A pure CSS3 fancy text banner using transforms, pseudo-elements, last-child, and more!

index.html

<div class="banner">
  <div class="line">
    <span>Fancy Banners</span>
  </div>
  <div class="line">
    <span>Make It Look</span>
  </div>
  <div class="line">
    <span>Nice &amp; Classy</span>
  </div>
</div>

style.css

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400);

body {
  background: #444;
	font-size: 1em;
	font-family: 'Oswald', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica;
	line-height: 1.4;
}

.banner {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 1;
	margin: 80px auto;
	width: 330px;
}

.banner .line {
	margin: 0 0 10px;
	width: 100%;
	height: 78px;
	box-shadow: 10px 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
	text-align: center;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 3em;
	line-height: 78px;
	transform: skew(0, -15deg);
}

.banner .line:after,
.banner .line:first-child:before {
	position: absolute;
	top: 44px;
	left: 0;
	z-index: -1;
	display: block;
	width: 330px;
	height: 78px;
	border-radius: 4px;
	background: rgba(180,180,180,0.8);
	content: '';
	transform: skew(0, 15deg);
}

.banner .line:first-child:before {
	top: -10px;
	right: 0;
	left: auto;
}

.banner .line:first-child:before,
.banner .line:last-child:after {
	width: 0;
	height: 0;
	border-width: 38px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: rgba(180,180,180,0.8) rgba(180,180,180,0.8) transparent transparent;
	background: transparent;
}

.banner .line:last-child:after {
	top: 12px;
	border-color: transparent transparent rgba(180,180,180,0.8) rgba(180,180,180,0.8);
}

.banner span {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	border-radius: 4px;
	background: rgba(255,255,255,0.9);
	color: #666;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #444;
}