Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Make it Monday #43 - Ribbon Pleating

Hello all,
Last night I had some time to make a card for the Make it Monday challenge over at Papertrey Ink.  Dawn McVey did a great video which you can see here:  http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/

I love all the cards that the Papertrey Design Team showcase on their blogs.  I decided to follow the basic design of Dawn's card for my take on this challenge and to use my current favorite dies the new damask snowflake dies from Papertrey ink.  I just love these....I love anything to do with snow and snowflakes!  And these dies are gorgeous alone or layered together.

Here are some pictures of my card:
All the supplies, other than adhesive, twine, and tsukineko sheer shimmer spritz, and glitter (Martha Stewart coarse white) are from Papertrey Ink.  The red tape adhesive that I used did not hold the ribbon as well as I would have liked overnight.  Even with the extra strips of tape on the back side of the focal panel both of the cards that I attempted had loose ribbon the next morning.  The other card will have to be completely redone!  I will definitely try score tape on my next card - it seemed to have disappeared off of my desk and I was unable to use it last night - perhaps a little elf in my house has moved it to an unknown location? LOL! 

Here you can see the MS coarse white glitter that I added to the tips of the white snowflake and the smooch spritz!  I also edged the card in fresh snow ink to make it appear more wintry!

Here is my little tag of "warm wishes" that I tied through one of the openings in the snowflake with some turquoise divine twine.  I just love the tiny tags set and can't wait to receive the new holiday version.  My order should be here any time now!  I can't wait! 

Well that is it for today's card...thanks so much for taking a look.  I love seeing what everyone else creates and visiting everyone's blogs!  It is like a little surprise each time I click.  Isn't it amazing and beautiful how we each view the world so uniquely and our creations reflect that beauty back to each other and inspire all of us!   I just love that!
Happy Card Making!
:)  Jill 



7 comments:

  1. Lovely co;ours and great detail! Someone will love receiving this card!

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  2. Wow what a stunning card.
    great colors
    love the rows of pleating
    awesome snowflakes
    great pleating in the center of the snowflake
    Perfect button.

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  3. Your card is simply breathtaking...amazing work! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. Such beautiful colors and awesome ribbon pleating! I absolutely adore the girliness of this spectacular card!

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  5. Oh this is soooo pretty,and femanin . I love the pleating with the scheer ribbon. I can't wait to make one like yours. Love the pink too!

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  6. This is a beautiful card! The colours are gorgeous and your focal point too. Excellent ribbon pleating. I love Damask Snowflakes too.

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  7. Oh my! How delicate and beautiful.. The embossing on the die cut snowflake layer is really a great detail! Your take on the challenge is top notch!

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: ) Jill