Having a fantastic afternoon - listening to music and making ribbon and flowers come together!
Needed a 'special' birthday card....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MARGARET!
And so I wanted to make one flower/ribbon combo, but I really got into it - must of been the music, and so I made more......I can always do more to these cards, but we're just focusing on the flowers, right?
HOW TO MAKE A PRETTY FLOWER
with RIBBON ACCENT
with RIBBON ACCENT
YOU WILL NEED: fabric flower + ribbon + needle/thread + pattern cardstock + (1 " Circle Punch, optional) + adhesive {strong}
{CLICK on pictures for a closer view!}
TO START: cut some lengthes of ribbon. Next take your fabric flower, and ....'Fold' both the ribbon and the flower - stitch the ribbon folds onto the front of the flower, spanning them out - as many as you like. I am using 3 ribbon pieces.
*TIP - you can always trim ribbon to create a 'new' ribbon - I trimmed my ribbon off of the wider striped blue/brown/white ribbon because I did not want the brown and I need a narrower strip.
It doesn't look like much now but.......
...it will on the card....
Make your card
...layer cardstock of choice onto your blank cardstock card base......
Add a Decorative Border
Above, I've made a strip (turquoise) and trimmed both sides with
Stampin' Up!'s Scalloped Trim Border Punch; and layered
it with a colourful patterned cardstock.
Create a Center for the Ribbon-Flower
....I cut a small circle from the patterned
designer paper [see above], and layered it onto pink, then turquoise
cardstock - cutting it out in a "wonky" style! [look at the small circle, lower right]
No need to be neat!
Assembling the Card
I added my flower-ribbon, and topped it with a 1 inch circle
using STICKY STRIP tape...
... now it's lookin' better, right?
Finito!
Here is the card!
Along with the flower to the right, where I basically did the same
treatment to the fabric flower - only difference is I
made the whole flower; and added a real button.
Whole Flower with Ribbon and Button Close-up
And that birthday card?
Ta Da! In glorious tropical colours!
This girl is going on a cruise soon....so I think we are feeling that here, lol!
So go ahead - experiment, try different versions of
this project yourself - that's the best way!
Well, back to my music!
Comments
"Sew" hope you try it yourself, lol!