USA Layered Star Sign

For this project, you will need:

*surface of choice-the one I used is handmade

*star cut-out

*USA star decor-Hobby Lobby

*red, white and blue paint of choice

*POSCA paint pens-here is my affiliate link for the ones I use.

*raffia

*hot glue gun-affiliate link for the one I use.

I started by painting my star cut out with blue bonnet Apple Barrel paint and my USA star with my white paint.

Next, I used POSCA paint pens to paint the detailing. These pens are super handy to have if you craft often!

Once my stars were dry I hot glued them onto my surface. Blue start first and the white star on top as shown.

I tied up a quick raffia bow to add to the top and that’s all there was to it!

Patriotic Ribbon Flag

This is diy is seriously one of my faves and I hope you love it too!

Supplies needed:

*Pallet plank-I got mine from Wal-Mart in the craft section but you could use any piece of scrap wood.

*Wooden stars-Wal-Mart craft section

*Waverly chalk paint-Also from Wal-Mart. I used the colors ocean, crimson and white, but you can use any red, white and blue paint you have.

*Paint brushes

*Red, White, and Blue ribbon of your choice-Most of mine came from Wal-Mart

*Scissors

*Hot glue gun-Affiliate link for the cordless glue gun I use

Once you have all of your supplies gathered the first step is to get your stars painted so they can be drying while your doing your next step.  I painted my stars red, white, and blue but you could also stain them to give them a more rustic look or even mod podge some patriotic scrapbook paper on them to spruce them up.  There is no right or wrong way to do a diy!

Next, while your stars are drying go ahead and get all your ribbon cut to your desired length.  My pieces are between 8-9 inches.  Again, all of my ribbon came from Wal-Mart except for the red polka-dot burlap which came from Dollar Tree.

After the stars are dry you can go ahead and get them glued on your piece of wood in any order you like.

Pretty easy so far, right?  All that’s left to do is to glue on your ribbon.  I flipped over my plank and began hot gluing my ribbon on a few pieces at a time.  I used 2 pieces of each color of ribbon that I used and am happy with how it turned out.  This is how it looked after I finished gluing the ribbon on.

I decided the top was missing something so I decided to take some of my extra blue, trim ribbon and glue a piece across the top to finish it off.  This was exactly what it needed!

Love, Love, Love…Let me know what you think!

Lacy