It's spooky season!

And what better way to start it off than with some creepy crawlers to decorate with! With this adorable-- and kind of creepy design, you can start off your Halloween decor with a banner that says, well, whatever you'd like!

I did try really hard to think of some clever spider pun that I could put on the inaugural banner but they all came off a bit creepy in a different kind of way. SO, I stuck with the good old "Happy Halloween". 

So now that your skin is crawling, let's get to it! If you're a seasoned Cameoer or Cricuiter you can just scroll your way down to get the files. In case you're newer to the crafting game, here's a quick run through on how to create the banner you see above (or your probably much cooler, imaginative version of it!). 

Lunita Paper runs on many machines, including Silhouette Cameo. Now, if you use Cricuit I imagine it's a fairly similar process but unfortunately I can only direct you in Silhouette Studio as I am at max capacity for machines in my office. Also if you're looking for absolute basics on how to use your machine before you jump into a project like this, Silhouette School has some amazing tutorials and will help you get on your way. 

First, download the SVG files here!
Please keep in mind that by downloading these you are agreeing to only use them for personal projects, none of the designs from Lunita Paperie are to be sold, redistributed, because.. well that's my job! Please let me keep my job, I quite like it!

A little overview on the files:
There are total of 8 SVGs included. The font I used on mine is De Arloy, but you can use whatever spooky/gothic looking font you'd like.

• Spider Angled Layer SVG: Can be layered on to the Spider Angled for a 3D effect.
• Spider Angled SVG: Spider from a sideview, because we like to have varied spiders! 
• Spider Angled Hole SVG: Same spider from a sideview with a hole to make it hang.
• Spider Layer SVG: Can be layered on to the Spider for a 3D effect.
• Spider SVG: Spider from a top view (you could just leave these places to terrorize people too).
• Spider Hole SVG: Spider from a top view with a hole to hang it.
• Web Flag SVG:  This is the base of your banner, the most fun part to weed!
• Web Flag SVG:  Same as above but with a small hole to hang your little spiders.
  

Open up your program (Silhouette Studio for me) and start moving your banner bases around as needed. I work with 8.5" x 11" media because I keep truck-sized loads of this card stock on hand. But I know many home crafters live on 12"x12" so you do you. I do recommend using 80lb cover for thicker for banners so that they won't be flimsy or get bent/messed up easily. In my experience Cameo does well up to 100lb cover, after that I'm having to triple+ cut it.  

Count how many flags you're going to need, decide on colors and we can get moving! You will have to decide on your font, like I said I used De Arloy because I feel like it has a cool gothic kind of vibe with a bit of elegance! Whatever you use, you'll want to type out your text and make sure it's well-spaced because we're going to offset it (unless your font is already lovely and thick).

Now, select your text and make your way to the Offset Panel, I made my top layer of text (the white layer) offset by 0.100. 

Then I copied and pasted the offset text and offset again to make that back black layer. I then selected all of the text and adjusted it to the size I wanted against the banner. I wanted to show a lot of the web so I did keep it more on the medium side. 

After that it's just a matter of cutting all of this out. I always double cut for thick card stock like this and I always use "cut" instead of "cut edge" because my designs usually have inner cuts. 

And of course, it being a spider web, it'll be so much fun until you have to get all those little scraps from in between the webbing panels off your mat! This is the point when you regret your ambitions and realize it would've been nice to just make a "Boo!" banner instead of a 15 flag banner.

 

Now that you got past the tedious part, on to the fun! I just glued the layers of letters together since there is plenty of contrast between the black and white. Attaching them to the banner, I used 3D foam squares and painstakingly lined up where to attach the squares on the web to then attach to the letters to make them pop.

If you do want some hanging spiders, make sure you cut a couple of flags with the holes as well as spiders, or be like me and realize you forgot to cut spiders with holes and have to stab them with a re-purposed ceramics tool to make lovely new holes. The spider layer SVGs come in handy right here to layer on top (and even under if you want) to cover up the string knot that keeps your little guy attached to the web above it.  I used white crochet string for this because it's thin and easy to work with. Tie the not behind the web on the spider flag and you're good!

I highly recommend doing any hanging spider flags before you string the banner together because it's just annoying to have to flip the banner around to tie the knots. Put it all together, add some banner on the ends and voila!

Hopefully that wasn't too painful and you had some extra spiders to pulls some tricks with!

Now, if you make a spookily beautiful banner with this one, be sure to share! I love to see where people take an initial idea and go all out with. And if you run into any issues or have some helpful tips for this new DIY section of Lunita Paperie, let me know!