She…Is Amazing: Ribbon Flowers Layout

Good morning crafty friends,

Thank you so much for coming by this wonderful morning. Today I have a special layout to share with you. It is special because I actually have a personal picture on it. Typically when I create a page, it is either for a page kit sample or I haven’t decided what picture will be on it, so they usually have a photo mat.  So here it is:

 SHE Is Amazing Layout

She….Is Amazing...And she truly is!!!

This is a layout done for one of my two nieces who just graduated from High School. This is my niece Tori. She is as beautiful inside as she is out. She has grown up to be such a beautiful God’s girl. I commend her for trying to stay true to the call to serve the Lord Most High, in spite of today's world.
The paper I used comes from the Die Cuts With A View Four Seasons Stack and the Rustic Stack.

  


These are the beautiful papers from DCWV that I used.
Along with some Cream, White, Blue cardstock.

Here is a close up of the various pretty Ribbon flowers I created. YEP that's right!
ALL the flowers on this page are made from RIBBON :-)

Closer look at the little flower cluster on the top right of the photo. Once again, these are little rolled ribbon roses in off white and yellow ribbon and the Blue “Carnation” is made from blue ribbon.
The heart paper is from the DCWV Rustic Stack

Here is a closer look at the pretty corner bracket. This is a cut file I created and cut in plain white cardstock. I inked it with a combination of Gingerbread Dew Drops and Chestnut Roan Inks and then lightly brushed it with some Gold Smooch Ink.

Here is a closer look at the title. I cut the “She” letters and then inked with Gingerbread Dew Drops and Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink and “smoochified” them.

The “Is amazing” was printed out and then inked around the edges.

Here is a closer look at the butterfly. It was already on the paper
and glitter glazed so it matched perfectly!

Here is a closer look at the fence. I cut it in cream and gently inked the edges.

Inking Details

This is an example of how the Flourish, Corner Bracket and Title were Inked

Started with a plain white cardstock die cut

Inked them with a combination of the Gingerbread dew drop and the Chestnut Roan Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink. I lightly “pounced” the ink to get a stippled and not scrubbed effect. The two different inks is essential in giving the look more depth.

Here is the die cut once finished inking. You can see I did not give it a %100 percent coverage. I wanted to give it dimension by leaving varying shades of the inks.

Next, I “smoochified” my die cut by lightly brushing some Gold Lame Smooch Ink.

Here is a view of the “smoochified” and inked die cut. A far cry from the plain white

“Carnation Ribbon” 
Flower Tutorial

Start With Ribbon approximately 14”  Width of my ribbon is 1 3/8”

Fold Ribbon in half Lengthwise. This ribbon is Acetate so it made the crease easily. For other ribbon, you may have to press it so the crease will stay. You could also choose to skip this step for a more “puffy” petal.

Unfold the ribbon and apply adhesive to one edge of the ribbon. Next, fold the ribbon back over and seal the two ends together.

This step is optional. I chose to fold the ribbon in half after
it was sealed shut to make the next step go a bit quicker.

Begin cutting the ribbon in little strips. Be sure to cut the end that is folded and do not cut all the way through. Leave enough so that as you roll and work with the ribbon, it doesn’t “tear off”.

When finished cutting

Apply another line of adhesive along the bottom. The part that you haven’t trimmed.

Start rolling. Be sure to leave the bottom flush as you roll.

What the ribbon flower looks like once it is rolled together.

Back side of ribbon to show that you try to keep the bottom flush as you roll.

Finished Ribbon Flower

For the Folded ribbon rose flowers, I have a couple of videos. One using the ribbon and one using paper. The paper one is a little better quality video as I am still learning how to do the videos

VIDEO LINK

Again, here is one last look at the completed layout.

I used the following products to complete this layout..

PCW She Is Amazing Cut File Set	DCWV Four Seasons Stack	DCWV Rustic Stack
Dew Drop In Gingerbread	Colorbox Cat’s Eye Chestnut Roan	Misc. White, Cream, Blue and Yellow Ribbon

Gold Lame Smooch
Misc. Button and Brad

Misc. Pearl Gems

Blue, White and Cream Cardstock

Whew…I think this about covers it! Be sure to come back by tomorrow for another great SVG project and a new Free Cut File! Also, be sure to leave me a comment on yesterday’s post as I will be picking someone randomly to win the cut files I used on that project!

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Mother’s Day Gift Idea Hop Card and Vase

Good afternoon all,

We are having another wonderful mini hop over at Creative Cutter Room. Up for grabs is the wonderful Mother’s Day Bouquet Cartridge.

So be sure to head over to CCR and join in the fun!

Here is the criteria for the challenge. You need to incorporate the following in your projects.

Must Use the color Pink

Must use Ribbon

Must use Stitching (faux or real)

Must use two different types of flowers.

Here is my project

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/04/ccr-mothers-day-gift-idea-hop.html

I am going to give this candle holder to my mom so I thought I would “dress it up” a bit. I made the flowers by using my 50 States Cartridges and the large rose was made using my Gypsy and welding some “leaves” together.

The card was made using the Beautiful Rustic Die Cut With A View Papers and the Lacy Labels Cartridge. The tag was cut at 4.5”

Here is a close up of the flowers. They started out as white and I glitter misted them and inked them.

Here is a shot of the card.

This is an angled shot to try and show the pretty glitter on the paper. The cut really well in your Cricut.

Be sure to also head over to the other Design Team Members

blogs and check out their wonderful work!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Melin