Hi there! It's the first of the month (can you believe it's already MAY?!!) and at Papertrey, that means it's time for the Senior Design Team Challenge! This month, Nichole Heady asked us each to show you our tried and true techniques for how we incorporate ribbon on projects, showing you just how we achieve those go-to ribbon looks that we use most often. For me, that's pretty much bows and knots. I love how much a fluffy bow can add to a girly card and how much a simple, flat knot can add to even a more masculine card.
For today, I created two cards showcasing both of those techniques. I used the same layout but changed up the colors on each and tied a cheery bow with a button in the center on the baby girl card and I tied a simple knot on the baby boy card.
I am STILL in love with this color combo after I don't know how long! I've been pairing pure poppy, berry sorbet and spring moss together for quite some time now and it never gets old. And don't you think it's just a DELISH color scheme for a cheery baby girl card?? Who says baby cards have to be pastel?? Not me! Haha.
And besides that, what's not to love about little red "peas" in a berry colored pea pod?? FUN! The pea pod image is from Baby Button Bits and I layered it on a piece of spring moss card stock that I die cut with the mat stack 1 die. Of course the dots in the background are ones I stamped with Polka Dot Basics II.
Another really fun detail about these cards is the sentiment I put together. I took a stamp from my Signature Greetings set -- "Congrats on your new little bundle", however I didn't ink up the word "bundle". After I'd stamped the sentiment without the word bundle, I pulled out the "little sweet pea" sentiment from Baby Button Bits. On that stamp, I didn't ink up the word "little" and instead only stamped "sweet pea". The result was my new sentiment "Congrats on your new little sweet pea" which worked just perfectly with the sweet pea image I was using on these cards!
Here's the baby boy version of the same card. The buttons on the pea pod are all threaded together with one piece of rustic jute button twine and adhered with glue dots. Easy peasy! The dotty paper is one from the Green Boutique patterned paper collection.....just perfect for a baby boy card!
All righty.....so now that I've told you all about the cards themselves, here are a couple of videos for you, showcasing the ribbon techniques I used on these cards. I've posted these two videos before, but they show you exactly how I tie my bows and knots and how I add buttons to bows, and since that's what we're talking about today, I thought I would just post them here for you again in case you missed them the first time around.
I hope that today's cards and videos have inspired you just a bit to get out those ribbons and do a bit of bow-tying yourselves!
Pop over to Nichole's blog today to see her take on this fun challenge. All of the other girls on the Senior Design Team will also have posts to share with you today as well as this month's Distinguished Guest Designer, Ashley Newell so don't miss those!
Thanks so much for stopping by today, Dearies! Happy weekend!
{Congrats (baby girl) supplies}
Paper: berry sorbet, spring moss, vintage cream, rustic cream
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Baby Button Bits, Signature Greetings
Ink: pure poppy, berry sorbet, spring moss
Other: berry sorbet classic grosgrain ribbon, hibiscus burst/pure poppy buttons, rustic jute button twine, mat stack 1 die, corner chomper
{Congrats (baby boy) supplies}
Paper: hawaiian shores, aqua mist, stamper's select white, green boutique
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Signature Greetings
Ink: aqua mist, hawaiian shores, spring moss
Other: spring moss classic grosgrain ribbon, new leaf buttons, rustic jute button twine, mat stack 1 die, corner chomper
