Snippets By Mendi: Doodlebug Flea Market Home Decor Fall Thankful Banner

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Doodlebug Flea Market Home Decor Fall Thankful Banner

Hi there! I'm up on the Doodlebug blog with a fun home decor project perfect for the fall and Thanksgiving season using their adorable Flea Market collection and the darling new coordinating Silhouette cut files!

Doodlebug Design Flea Market Thankful Denim Fall Banner by Mendi Yoshikawa

Last year I picked up this plain denim banner at Michaels that was just waiting for the perfect project to use it on. While you might not be able to find it there anymore, you could easily recreate it using THIS cutting file found in the Silhouette store) along with a fabric blade.

Step 1: I started by sizing the pocket cutting file to 5 x 5.5" and duplicating it 7 more times within my Silhouette software so that I could design my overall banner with all the pieces lined up together.

Step 2: I then cut the word "Thankful" from white cardstock at 2-3/4" high. I then created an offset at .1 to form my shadow and cut it from the peacock colored tone-on-tone patterned paper from the Flea Market Collection.

Step 3: Using the banner I had laid out, I then took all the shapes and started layering the individual pieces together to form each image and grouped them together to make them easier to move around and resize. By having my 8 banner pieces laid out I could get a feel for how I wanted my finished banner to look.

Step 4: I then duplicated all those shapes (so I didn't have to disrupt my master copy) and started ungrouping them, sorting them by color. This allowed me to cut all my green shapes at once, all my orange shapes, etc. to save on time and paper.

Step 5: When all my shapes had been cut, I stitched around some of the larger shapes on ,y sewing machine before adhering them together for an extra decorative touch.

Step 6: When I was done assembling all my shapes I adhered them to my denim banner with my favorite Beacon's 3-in-1 liquid adhesive.

Step 7: When everything had been glued down, I filled in a few images using the stickers and odds & ends die-cuts from the Flea Market collection.

Step 8: As a final finishing touch, I adhered my banner pieces together with a 7" length of ribbon which I looped together and adhered on itself in the back. I then glued the loop together with a little more liquid adhesive in the center, topped with my over-sized leaf die-cuts and a ribbon bow.

I hope you've enjoyed this project and are inspired to create a home decor project of your own.

Doodlebug Silhouette cutting files Used:

Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today? To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included).

Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)