Sizzix - Birthday banners for boys

At the Country View Challenge the challenge theme of September is: Numbers. 

Since I always like to create something useful I decided to make birthday banners for my nephews who will celebrate their birthday in November. Zsiga will be 7 on 5  November and Matyi will be 4 on 11 November hence I put their birth years and ages to the banners.

I used the Sizzix new Bigz L Banner to make these birthday decorations.

I cut out two shapes from blue cardstocks and four from green cardstocks.

Then, I cut out 0,5 cm with scissors from each sides of the green banners.

With a Sizzix - Stampin' Up embossing folder I embossed the green banners. I had to make it in two steps because the embossing folder was smaller than the banner.

I coloured every edges of my cutouts using a Ranger Distress Ink Pad (Frayed Burlap) and a piece of sponge.

I glued the green parts to the blue banners.

I cut out a star and an owl using Sizzix Framelits Die, Stars and Sizzix Bigz Die, Owl by Dena Designs.

I cut the numbers and the letters with Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Boardwalk by Tim Holtz.

I made two holes of each banners with We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Big Bite.

Then I put eyelets to the holes.

Here you may see the stripes better:

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz L Die, Banner by Lori Whitlock (660292)

Sizzix Framelits Die, Stars (657567)

Sizzix Bigz Die, Owl by Dena Designs (657694)

Sizzix Sizzlits Alphabet Die, Boardwalk by Tim Holtz (659427)

We R Memory Keepers, Crop-A-Dile II, Big Bite

We R Memory Keepers eyelets

Ranger Distress Ink Pad by Tim Holtz (Frayed Burlap)

Sizzix for Stampin' Up Embossing Folder, Stripes

cord

cardstocks

glue

With these banners I like to enter to the Monday challenge of Simon Says Stamp blog: Trio of colors