add title to acetate paper.  Set inside frame and display.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope this has inspired you to create your own party pieces!

Pink Paislee | I'm So Lucky

Hi friends!  I'm so happy to share my first project on the Pink Paislee blog today, using the new Citrus Bliss collection!  When decorating for Saint Patrick's Day, I like to keep the colors of my decor, soft and muted to match the other pieces around my house.  I chose to create a themed banner, to celebrate this special day.

Using the Citrus Bliss 12x12 paper pad, I began cutting out my title "Lucky" using my Silhouette Cameo.  I added machine stitching to each letter with my sewing machine and intentionally left long loose threads hanging to add to the feel of the project.  I backed each letter with dimensional foam squares, and then adhered them onto pre-cut burlap banner pieces.

I chose pieces from the Citrus Bliss ephemera pack, chipboard stickers, foam shapes, and wood veneer shapes to embellish my banner.  I also added frayed flowers from the Bella Rouge collection to couple of my pieces.

I strung my banner with gold thread and clipped it onto a frame using clothespins.  I cut two four leaf clovers with my Silhouette, embellished with tulle and tucked them in behind my banner to finish off the look.  I hope this has inspired you to create more Saint Patrick's Day decor for you home this season!

                                                  Collections used: Citrus Bliss, Bella Rouge and Atlas