It's Hot Out There!

Looks like there are a lot of us experiencing some really warm temperatures these days. The perfect weather for our new Sun Kissed line! Here is a little tutorial on how to make your own summertime garland.

Start by cutting out a bunch of different shapes from various double sided papers. I chose to use flowers and suns to go with the theme. I used my slice and cut out 16 different pieces, I chose 8 different sizes/shapes and cut out two of each of those.

I then stacked the two identical pieces together back to back. I wanted the same side of the paper to show on each piece, however you may want to not stack them together and let the two different sides of the paper show.

Now just start sewing them together using your sewing machine. Make sure to leave some space between the pieces, just keep sewing even though you aren't sewing on anything.

I knew I was going to want to cut the strand in half so I made sure to leave and extra long piece of thread in the middle. I then attached each half to the decorated banner piece.

Here are some close ups of the center piece. It was made using the second to last page of the

Edgy Albums.

Super fun and summery!

You can also just make the garlands alone. Here is a photo of one that I made for the 4th of July and now it hangs in my sons' room. Used Block Party for it. I also scored all of the stars before sewing so that they would be easy to bend out and make it 3 dimensional.

Products Used:

Sun Kissed

Sun Kissed Party

Sun Kissed Skies

Sun Kissed Stripes

Sun Kissed Summer

Sun Kissed Combo Sticker

Sun Kissed Chipboard and iCandy Chipbpoard

Sun Shiny Day Rub ons

Sun Kissed iCandy brads

Sun Kissed Buttons & Bling

Sun Kissed iCandy Jewels

Sun Kissed

Noteworthy Fun in the Sun

Hope you all enjoyed the tutorial, would love to see what you make!

Tonya Dirk

Bo Bunny DT Member

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