i spent yesterday packing kits and creating this wall hanging project with the grateful harvest kit. it was what i envisioned when i put together all of the supplies, but you can certainly take the pieces and create something entirely different, especially with all of the paper that comes on the piano player roll, i still have tons left and already started a second project which i’ll share later this week.

supplies needed : grateful harvest project kit. scissors. dry adhesive. wet adhesive. 2″ and 7/8″ circle punch es {optional}.

step 1 : remove about half of the piano player paper by unrolling and cutting off. set extra paper aside for future use. pull an additional 48″ from the roll and fold back on itself so cut edge rests near the rolled pieces and adhere the two layers with adhesive, this will leave you with 24″ long sheet. fold the 24″ sheet on itself again and adhere, leaving an approximately 12″ sheet. this will be your base and the layers will offer some stability on which to layer all of the other elements.

step 2 : hand cut the cherry blossom {crate paper} paper. you can also use an exacto knife.

step 3 : adhere the handcut cherry blossom paper to the top of the player piano sheets and tuck top edge underneath the roll. add adhesive right where the roll meets the folded paper to hold it closed. cut off a 3″ strip from one side of the brown sugar die-cut {crate paper} and adhere to back at bottom edge so about 1.5″ sticks out along bottom, cut 18″ of pink seam binding and adhere along bottom where piano player paper and die-cut intersect to hide the edge.

step 4 : use extra scrap pieces of paper and a large journaling ticket to create a patchwork on the house chipboard. remove center star and set aside for future use. handcut and sand edges. adhere to banner base.

step 5 : creating the large paper flower.

step a : cut at least 24″ from the extra roll of player piano paper and fold lengthwise upon itself 2 times so you end up with a piece of paper that is approximately 24″ x 6″.

step b : cut mini strips along the open edge {the other edge will have two overlapping fold seams}.

step c : slowly pleat and staple the paper into a large circle. i find that if i staple as i go it’s easier.

step d : scrunch up those edges until your flower is nice and big.

step 6 : adhere paper flower to front bottom. punch or handcut two circles from the extra journaling tickets to create the center. you can distress them as i did by using ink along the edges and hand stitching a border around the smaller circle. stack and adhere to center of paper flower.

step 7 : tie the ribbon to one side of the player piano roll and then tie a knot every few inches to create a little bit of depth in the ribbon.

step 8 : create an additional focal point by glittering the small white paper flower and star cutout. i also handcut a few more pieces from the journaling tickets and adhered them to the centers. the trick for making sure these pieces are straight on the roll when hanging is to apply them after you hang the banner on the wall, you can see piece more clearly and know how it will hang. add the suede leaves and key by tying to the extra lengths of ribbon.

have fun creating!

xo-kl

Tags: kit, project, scrapbook, tutorial, vintage

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