Pals Paper Arts Challenge #78 Clean and Simple Bows

Pals Paper Arts Challenge #78 Clean and Simple Bows

Clean and Simple "BOWS!" How sweet. This card is the third attempt for me on this challenge. Isn't that what challenges are for? I cannot tie bows very well! I used to be able to tie them perfectly, but for some reason in the last few years, I have lost my touch! If you are like me, then you will LOVE LOVE LOVE Stampin' Up! Taffeta Ribbon. The 1/8" and 3/8" Taffeta ribbons are a DREAM to tie. These are what I use most because of my bow-tying deficiency!

Another great attribute of the Taffeta Ribbon is my trick on THIS POST, (little square box) where I didn't have any Real Red 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon. I dyed my Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon by running it over the Real Red ink pad! Take the length of ribbon between two fingers and lay that end onto the ink pad. With a plastic baggie over your other finger, press down on the ribbon and pull it through over the pad. PRESTO! Your ribbon is the perfect color to match your project!!

When you play along, just upload your card or project with a DIRECT LINK to your blog or online gallery, then label your project with PPA78. I can't wait to see what you create!

Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Basic Gray

Designer Series Paper: Red Glimmer, Love Impressions

Extras: 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta

Sale-A-Bration/Valentine Workshop!!

Sale-A-Bration 2011

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Stampin' Up's biggest sales event of the year! Four great Sale-A-Bration stamp sets plus Designer Series Paper, QuickAccents Pack, Ribbon & Button Pack, Digital Downloads and Decor Elements are all included in the Sale-A-Bration flyer from today through March 31, 2011.

Here's how it works:

Spend $50 (before tax and shipping) on any Stampin' Up! products and you will choose one free product from the brochure. If you spend $100, choose two items, etc. There is no limit. And, in addition to the new and temporarily available products shown in the brochure, you can substitute any one wood-mount stamp set of $14.95 or lesser value OR any one clear-mount stamp set of $11.95 or lesser value from the Idea Book & Catalog. So there are many options for your *free* items!

Place your order using my website any time. If you have any questions, please email me.

Here is what we made at my workshop last night. We had so much fun and I had a great group of ladies who know what they are doing and enjoyed playing with some of our new tools and the Filled With Love promotion items.

My card is an original design that I came up with while playing with the banner from our new Petal Cone Bigz Die. I scored it at 1" and 1.5", then turned it and scored at 1" and 1.5" again. Stamp the sentiment in the middle (some of us used the Stampa-ma-jig for perfect placement) and pop the banner up with Stampin' Dimensionals. The Scallop Trim Border punched accent behind the banner is done in Brushed Silver, so there is Glimmer from the red heart and Shimmer from the paper!

For this "sweet" box, we wrapped chocolate nuggets with 1" x 3" pieces of Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Pack and then decorated it using two of the stamps from Filled With Love. The tag is made by stamping the "LOVE" sentiment in Real Red, then using Stampin' Write markers to color the Feb 14 in Real Red and Basic Black. Cut the "O" out using the 1" punch and you have what looks like those tags that are bordered with silver, but you made your own. You can stamp the "LOVE" in any color and have a border for small stamps. The box and the Basic Black cut out are form the Bigz Matchbox Die, which is new for me and I am LOVING it. Why didn't I get this earlier??

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