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Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial

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49 & Market Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial

Hello Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday and I have the coziest 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial to share with you.  This is the perfect bit of fall home decor to hang in the coffee area of your kitchen or office.  Vintage coffee brown buttons, antique lace, gingham ribbon and burlap string….can it get any more cozy than that combo?

By Special Request

It’s been quite a while since I made a banner.  Not because I don’t enjoy making them; I do!  But photographing them is so hard!  But because so many of you asked me to make a banner with this beautiful paper collection, I did it!  And can I just tell you something?  It’s 10 times prettier than these photographs!

I created a tray full of sunflowers and foliage to embellish the banner…and future projects that I have in mind for this lovely collection.  That took the better part of an afternoon in the studio.  But I love the way they turned out.

From Arch to Pennant

Because I really wanted this banner to be unique, I decided to use an arch die to cut the pennants.  There’s something very warm and inviting about that rounded edge.  I used a Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Frame Gateway arch that I had in my stash.  Sadly, it’s discontinued, but you can easily sub in any arch die ( or banner die) from your stash and be just fine.

My Favorite Pennant

While I love every detail of this pretty banner, the central pennant is my favorite.  And yes, it’s because of the shaker window.  I wish you could all see this in real life, as those gems and sequins sparkle like dewdrops on my faux windowpanes.

TIP:  Pair up your handmade flowers with fall flowers from your stash.  I mimicked the color palette of the laser cut wildflowers when I selected posies from my Little Birdie Stash.

Mix Things Up

Personally,, I like it when a banner has different sized/shaped pennants.  So I created 3 large pennants and 2 each of the middle and small sized bases.  I used both the 12×12 and the 6×8 pad to cut my pennants along with scrap pieces for the small ends.

TIP:  Select your favorite die cut and place it in the center of your banner.  Add lots of dimension with foam adhesive and some pretty flowers, too.

Country Heart Cafe Kitchen Banner Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to follow along and see the process I used to create this banner, then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy the video tutorial on my YouTube channel.

 

You can find linked supplies and some basic instructions in the description box below the video on my YouTube channel.  I’ve also tagged items in the video for your shopping convenience.  Of course, you can find a linked supply list below this post.

I’ll be back next Wednesday with a card tutorial…or two…featuring this beautiful paper collection.  I hope to see you then,

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Christmas 2025 Advent Banner and Table Favors

Christmas 2025 Advent Banner and Table Favors Project Share and Tutorial

Hello, Friends!  Today I have a quick little Christmas Advent Banner and Table Favors project share and tutorial for you..  It’s my very first Christmas project for 2025, and I had such fun making it!

Do you ever have a project in your mind that you just want to make for a long, long time?  I’ve had this Advent banner in my head for ages, but never had the time/opportunity to get it made.  While I was recently battling a  truly rotten cold, I decided to get it started.  And once I got started, I could not stop!

Since I have enough Christmas paper to last me for the next 25 years, I dug out some beautiful papers that had been languishing away in the Closet of Inspiration and Delight (aka The Closet of Shame).

The end result was not one project, but two.  I hope you will enjoy them both.

Prima  From the North Pole Advent Banner

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This massive Advent Banner is made with Prima From the North Pole.  I actually won this collection from Prima when they launched a few new collection elements this summer.  It’s super festive and worked so well for this project.

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Here’s a closer look at a few of the 25 boxes, one for each day of the Advent season.  Here’s how I did it:

  • First, make each individual box and decorate as desired.
  • Next, thread ribbon under the handle of each box, starting with day 25 and working backwards.  Leave about 8″ of ribbon on both ends of the banner and tie on ribbon streamers.
  • Now, tie each box in place with a piece of colorful ribbon.
  • Finish the ends with flowers, buttons, pine boughs or whatever suits your decor.

Since the boxes are filled with tea, peppermints and honey crystals, I decided not to hang it.  It’s heavy!  But it looks great displayed on a buffet table, bookshelf or mantle.

Prima Christmas Market Table Favor Box Tutorial

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This is the sweetest little box!  What can we do with it?  Well, we could hang it on the tree, stuff it in a stocking, make a stack of them for Secret Santa gifts, or use them as table favors.  I opted for table favors and tucked a chocolate, tea bag, Biscoff Cookie, Peppermint Stick, mini note card and honey crystals packet inside each one.  What would you do with these sweet boxes?

Christmas 2025 Advent Banner and Table Favors Tutorial on YouTube

These boxes come together very quickly, as you will see in this YouTube video.  Because the banner is so large, there’s just a project share.  But I show you how to assemble and decorate the table favors.  So grab a cuppa and a snack and please enjoy!

I’ll be back on Wednesday with our first Wonderful Wednesday  Christmas tutorial .  If you missed the video tour of the paper collections we’ll be using in November and December, you can find it HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Beautiful Autumn Breeze Fall Banner Tutorial

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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

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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.

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TIP:  Add star anise in with your embellishments to make your banner smell as lovely as it looks!

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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?

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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

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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!

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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

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Let’s Make a Bee Themed Banner

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Let’s Make a Bee Themed Banner with Paper Rose Bees and Butterflies & Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday, so let’s make a bee themed banner together with Paper Rose Bees and Butterflies!  It’s as inviting as a freshly mowed lawn, a well-tended flower bed and as sweet as honey!

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Green ticking ribbon, honeycomb, flirty butterflies, buzzing bees and pretty floral elements just feel like summer, don’t they?

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I’ve used Graphic 45 Kraft Tags (ATC and Regular) and dies along with Eileen Hull Sizzix House/Pocket Stitchlets Dies to create the pennants for this banner.  Vintage lace, ribbons from my stash and pretty brown buttons give it a nice homespun feel.  The color scheme will carry this banner right through summer and into early fall, which is nice.

Bees and Hives

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Each end of the banner features a matching  G45 ATC tag and a pretty ribbon cluster.  I’ll show you how to hang the little dangle charms as part of the tutorial.

TIP:  Tuck a tassel into your bow cluster for a fun change of pace.  I topped mine with a jump ring, which made it very easy to tuck into place.

The Shaker Frame

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Placing a shaker frame in the center panel is one of my favorite things to do.  But this time I wanted a circular frame, and there were none to be found in my stash.  So I created my own frame with my circle dies.  I’ll show  you how to do it, too, in the video tutorial.

More Bees and Flowers

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Reneabouquets has the most gorgeous bee themed embellishments!  This corner piece fits the base of our pocket die pennant perfectly, doesn’t it?  A

TIP:  Add a touch of burlap for texture and to help ground all these bold colors.  It really works!

Bees and Honey

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Pop up a fussy cut honey jar and honey dipper to dress up one of the Regular Tag dies.  Tuck a bit of burlap behind it to really make it pop!

Let’s Make a Bee Themed Banner Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to see this pretty bee themed banner come together?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me for the tutorial.

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s Wonderful Wednesday tutorial.  I’ll be back next week with our Choose Your Own Adventure Card tutorial.  We’ll make 2 cards with 2 different paper collections but only 1 card recipe.  Graphic 45 Season to Celebrate will be used for one card, and Bees and Butterflies will be used for the other.  It should be a happy time!

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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September 2024 Banner of the Month Tutorial

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September 2024 Banner of the Month Tutorial with G45 Autumn Greetings and Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends!  It’s time for our Wonderful Wednesday September 2024 Banner of the Month Tutorial.  Our banner this month features beautiful papers from Graphic 45 Autumn Greetings, Really Reasonable Ribbon and gorgeous new paper pretties from Reneabouquets.  This is one of the prettiest banners I’ve ever made, and I think you’re going to like it, too!

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Look at all those yummy pumpkins, fall flowers, leaves and acorns!  It’s autumn served up on paper!

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Are you enjoying this Autumn Greetings paper as much as I am?  I’ve paired it up with some lovely Reneabouquets Hello, Autumn Tuck Ins Printed Beautiful board, handmade flowers and beautiful ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  And just look at those adorable little acorn charms!

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I’ve used 3 different shaped dies to create the pennants on this banner.  It’s always fun to mix and match pennant shapes, and this go round I’ve used an unexpected die to create this pennant.  Can you guess what it is?  You’ll find out in the video tutorial

A Little Mixed Media

I’ve used some simple mixed media techniques on Reneabouquets Hello, Autumn Laser Cuts.  Sponge daubers and Distress Oxide inks lend fall color to autumn leaves and acorns.  It’s such a quick and easy way to dress up Beautiful Board.

My camera lens did not like all the orange and yellow tones, so the colors here are a bit more faded.  In real life, these are rich jewel tones that say “autumn is here” loudly and clearly.

September 2024 Banner of the Month Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to die cut the pennants, stitch them onto ribbon, add the bows and embellish the banner?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy this video tutorial HERE.

I hope you enjoyed today’s banner tutorial as much as I enjoyed making it!  If you have any questions or comments, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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