Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial
Hello, Friends! This beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial is our Wonderful Wednesday project of the week. Rustic burlap pennants, handmade flowers, antique lace, and rich layered papers make it the perfect bit of fall home decor.
Handmade Sunflowers and Burlap Equals All the Fall Feels
Rustic burlap pennants and handmade sunflowers really amp up the autumn vibe of this fall banner. Stitch the pennants onto pretty tan gingham ribbon and top with vintage ivory lace to add even more texture to the design.
TIP: Add star anise in with your embellishments to make your banner smell as lovely as it looks!
TIP: Layer Floral Ephemera Bits to create a pretty autumn scene. Then tuck in die cut ferns and handmade flowers to bring it to life. Can you spy the star anise?
TIP: Mix and match handmade flowers on a die cut wreath. Use a circle die to cut images from 4×6 journal cards and place in the center of the wreath.
Copper Tones
Copper tones add warmth and richness to any autumn project. I’ve incorporated them on this banner in three ways:
- First, tie bows with copper taffeta ribbon and add copper satin ribbon streamers to the bow clusters.
- Next, paint antique bronze pumpkin embellishments with a little copper acrylic paint. It’s amazing how that light coating of copper paint makes the pumpkins stand out!
- Finally, spritz your floral papers with a bit of copper mist. This is subtle, but oh, so beautiful!
Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial on YouTube
If you’d like to see this banner come together, then I cordially invite you to grab a cuppa and a snack and join me over on my YouTube channel for the tutorial.
As I mentioned in the video, many of the flower dies I used are retired. But I bet you have some beautiful flower dies tucked away in your stash. Why not pull them out and use them to dress up your own beautiful banner? If you don’t have any flower dies in your stash, I highly recommend Elizabeth Craft Designs as a source. There’s a lot to choose from there.
You can find a linked supply list below this post.
I’ll be back next week with our Choose Your Own Adventure Card Tutorial of the Month. I’m feeling a pop up card coming on….hope to see you then!
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy
SUPPLY LIST
- Simple Stories Simple Vintage Autumn Breeze
- Copper Taffeta Ribbon
- 3/8″ Copper Satin Ribbon with Metallic Edge
- Pumpkin Baker’s Twine
- Burlap String
- Antique Gold Check Ribbon
- Vintage Lace Trim from my stash
- Dies
- Spellbinders Sunflower Serenade Die
- Amazing Paper Grace Cinch n Go Flowers (retired)
- Spellbinders April 2018 Large Die of the Month (wreath)
- Eileen Hull Thinlets Stitchlets House/Pocket Die (retired)
- Tag Die (Eileen Hull?)
- Bits and Bobs from my stash
Beautiful Banner! I always love your ideas! Thanks for sharing with us and thanks for the inspiration! Crafty Hugs!
Beautiful! Love the colors and the use of burlap-perfect for fall. You certainly hit the nail on the head using this paper collection! Thank you for sharing.
Glorious Kathy, a stunner with the floral arrangements and woodland scenes. The ‘Lovely’ music is the perfect addition too. Can you hear the leaves gently falling to the ground to create a scrunchy carpet in the garden? I have never made a banner, this one is certainly inspiration to make one for my arty space!
That banner is beautiful, Kathy! For a while in my family I was called the “Banner Queen!” But I guess I got tired of making them; except this…this inspires me so much! Thank you for always encouraging us to make something lovely!