Tuesday 15 January 2019

Hello

I made this card for the Cardz 4 Gals  'New Year, New Stash' challenge and the Sparkles Monthly Challenge 'New Year, New Stash challenge (all the dies I've used are new).  I'm also using my new dies to enter the Cuttlebug Mania 'New' challenge, the Dies R Us challenge 'Anything New' and the Die Cut Divas 'Something New'. The ribbon and card are from my snippets drawer so I'm also heading into the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.


5" x 5" white matt card blank
Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Squares Stackables, Die-Cutting Essential Magazine 'Hello Spring' dies
Dark red nailheads
Snippets of self-adhesive ribbon, brown matt and white matt card

I die cut a square in the middle of the card blank and cut a snippet of white card so it was slightly larger than the aperture.  I attached the self-adhesive ribbon to this square.  When the card was covered with ribbon, I trimmed the edges and attached it to the rear of the aperture with double sided tape.  To make the inside of the card look tidier, I attached a thin strip of foam tape around the edge and covered the inside of the card front with another snippet of white card.  I die cut 'Hello' twice from brown card, layered them and attached them to the lower edge of the card.  I die cut three flowers from brown card and attached them around the edge of the card, adding a red nailhead to the centre of each.

Kath x

14 comments:

Michelle N. said...

What a lovely way to use up your snippets of ribbon! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Lovely bright design

Sue said...

Hi Kath, That's a nice cheerful card. Sue

Pat said...

What a great idea to use up the ribbon by making a feature of it Kath, and it is frame so prettily by the stitched square frame and the flowers and sentiment look great too. x

Darlene said...

So creative and beautiful! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘Anything NEW’ challenge at Dies R Us. Good Luck and please come back again soon!

Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
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Carol S. said...

Great colourful card Kath and a brilliant design. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Birgit said...

What a striking card! Great colors that really set the black flowers off. Thanks so much for joining the DRU "Anything Goes" challenge. Best of luck to you!

Liz said...

Love this card! What a brilliant design for using up snippets of ribbon. Thanks for the inspiration. xx

meg said...

wonderful use of those beautiful ribbon strips, love the bright colours

cotnob said...

Such a fun card Kath, a lovely bright background.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Di said...

Brilliant card Kath! I have loads of self-adhesive ribbon so this is an idea I'd love to CASE please. Very clever!! I guess you could also use non-adhesive ribbons and lay them onto a piece of card with self-adhesive sheet stuck to it as well. The gorgeous colours you used remind me of liquorice allsorts!

Hugs

Di xx

Arlene said...

What a fun card! So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.

Sarn said...

Popping over from the Snippets Playground! Love this zingy card. Great use of yr ribbon snippets. X

Swissie said...

A wonderful card, Kath!
Thank you for joining Cuttlebug Mania this time!
Hugs, Swissie DT