Banana Frog Blog

and now for something a little bit different...

There are so many different Christmas colour schemes available now that we don't have to stick to traditional red, green and gold to decorate our homes any more so if you fancy something a little more adventurous then how about a Banana Frog tree to decorate your mantelpiece with...

 

I used BamPop papers stamped with Banana Frog Pattern Block and Circus Stories stamp sets to create the 'leaves'. The leaves were then stuck to a chipboard cone (the type used to wind wool onto) in layers until I reached the top.

 

The top of the tree was topped off with the stars from the Circus Stories stamp set mounted onto wire to give the tree some life and finally finished with some sparkle!

Enjoy!

Hannah

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

 

We had the first snow of the winter on Tuesday - of course I had to go and take photo's! We went for a walk and I got some great pictures of the local scenery, but I think this one of the huge willow tree in my front garden has to be one of my favourites. 

I used Banana Frogs Thiamine to stamp the title onto light blue cardstock, and then just highlighted the edges with a Marvy glitter pen (it's hard to see on the picture, but it's nice and glittery in real life!). I then used the dotty circle from Concentric to stamp a background pattern onto the black cardstock. I love the look of white ink on black, but I struggled for ages to find an inkpad that worked well. I've used the Brilliance Dew Drop in Moonlight White here and it seems to have done the trick! I finished of with a little strip of ric rac, frayed at the ends and attached with a couple of brads, and some journalling strips I printed on the computer. A simple layout in less than an hour!