Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Wishing You

I made this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #54 which is to use the colours shown at left. I thought these colours would be easy to put together but it took me a while to think of a way to make them work! The last few cards I made were a bit fancier than my usual style so for this card I decided to go super clean and simple. It felt really good, especially because I finally had the chance to use this five-point ribbon flower tutorial that I found on Elise Durenberger's blog, oh, only five months ago! For someone like me who has a ton of ribbon I never use, this is a great way to create handmade embellishments. Give it a try! I guarantee you won't be disappointed. ;)

Sources: SU Certainly Celery cardstock; GinaK 120lb pure luxury White cardstock; Verve Wishing You; Memories Artprint Brown ink; SU Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon; Gutermann white thread; sewing needle; Basic Grey buttons; The Twinery baker's twine in Mandarin; SU 1-3/8" circle punch; Glue Dots minis & pop up relief

26 comments:

~amy~ said...

oooohhh...I love it emily:)

Cookie said...

Emily your card is beautiful! LOVE the ribbon and button flowers...Its perfect!

Sarah Anderson said...

lol, five months! Glad you made these gorgeous ribbons though, they are beautiful! Thanks for playing along with the play date cafe colour challenge today :)

Janna Werner said...

perfect theme for that color combo. one more great Emily card!

Janna

Emily (stampingout on SCS) said...

Your ribbon flowers are to die for, EM! Love this card!

Lindsey said...

Beautiful! I'm going to have to try those flowers, they look awesome. Way to rock these (for me, tough) colours!

Melissa said...

Emily, your card is gorgeous. I love your ribbon flowers too! Thanks for the link to the tutorial.

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

So beautiful love the way you used the colors and those flowers are fabulous!!!!!

Julie Ranae said...

A GREAT tutorial to find as those flowers are stunning. Elise has been a guest designer for us and it's not surprising you would be inspired by her creativity.
Really lovely to have you play with us Emily and we look forward to having you back in The Cafe again!

Carly said...

I so love those super cute flowers! I am totally going to have to try that. Your card is just beautiful too!

Karen B. said...

Ok, these are fantastic! Thanks for providing the link. Love your cas card.

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful CAS Design, lovely ribbon blossoms! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

G Peplow said...

Hi there, Emily, Wow you've done a brilliant job, love everything about this and the colours (from the PDCC) are a real challenge! Love the ribbon flowers too:0) xx

Lynn said...

Must try that tutorial...beautiful flowers!

Tracey said...

Oh my!!! Those ribbon flowers are AMAZING!!! THANKS for the blog link!! Your card is fab...those colours are stumping me a bit.

Alice said...

these ribbon flowers look fabulous. beautiful card, Emily!

Beth aka BR-T said...

This card is fantastic, I love you flowers what a great beautiful & astounding idea!

Ujjwal said...

Your card is totally beautiful Emily!! I love the clean design and how well the colors go together.

Thanks for sharing the tutorial link. I love trying new techniques :)

P.S. Thanks for your advice on the type of frame for my painting :D

Angela said...

Love those flowers! What a great idea -- thanks for sharing it. You know how I feel about (gulp) coral -- but you make it look so lovely!

Vicky Hayes said...

Achingly beautiful Emily!

Andrea Ewen said...

Wow, Emily, those flowers turned out beautifully! I saved that tutorial to try at a later date...looks like easy to follow instructions to make some gorgeous ribbon flowers! Thanks for joining us over at the Play Date Cafe!

Meg said...

Those flowers look awesome! Thanks for the link to the tutorial!

Jinny Newlin said...

Those little, ribbon flowers are gorgeous! What a fantastic take on both challenges! Thanks for playing along with us in the Wee Memories' Scrappy Saturday Challenge.

Elise said...

You're SUCH a sweetheart, Emily! Thanks for the kind shout out, but YOU, m'dear DID THIS RIGHT! Love the crispness of this fabulous design and your fantastic workmanship! I might just have to get busy with those babies, once again! Thanks again for the good ju-ju, darling one!

Karen Dunbrook said...

Hey Emily,
You inspired me with this card....I made a red one that I will be using on a Christmas card soon. Thanks so much for sharing where you found the instructions.
I wondered if you hd made any head way with Papertrey shipping costs?
talk to you soon,
Karen D

Karen Dunbrook said...

hi Emily,
Just wanted to let you know that I posted my card with the flower I made and put a link back to your blog....hope that's ok.
thanks again,
Karen