Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids Hop~ Day 1

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In the eyes of children, we find the joy of Christmas. In their hearts, we find its meaning."

 

 

Good morning everyone! We are hopping today to share the banners we have made for some very special kids!

By teaming up with Madison Womack's I FEEL THE LOVE PROJECT, the banners we crafters have handmade will be going to the hospitalized children at Children's Hospital Central California! Though these children won't get to be home with their families this Christmas we hope to bring a little bit of home to them.

 

If you just stumbled upon our blog and would like to start at the beginning of this hop at Ellen's Blog please click here! There is LOTS and LOTS of blog candy so please be kind and visit every blog!

 

Each day (Sat-Mon) there is a new line-up of participants so please make sure to check back each day! In case you get lost here is the line-up for Day 1 (Sat. Nov 10)

 

1. Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
2. Jessica - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
3. Lezlye - http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/
4. Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
5. Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
6. Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
7. Scrappin Madge - http://thescrappinlounge.com/
8. Jeannie D. - http://polkacabana.wordpress.com/
9. Jessica E.~ http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
10. Kimi ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com (here)
11. Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/ (next)
12. Theresa Neubaum ~ http://www.scrappyartcrafters.blogspot.com/
13. Khrista - http://creativeandcraftyteacher.blogspot.com/
14. An'Jenic - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
15. Jennifer R - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
16. Gloria W. http://gloriawest.blogspot.com/  

For today I am sharing with you the first banner I've ever made. I decided to go with a "winter" theme for this one. I have to hand it to those of you that make banners a lot. I thought this would be easy peasy...oh I was wrong...at least for me it wasn't! So kudos to all that can do these and do them well!!!

For my 1st banner I made it using last years "Winter Wonderland" DCWV stack. Love that paper stack! It's filled with beautiful blues and silvers. I wanted to do snowflakes and thought how neat it would be to have them cut out in ornaments. So I got out my Imagine and went to work. Now I can't remember for the life of me which cartridge this is from but it had all kinds of things in the ornaments! For the solid ornaments on each end I added some elements from the paper stack that I fussy cut. With the snowflake ornaments I back them with glitter paper to make them really pop! I have a photo below of the front, some close ups of the ornaments, and then a photo of the back. The back is plain and simple but at least it'll look nice from both sides :)

So there you have it. My first banner! I can't wait to ship this one and one for tomorrow off to the Children's Hospital!

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On to your next stop: Janet!