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!

Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me.

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Father’s Day Blessing Card-FREE DIGI

Good morning crafty friends,

I am sharing the details on the card I created for yesterday’s Digi Desserts Fridaze post.

Here is a view of the completed card. There isn’t a whole lot to this card, but it looks like so much more because of the many layers.

I also used this weeks DDF FREE WORD ART DIGI. So be sure to head over to that post and pick it up while you can.

Here is a close up of the cogs-gears. I cut them from plain black cardstock. I used the silver Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink to add some shading. I used a couple of VERY OLD brads I had in my stash. I used a little foam tape on two of the gears for just a little lift.

This is a side shot trying to show the slight lift.

Closer look at the two smaller pewter brads,

Here is a list of the products I used to create this project

  

PCW File: Cogs-Gears Cutting File Coming Soon	PCW Digi: Father’s Day Blessings Digi This Weeks Freebie	DCWV: Lemon Flower Stack
Silver Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink	Screw Top Brads	Mini Square Brads
White Cardstock		Black Cardstock

  I used to participate in a ton of challenges and have not in a very long time. So I was surfing blog land and decided I would enter my card into the following challenges.

 *  Cards For Men – Dad’s Challenge

*  Clear It Out Challenge – Male Card and Metal

          I used the Metal Brads (both kinds) from my VERY OLD stash…lol!

*  Crafts For Eternity – Male Themed Project

*  Crafty Card Makers – Father’s Day Themed Project

*  Creative Memories – Lots of Layers

*  Die Cuttin’ Divas – Use Sketch

*  Going Grey-Scrap Creations – Father’s Day

*  Paper Take Weekly – Anything Goes

*  Belli Challenge – Father’s Day

*  Crafty Creations Challenges – One For The Boys

*  Little Red Wagon  -  Heavy Metal-Use Metal

*  Simon Says Stamps  -  Masculine Father

*  Stamp n’ Doodle  - Father’s Day, Card For Male

*  Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes – Positive Msg.
*  Cut It Up Challenges  -  Father's Day Challenge
*  Simply Create  - Father's Day Challenge

Be sure to head over to the DDF post HERE and pick up this 

week’s FREE Word Art Digi. Remember, it is only available for one week.

ALERT: 
Leave me a comment on this post and I will pick one randomly selected comment to win the SVG-Cut files I used on this card!!!!
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Thank you for sharing your crafty time with me.

Digi Desserts Fridaze-Free Digi

Welcome to our first June Digi Desserts Fridaze.

I'm sure you're thinking summer.  I know the weather in some areas hasn't caught up with the season yet!  I hope you're enjoying sunny days where you live.

Let's see what June delights our digi gals are sharing this week.

Sue C's Blog

PCW File used:  Bear Fishing

 Lynden’s Blog

PCW File Used: Spring Bunch Vintage Graphic

 Sandy’s Blog

PCW File Used: King of the Grill

 

 Suzanne’s Blog

PCW File Used: Bear Fishing

Larelyn's Blog

PCW File Used: Bear with Sand Bucket

Jess B's Blog

PCW File used: QT Patootie Tweenz Tori Holding Flower

Details Post

PCW Files Used: Father's Day Blessing DS and Cogs-Gears CF Set (Coming Soon)

  

FREE DIGI DOWNLOAD

Here is this week’s free digi. Be sure to grab it while it’s free (this week only)

CLICK HERE

NOTE: the image will show a price of $1.00 

but when you check out, it will be free during this link up.

Because we know what a busy time it is,
we are not going to have any link-ups for June.
 We hope you continue to visit every Friday because the DDF gals 
will continue to share projects using the fantastic 
Digital Printable Images from Paper Crafting World 
and of course have a FREE DIGI too!

-Larelyn and the MPC Digi Gals

MPC Totally Tags n' ATC's With Wire

Good morning, 

Suzanne of Cricut Crafting Grammy. We are back on Thursdays to explore different themes, elements, techniques or embellishments. This week we are using wire on our tags and ATC's. There is no restriction on what tools are used to create these tags or ATC's. It could be a die cut machine, punches, stamps, etc. The sky is the limit. However if the Design Team uses Digis or SVG's they will be from Paper Crafting World. As a side note, if you don't know what an ATC card is, we have a definition at the bottom of our post.

I hope you will join us each Thursday here at My Paper Crafting for 

Totally Tags n' ATC's.

So let's see what all the designers have in store for you today 

as we share  our tags and ATC's.  

I hope you are like me and look forward to this post each week.  

Remember to click on the links to see more info about each project.

Sheena's Blog

Suzanne's Blog

Lynden's Blog

Details Post (Coming Soon)
ATC With Handmade Wired Butterfly

Handmade Wired Buttefly

This Week's Free Vintage Graphic

DOWNLOAD HERE

Please note: The Price will say $1, but when you add it to the cart and checkout, 

there will be no cost during the next week.

We hope you were inspired to get "WIRED" on your next project.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another 

Digi Desserts Fridaze Link Up and another FREE Digi!
-Suzanne and the Totally Tags n' ATC Designers