What a fun idea to visit some new/different blogs of those participating in Papertrey Ink's new monthly Blog Hop challenge! You can read all about it here. Since I love a challenge and an idea immediately came to mind (love when that happens!), I decided to participate.
Welcome to any of you PTI fans who may not have visited here before. You can find my entire PTI photo gallery/album over on the right sidebar of my blog (scroll down a little). A list of all the participating bloggers in this month's challenge can be found at 8pm EST in the PTI Blog Hop Forum, so check there for some more links to this month's projects (if that link doesn't work for you, you must be a registered user and logged in).
This month's challenge was to use ribbon as a focal point, rather than an accessory, so here's my Ribbon Bouquet card:
I started by cutting a piece of Papertrey's Stamper's Select White Cardstock to 4-1/8" x 5-1/8" (finished card is standard A2-sized: 4.25" x 5.50"), putting adhesive on the edges and wrapping 8 strips of PTI's new Perfect Match 5/8" wide grosgrain ribbon (Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush & Aqua Mist,) around it. Then I stamped the Spiral Bouquet images and "friend" (from Beautiful Blooms) with Palette Noir ink on one of the acetate sheets the clear PTI stamp sets come on (nothing like recycling)!
The acetate sheet was secured to the ribbon layer with black brads and Stardust Stickles accents the flowers and dots the "i" in "friend". This layer was mounted to a black cardstock base (click on the thumbnails for a larger view):
I hope you enjoy the blog hop and come back often to visit. I'm off to check out all the other participants' projects! If you enjoyed my project, I'd love for you to vote for it in the Blog Hop Voting forum by midnight EST tonight (Mar 25 -- #2411, towards the bottom of the list) . . . many thanks!
