Burgundy Floral Thank You

This card was inspired by a card I saw over on Kerry/Pickle's blog.

I changed the layout a bit but I'm sure you can see the influence!

The picture isn't the best as it was scanned in and I always struggle with white cards and cards with dimension!!

The floral background stamp, from the Non Sequitur Memories of Italy stamp set, was stamped directly onto the card front using Adirondack Currant dye ink.

A length of burgundy grosgrain ribbon was attached across the card blank and a faux bow was created from two lengths of the ribbon.

Just wanted to add a tip on how to make the faux bow.

I created two loops of ribbon from a 9cm and 4cm length of ribbon, joining the loops with narrow double-sided tape. A small piece of double-sided tape was added in the centre of the loops to create two small side -by-side loops in a sort of figure of eight shape. The smaller loop was stuck on top of the larger one and both stuck to the length of ribbon. You could also add a brad in the centre to ensure they maintain their shape.

The sentiment, from the Woodware Jane's Script stamp set, was stamped using the Currant ink above the ribbon.

Here are the blog challenges I am entering this card into:

• Digi's With Attitude! Challenges - #34 - Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Friday - #20 - Anything Goes
• Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
• Stamp Something - Something To Say Thank You
• Art Impressions Stamps - #28 - Anything Goes
• Do You Stack Up? - #33 - Thank You
• Paper Crafting Journey - #17 - Anything Goes
• Rainbow Lady - #166 - Song Of Choice (Thank You - Dido)
• Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
• Stamp Insanity - #73 - Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday - #47 - Thank You
• Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes
• Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - #30 - Keep It Clean
• Sundays With Crissy - #20 - Keep It Simple Stamper
• Kreative Stempelfreunde - #31 - Self-Made Background
• Make It Monday - #50 - Anything Goes
• Paper Playtime - #53 - Anything Goes
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #60 - Monochrome
• One Stitch At A Time - #75 - Anything Goes
• Challenge Up Your Life - #50 - No Patterned Paper
• Designed2Delight - Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft - #145 - Bold and Bright
• Addicted To Stamps - #10 - Anything Goes

Pink and Purple Lacy Chandelier Thank You

Here is the little Thank You note card that I sent to Alex the other week after I received some goodies from here in her big sell out.

I am entering this card into the Stampin' For The Weekend blog challenge, which currently has a theme of Ribbons & Bows. Hopefully my ribbon knots will qualify!!


I decided to use one of the stamps from my new Papermania Chatsworth Furnishings stamp set. It's a lovely chandelier stamp, and I stamped it using the Versafine Imperial Purple archival pigment ink onto the pink distressed bubble paper from the K&Co The Best Of K&Co Too paper pad. The sentiment, from the Woodware Jane's Script sentiment stamp set, was stamped at the bottom of the panel also using the Imperial Purple ink.
The top corners of the image panel were punched using the Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace corner punch. The edges were then distressed using ColorBox Wisteria Fluid Chalk ink.
This was then matted onto panels of hot pink and purple Core'dinations card. Using the Cropodile Big Bite, holes were punched down the right hand side of the image panel and lengths of Anita's pink organza ribbon were tied through them.
Clear faux gems were then added to the corners of the panel.
To finish off the card, the right-hand edge of the card blank was punched using the Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace border punch and inked with the Wisteria ink. A panel of the hot pink Core'dinations card was then added underneath the punched area allowing the colour to show through.