I'm into simple again tonight; I've been trying to catch up a bit on reading blog posts, in addition to seeing all of the ribbon creations made by participants in the first PaperTrey blog hop. My husband also reminded me that I needed to get tax information ready for him by Saturday night. . . What a NOT fun thing to do when there are pretties to be made! I'm thankful that tax time comes only once a year anyway.
No stamping on the outside of this card! I've had some Spellbinders Edgeabilities dies for a while and hadn't played with them much; I pulled this rose one out tonight to see if I could make a flap card with it, and it worked out pretty well. I started with a 12" x 4-1/4" sheet of cardstock, then die-cut and embossed the rose image onto one end of the cardstock. While it was still in the die, I used some shimmery chalks to add a bit of color to the roses and leaves. After removing the die, I used a sponge with a bit of Antique Linen ink to age the edges. In order to be able to hide the end of my dotted flap (Cuttlebug Swiss Dots A-2 folder), I had to have a finished card size of 4-1/4" x 5-1/4".
On the inside I stamped the Birthday Blessings sentiment from Wordsworth in PaperTrey Ink's Sweet Blush ink. Ribbon is PaperTrey's Spring Moss satin. I think that these could make a nice "save the date" card or even wedding card if the inside were computer generated and printed, perhaps. If I were doing that, I'd probably switch to a vertical aspect and simply tie a length of ribbon around the card to keep it shut.
Well, wish me luck on figuring out my tax information! Thanks for visiting.
