Over at SU Only Challenges this week, we are “Stampin’ Around”!! Yes, we have pulled out our wheels and the variety of ideas is wonderful! Wheels can add dimension to your background or can be the focal image on your project!
I saw the coolest layout last week, designed by the very talented SU demonstrator Mary Fish, over at Mojo Monday. To start, the Very Vintage wheel was rolled on Very Vanilla paper in Soft Suede. I lightly colored some of the flowers in Blushing Bride and cut the curve with my Paper Snips. Vintage Vogue is a set that coordinates beautifully with this wheel so I pulled it out. I inked the flowers in Blushing Bride and the sponged a little Soft Suede on the edges with a Sponge Dauber. After I layed it out, something was missing so out came the Big Shot and my Framed Tulips Embossing Folder. What a difference!! I used my Stampin’ Write Marker in Soft Suede to only ink the “friend” part of the big F stamp and put it on a little banner. Finally, the ribbon needed to be finished. At first I tried just Very Vanilla Satin but it just wasn’t right. So I dyed it! Oh, no…it isn’t hard…really!! Take your piece of ribbon and color it using a Stampin’ Write Marker (Blushing Bride in this case). It will look a bit splotchy. Next take your Aqua Painter and wet the ribbon (a spray bottle would work too). The Aqua Painter will help you move the color around to make it even. Let it dry and you have perfectly coordinated ribbon.
Hint: I found that starting with a base color ribbon the same as my base color paper helped it match better. When you stamp a light ink on Very Vanilla it will take on a slightly different hue than if you stamp on Whisper White. Since I stamped on Vanilla paper for this, I used Vanilla ribbon as a base.
The Basic Pearls were the perfect finishing touch for this Vintage themed card! I love those little jewels and it is amazing how much they add. In fact, I stamped another little flower inside to card and added a pearl there to make the inside feel just as special as the outside.
I’m so glad to see you again and I look forward to seeing what your wheels create for this challenge! See you again soon!
Stamp: Vintage Vogue (117690); Wheel: Very Vintage (117693); Paper: Soft Suede (115318), Very Vanilla (101650); Ink: Soft Suede Classic Pad (115657), Blushing Bride Marker (In-Color Pack 119801); Accessories: Big Shot (113439), Framed Tulips Folder (121809), Very Vanilla Satin (117291), Basic Pearls (119247), Sticky Strip (104294), Aqua Painter (103954), Sponge Daubers (102892)
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17 Comments
Jennifer this is a GORGEOUS card. Thanks for the tip on the ribbon; I haven’t tried it yet but you certainly give me reason to try!
Ooooo, this came out great! Love the layout, and the ribbon looks fabulous (not just the scrunching, which you are so good at, but I was wondering how you got that color!)!
I love how you colored the wheel image! Great ribbon treatment too 🙂
Love your card, design is gorgeous and how wonderful to dye your ribbon to match.
One question, how do you scrunch and adhere the ribbon so beautifully!
This is probably one of the prettiest cards that I’ve ever seen. You did a great job of dying the ribbon. I can’t wait to try that. This is a very worthy case card!!
Great card! I love those flowers with the pearls!
This is, by far, the best card I’ve seen using that sketch! And you used my favorite Stamping’ Around wheel, too!!! Thank you do much for the hints about coloring the ribbon – that never would have occurred to me, and I’d be grumpy because my dyed WW ribbon didn’t really coordinate with my stamped VV cardstock!
ooOOoo, this is gorgeous!
Lovely card! I really need to learn how to do that scrunchy ribbon!
Ooooo, this is so purty! I love the colors, the layout is fab, and that ribbon treatment is just yummy!
Oh my gosh, Jen! This is such a beautiful card! Wow!
Great card Jen!! Very pretty!!
Love the placement of your ribbon and your flowers centered with pearls. Beautiful card!!
Loved you card, and case’d it for a class!
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PLMK what you think, and I’ll be stealing (oops) many more ideas from you in the future…you rock!
Beautiful card. The soft suede and blushing bride are made for each other. I will definitely have to have a try at something similar. Thanks for your creative inspiration.
simply stunning!
JUST A BEAUTIFUL CARD, COULD BE USED FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS…LOVE IT..