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Saturday, 27 October 2007

Wrapped in Ribbon

The girls at DCM have been playing with ribbon from Ribbon Oasis this week so their challenge is for us to make a Christmas card featuring ribbons galore. Here's mine:



I cut a triangle from thick card to make the tree base and then wrapped lengths of various different ribbons aroud it. I've machine stitched a length of wide velour ribbon to the card base and cut a pot from the same ribbon as well. I added a few brads for baubles and a star brad to top the tree off. A stamped sentiment, a bit of piercing and a trio of brads on the right hand side finish it off. I didn't have gold brads so I covered some (and the star) with gold sparkle embossing powder so they all matched.

My original idea was to do some ribbon weaving but I decided I liked the stripes before I started putting ribbons through in the other direction!

Supplies: ribbons from stash, sentiment stamp from MSE set, mini brads, star brad, gold sparkle EP.

Thanks for visiting!

ETA: Blogger's image hosting seems to be playing up. If you can't see the image and you'd like to, it's here on my Photobucket.
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22 comments:

  1. Andrea,27 October 2007 at 10:33

    Love how you have put the ribbons on the tree it looks fabulous

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  2. Hazel27 October 2007 at 10:44

    Fantastic card, Joanne - very effective use of ribbons.

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  3. Nickynoo27 October 2007 at 10:52

    I love the ribbon tree! Funnily enough it was the first idea that sprung to mind when I saw the DCM dare - but I've changed my mind now, yours is much nicer than I would have managed! Oh, and I was so inspried by your 'bagolope' yesterday that I made one myself, they're fab aren't they? Thanks for the link :0).

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  4. Unknown27 October 2007 at 11:47

    Wow love the way you have used the ribbons from Bea. She does some wonderful ribbons, too scrumy to use at times. Fabulous!

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  5. Kaz27 October 2007 at 12:29

    Love this card Joanne.

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  6. Dawn Wheeler27 October 2007 at 12:33

    Lovely card ,very cleaver idea with the ribbon on the tree ,Dawnx

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  7. Anonymous27 October 2007 at 12:44

    very clever I love this idea

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  8. Beth27 October 2007 at 14:07

    I really lurve this card Joanne, very christmassy indeed.

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  9. Anonymous27 October 2007 at 14:23

    Wow what a Card. Great work. Love it.

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  10. Paula J Atkinson27 October 2007 at 17:13

    I can't see your card, Im just getting a red cross so I'll have to pop back later & try again.

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  11. Kathy27 October 2007 at 18:24

    This is gorgeous, Love the red and green theme and the ribbon tree is just fab - just shows how versatile ribbon can be

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  12. Anonymous27 October 2007 at 20:55

    I can't see it....., but I know it'll be just gorgeous.:) will pop back.

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  13. Juliet28 October 2007 at 00:44

    Oh, I can't see it either - sounds fab though. Will try again later.

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  14. Keryn Campbell28 October 2007 at 01:02

    I can't see it either. Will make a mental note to come back for another visit later.

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  15. stampingbalou28 October 2007 at 11:02

    It really looks fresh and winterly.... Great !

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  16. Crafty Green Poet28 October 2007 at 16:38

    it looks great!

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  17. Anonymous28 October 2007 at 22:24

    Wow ! Beautiful christmas tree !

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  18. Kim Costello29 October 2007 at 13:32

    This is gorgeous, love the ribbon tree with it's brads it's just fantastic! it goes to show just how versatile ribbon can be.
    Thanks for Sharing!

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  19. Samm29 October 2007 at 14:15

    This is gorgeous! love it!

    Samm
    x

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  20. Lynne29 October 2007 at 17:57

    Fab idea Joanne - your card is gorgeous, thanks for joining in the ribbon fun.

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  21. Rhi30 October 2007 at 11:37

    Such a lush card Joanne, I love the ribbon tree and the way it peeks over the top of the card, fab!

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  22. Clare30 October 2007 at 22:07

    Great idea, love the effect you have got with the ribbons.

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