Easy Spring Banner

Hello, sunshine! Today is officially the first day of spring, and I’m ready to spend the next few days putting up my spring and Easter decorations! I recently hung up an old decorative window that will serve as the centerpiece of my new gallery wall arrangement, but since I’m still deciding how I want the layout to be arranged, the poor window is looking pretty sad and lonely. I decided to dress it up a little bit with an easy spring banner, and I was super stoked to discover that this week’s free shape in the Silhouette store was exactly that!

One of the coolest things about the Silhouette software is the Print & Cut feature. It allows you to print a design with your home office printer and then transfer the printed sheet to your Silhouette machine to be cut. The printed registration marks ensure that the machine lines up correctly and gives you a perfect cut every time!

The Print & Cut feature has saved me SO much time and effort over the past few years that I’ve owned my Silhouette machines! It’s especially fun to use the Print & Cut feature with Silhouette’s Specialty Media – magnet sheets, temporary tattoo paper, adhesive kraft paper, printable gold and silver foils and more! {Note: ALL Silhouette Specialty Media is 30% off through March 31st when you use the promo code SPACE at checkout!}

If you’ve never seen what the Print & Cut feature can do, I encourage you to take a peek at this quick video to explore all of the possibilities!

I cut my spring banner components from dark pink, white and aqua cardstock, glued the layered pieces together, and strung them on to a length of green baker’s twine.

I added those adorable Dear Lizzy flowers to the banner by attaching them to the twine with a small piece of tape.

Quick, easy, and ready for spring time! Now I just need to finish up the rest of the gallery arrangement!

In addition to the 30% off Specialty Media sale, Silhouette is also offering these incredible deals on Portrait and Cameo bundles through March 31st:

1 Silhouette CAMEO® plus the following print & cut related items:

• 1 package of temporary tattoo paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive kraft paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive gold foil
• 1 package of printable adhesive silver foil
• 1 package of printable white sticker paper
• 1 package of printable clear sticker paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive cotton canvas

for only $269.99 (a savings of  over $88!)

OR

1 Silhouette Portrait™ plus the following print & cut related items:

• 1 package of temporary tattoo paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive kraft paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive gold foil
• 1 package of printable adhesive silver foil
• 1 package of printable white sticker paper
• package of printable clear sticker paper
• 1 package of printable adhesive cotton canvas

for only $129.99 (over $107 in savings!)

Those are amazing prices, and these bundles include a TON of specialty media for you to have fun with! Just be sure to use the promotional code SPACE at checkout to receive the discounted prices!

That’s not all! One lucky Happiness is Homemade reader is going to win a Silhouette Portrait machine of their very own! Enter via the Rafflecopter form below – Good luck!

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