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Hello Sunshine Door Hanger

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Have you decorated for Summer yet? For some reason I feel like I can’t until my kids are out of school.  They won’t be out until June 7th though, so I’m getting out all the bright and colorful Summer decorations before school is out!  I shared the Hello Sunshine Door Hanger over at The Wood Connection a couple of weeks ago.  I seriously LOVE it, don’t you?

hello-sunshineI started with my Sun, and I sanded all of my edges.  Then I traced the front of the sun onto the back of my paper.  I numbered each piece to make sure that they lined up once they were cut out.  Once I had them cut out, I set them on to make sure they fit.
collageBefore I glued my paper down (using wood glue), I painted all of the edges yellow.
painted-edgesFor the center of the sun, I painted it orange, and then I measured every 1/2 inch and taped it off with painters tape.
painters-tapeThen I started painting the stripes.  I wanted the ombre look, so I started with white paint with just a little bit of orange added into it.  For every stripe following, I added just a little more orange each time.  Once it was painted and dried, I used some fine sandpaper and lightly distressed it.
ombre-sun-centerHere you can see the distressing.
ombre-stripesAren’t banners so much fun?! I added this fun “hello” banner, because everything is better with a banner. 🙂  I hand cut out the triangles and stuck them on to some baker’s twine.  Then I cut out some letters with my Cricut machine and stuck them on the banner flags.
hello-bannerTo finish it off, I added the little ribbon holder to the back and tied my ribbon on to hang it from.
hello-sunshine-door-hangIsn’t this the perfect addition to your front door for summer time? I just love how bright and happy it turned out!  I know if I walked up to someone’s door that had this on it, it sure would make me smile. 🙂

Disclosure: I was given this project in exchange for writing a post. I love The Wood Connection and love that I can share it with my readers. All opinions are my own. This post contains a Cricut affiliate link.  I love my Cricut and I’m excited that I can share what I love with my readers.

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  3. DesignGeek says

    This is totally unrelated to your post, but I love your blog design! I love how much you incorporated into the header. Did you do that yourself or do you know tech savvy people who helped?

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  4. Shelly Dolen says

    Love it!! This just says happy summer days! This week I am co-hosting Creative Geekery’s Pin It Party and we would love for you to come and share it at this week’s THE Pin It party on Thursday at wwww.dolendiaries.com Hope you can make it!

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