Just Saying: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star banner

Where to start. Imagine a mom of an infant planning for a friend's baby shower. Cue the support network. I offered my craft supplies vs buying at a big box store. After some discussion, I offered to make a feature wall banner.

Hostess provided suggestions on colour scheme and styles she liked. I made up a prototype. After some tweaking I was able to get a full understanding.

Then I did what I thought was best and took creative control :)

Using Stampin'Up! Whisper White, I cut out the largest sized banner, VersaMark the edges and heat embossed gold. I realize, I could have just cut out of gold foil cardstock, but why make it easy?

Next layer is the second largest banner die, stamped with Mint Macaron using the Star of Light set. That was then run through the Lucky Stars embossing folder and using foam strips dimensionals the gold foil Large Letters were attached.

On the ends and the word spacers I used So Many Stars die to give the filigree effect - also gold foil.

This banner was kept gender neutral until the last minute.

It's a girl, just a bit late, but in time for her baby shower.

So, thinking cap back on. How do I make a finished banner more girly? Add pink and flowers!

I noticed a mistake in my planning when I layed out the letters. I missed a spacer between little * star. So! I created 7 new banner flags using Blushing Bride cardstock, instead of gold. Stars embossing on Whisper White and adhered 3D flowers which were stamped in Blushing Bride and using 2 large and 2 small daisy punches (with curled petals). The picture shows stamped in yellow, but they were gold embossed centres.