Create with Connie and Mary--Textures and Ribbon!

Hi friends! I was really excited about this Design Team challenge and had an idea immediately. Sometimes I have to stew on things for a while but not this time! Textures and ribbon can add something really special to your projects which is why I almost always use ribbon and find a way to incorporate texture into all of my projects.

My favorite ribbon in the new catalogue at the moment is the Highland Heather Grosgrain Ribbon. It is a great width and has some built in sparkle to it which I love. I have also been playing and experimenting with the new Pastel Chalks so I wanted to find a way to incorporate those into my project as well.

Let’s talk about the texture created on the background first. I used one of the new masks from the Plenty of Patterns collection. I placed it on top of my Highland Heather card stock layer and just held it in place with my finger tips. I scraped some chalk onto a large block using my Take a Pick Tool spatula edge (spare those scissors, this tool works perfect) and once I had a little pile I used my Blending Brush to pick it up and brush it all over the stencil creating this awesome textured background!

Hot Tip: you will need to scrape off the film or layer that is on the chalks to actually get at the ‘chalk’ . I used the Take a Pick Tool for this as well. Then you can use a finger dauber or your blending brush to pick up some chalk.

The real highlight of this card for me though is the ribbon. I cut a rectangle from the Stitched Rectangle dies and covered it with a few strips of Stampin’ Seal+ (love it by the way). I then layered my ribbon over top to create this awesome ribbon panel. I did end up trimming away some of the die as I wanted the ribbon to be perfect. I then added some more Stampin’ Seal+ to the backside and stuck the edges down. I popped this panel up on Dimensionals.

I used the stamp set Biggest Wish as my feature set on this card. The ‘Birthday’ is stamped in Coastal Cabana and the ‘Happy’ is stamped in Polished Pink.

I hand trimmed out the word happy and added it with a couple mini dimensionals.

You may wonder where the little ribbon on the side is from and it’s a sneak peek of something coming in our holiday catty!

This little sentiment area was completed by adding a Polished PInk Loose Flower Flourish…love this new embellishment so much!

I am really happy with how this card turned out and am excited to try it with a variety of different ribbons! I can’t wait to see what the other Design Team members created this week! You can go BACK to see Melissa’s creation or NEXT to see what Connie has made. If you are inspired and need any of the products to make this at home please feel free to use my June Hostess Code (found along the right hand side of my blog!). And as always, comments are appreciated!