ETA: I WON!!!! Thank you SOOOO much to each and every one of you that stopped by my blog last night, to those of you that left me such sweet comments and to those of you that voted for my card!! The top 3 people with the most votes won a free stamp set from Papertrey Ink and thanks to you, my card took FIRST PLACE!! WHOOHOO!! :) What an awesome surprise to wake up to this morning!!
I made these cards for Papertrey's Blog Hop! What fun, huh? The challenge was to use ribbon as a focal point rather than just an accessory sooooooo........I decided to bust out my trusty sewing machine! It's been awhile since I used it last...but I'm so glad I got it out. This was my first time to use it on a card and I love the finished product! What do you think?!
For those of you that might want to try this ribbon technique yourselves, I will tell you that I ran my mono adhesive along the back of the ribbon first and sort of stuck it down to the cardstock in the accordion pleat and then I sewed it on. Also, I left a bit of ribbon sticking off each end and then wrapped it around to the back side of the card and secured it with a bit of adhesive and then some tape. THEN, I adhered that entire piece of spring moss cardstock to the white cardstock base. Make sense?
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!! This is a contest, so if you love this card, vote for it HERE at Papertrey's forum! (Voting ends TONIGHT at midnight EST!) (I think voting starts at 8pm EST) Thanks, Girlies!!
And just cause I was havin' so much fun with this challenge, here's a bonus card for you! ;)
{thinking of you Ingredients}
Paper: stamper's select white, spring moss, berry sorbet
Stamps: polka dot basics, shapes by design
Ink: spring moss, berry sorbet, sweet blush
Accessories: ribbon-spring moss grosgrain, berry sorbet swiss dot satin, spring moss satin, berry sorbet twill; super jumbo scallop oval punch, crystal stickers rhinestones, corner rounder punch
{Smile Ingredients}
Paper: wild wasabi, spring moss, everyday blessings patterned paper
Stamps: shapes by design
Ink: wild wasabi
Accessories: On Board-lots of letters chipboard, spring moss satin ribbon, extra jumbo scallop circle punch, 1" & 3/4" circle punches, sewing machine/thread
