MACM - Ribbon Flower
Hi all!This week's card was inspired by... well, I'll just let you watch the video.
Anyway, just the first part of the card took nearly 15 minutes! Normally I wouldn't spend so much time on just one thing for a card, but it was the first time I'd tried doing anything like that so I didn't know how long it would take. I think if I do it again, I'll probably be a bit faster because I'll already know what to do. At least I hope I would faster.
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full entry » posted on January 21, 2008 6:38 AM by Kristina |
73 Comments posted in Cards, Make a Card Monday |
Yay, I'm your first comment! This card is absolutely gorgeous. I never would have thought to make a flower out of the ribbon like that. Awesome!
WOW!! Gorgeous card and awesome video TFS. Will have to try this.
Beautiful card... Thanks for sharing.
Waow, fantastic card! Certainly "a need to try" card.
Nathalie
WOW Absolutely brilliant!!!
I will definitely try this :) xx
Kristina this is just fabulous! I will definitely have to try this out. The polka dot background looks amazing.
Beautiful card. Hey, I would have used a crewel or needlepoint needle with the ribbon work. It would have helped you go a little faster and smoother. I enjoyed your video! TFS! --Jeannie
So cute! You have patience that I do not possess when it comes to cards ... I'll definitely be trying this one, but I won't guarantee I won't get frustrated ...
:)
K
I'm blown away! What a beautiful card!
Beautiful card. Hey, I would have used a crewel or needlepoint needle with the ribbon work. It would have helped you go a little faster and smoother. I enjoyed your video! I love my new Stampin' Up! Polka Dot background stamp too! I just got it from my Stampin' club. TFS! --Jeannie
What a beautiful card! Love how you got the inspiration from your shower curtain! It's beautiful! I've have to give it a try! Have a great week!!
This is beautiful! I am going to have to add this to my list of things to try out. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great card! Great idea!
The card is simply beautiful and I see the inspiration in the shower curtain design. Do you have any tips for keeping the white cardstock so neat when you are handling it so much. I am afraid that mine would be bent or warped.
So beautiful! I also loved your intro - you're darling! Thanks for the tutorial. It was great. Happy Monday!
I just LOVE this ribbon flower, thanks so much for sharing - I definitely have to try this one!!
you are so clever! were you always so creative or did design school kick it into high gear?
Very cool. I bought a quilting needle this summer when I was weaving ribbon because I am not nearly as "nimble-fingered" as you. I also am not good at tying tiny knots. At least I know my short-fallings!
With that said... fantastic card. This was the first of your videos I have watched, and, as a visual gal, I thank you for this online resource.
We used to do this in our Home Ec class long time ago on fabrics but never on a card...very clever =)
Great card! I love your shower curtain, too! Thanks for inspiring yet again!
Laura
Kristin - just wanted to let you know how much i enjoy and appreciate your videos - its great seeing you "design" in real-time and to see how you actually do some techniques. plus you've got such a great bubbly personality. this was a really great card and it was fun to see how you put it together. thanks for sharing! :-)
Beth (tired mommy to a sleepless 4-yr old)
Oh my WORD - how clever and fun! Can't wait to try this!
I love the ribbon flower! I have that same shower curtain. I have been wanting to make these flowers for a long time but didn't know how to do it, thanks for the tutorial!
Wow, that card is beautiful! And you came up with how to do it? My brain would never have figured that out. And now I just HAVE to get a paper piercing tool.
Hey Kristen,
You have to show this card to Brent! His was not nearly as good as yours lol! Love the video and the tunes! Thanks for another great card!
Great card!! Love the colors!! Thanks for sharing. I always look forward to make a card mondays.
Wow! This is a very cute card! I am going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Genius--love this technique!
Hi Kristina... Love those MACM's!! I've done ribbon embroidery before, and as some of the girls have mentioned, a needle would make this job much faster. I would use about a size 18 Tapestry needle, it is nice and thick (but not too much) and is blunt (so you dont stab yourself.)
Have a great week!!
Mel
Wow! Fabulous, unique card - love it.
Beautiful as everything you do. I will give it a try.
Thanks for the inspiration
Great card!! Definitely going to have to try that out myself. Thanks so much for taking the time to do the videos too ... I definitely am more a visual learner!! Have a great Monday!
I love your videos, thanks for all your hard work. I will definitely do the ribbon card. I uploaded the card to my media stream bar so that I can see it all the time. Thanks again, Lucy G
youre awsome!!! I love this card and this idea. I have been trying my hand at piercing lately and i love it. I will definatly be trying this soon!!!
Terrific idea, beautifully executed!
Thanks for the inspiration; you rock!!
~Hugs!
AWESOME! That is so cool, I think I'll have to do one of those this week! Very pretty combo too! It really is true - we find inspiration everywhere! Thanks for the videos - they are so helpful!
What a wonderful idea..you are sooooo clever! I will have to try this and send to my sis..she would love it...I love embroidery and to add this element to card making is fantastic..could not get any better! Thank you so much for such a wonderful inspiration. I love your vids..
Big hugs from Oklahoma...Dee 8^)
What a wonderful idea..you are sooooo clever! I will have to try this and send to my sis..she would love it...I love embroidery and to add this element to card making is fantastic..could not get any better! Thank you so much for such a wonderful inspiration. I love your vids..
Big hugs from Oklahoma...Dee 8^)
Another awesome video. You are such an inspiration! Hope you feel better :)
I loved your ribbon flower, so I tried it on a card for the SCS Inspiration challenge. If you want to see it, I am including the link:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/784342?cat=500&ppuser=3639
Thanks for your awesome videos!
Great card!! I really want to try this technique. Thanks for sharing with us!!
I had to laugh when I saw your note that the first part of the hard took you half an hour! It totally reminded me of a ribbon project my scrappin' buddy made that took WAY longer than she thought, so of course I had to send her the link to your card. Just like her page, your card is really lovely. I enjoy your blog and I hope you are feeling better. I wish I had a picture of the one (and so far only) fever blister I ever had -- people would be startled when they say it so I know it was huge!
Gorgeous! What a great idea.
What a lovely card, and a beautiful shower curtain.
Thanks for the lesson. It's a definate "must try"
Sally
Great card - love the flower...but have you considered using a quilting needle to thread the ribbon? The ribbon will go right through the eye on a quilting needle because it's so large, and it's way easy to thread and would probably make this second go around way faster. Love it though - and I'm actually going to try it.
You always make everything look so darned easy. Thanks for MACM. Also, checked out the Cathy Kielske books that you recommended from the library this past week. Read them both this weekend and felt TOTALLY INSPIRED to get scrapbooking. Very good recommendations.
Also, noticed on your TWITTER-thing that you mentioned a monster cold sore. Whenever I feel one coming on (when I am stressed or have a cold), I start blasting it away by taking prescription medicine. I take ACYCLOVIR (generic ZOVIRAX). Usually by blasting it right off the bat like that, it goes away before progressing to the blister part. (I usually take 2 right away and then one or two later that first day. Then, don't tend to need to treat a second day. I take it at the first sign of tingling when you know it is coming. You might want to look into it.
Great Idea for a card. I have the same shower curtain hanging my my bathroom right now. I love this shower curtain. I love the ribbon flowers and have been looking for a window curtain to match but no success. I am so happy to see the design in a card cause i love making cards too. I could watch you make cards everyday all day long. How about some valentines?
Again, another great video! I love you set them up, with the music etc.
Never stop doing the MACM!
I would have never thought about ribbon embroidery on a card! What a great way to use ribbon!
Thanks for sharing.
Mary who wrote after me is looking for a matching window curtain....
My mom had bought an extra shower curtain once to make it into window curtains so that it would all match the room so, she could try that.
I love your card. Thank you so much for sharing that technique. There are so many possibilities. Love the video. I always look forward to Mondays now. Take care.
Awesome idea and card. My mom gave me a quilt with ribbon flowers and now I'm going to put some on cards. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful!!! The pillows on my bed are made with the ribbon flowers, but I would have never thought to make a card like that! BEAUTIFUL! And you made it look SO easy! Thanks!
Thanks again for posting this - I tried it last night, it was so much fun!! I posted my card (and my "ode to Kristina" LOL) on my blog today if you want to take a look. :-)
AWESOME!!!
No question. I just wanted to say wow on your ribbon card. I love everything about the design from beginning to end. The colors are wonderful. TFS,
Shirley
I think you've begun to make Monday one of my favorite days of the weeks! Just love love love your creativity! Thanks for sharing...
You are frickin' fabulous. Thank you for making my Mondays less boring and a great start to the week. You are the DA BOMB BABY! Thank you. kt
TOO FUNNY!! My sis-in-law in Denver has the same shower curtain!! Great job on the card!
Kristina lovely card enjoyed the video and I have the same shower curtain from wal-marts.
Definitely going to give this a go.
:) Thanks Sarah for that idea about buying another shower curtain to make the window curtain with. Or it might even be less money to try my hand at embroidering these flowers on plain white material. :)
Hi Kristina!
LOVE the hair! I love that your wore that hair scarf (what do you call it? I have short hair) it looked FAB!! VERY retro. I'm dating myself here.
Also, I'm sure you know now that it would have been faster, easier, etc. w/a needle. A BIG one!
I hope you feel better. Get lots of sleep, zinc, and chicken noodle soup! HOpe to see you stamping soon.
Bobbie *Ü*
I have the same shower curtain too!!! And imagine all that work (wasn't it done by hand on there too? I don't know how it would work otherwise) for a whopping $15 or so. It looks really nifty on the card. You are great. :) love you
Beth
Kristina
This card is awesome. You are a very talented woman. You are such an inspiration. Wish I
lived closer to take your classes and learn
just have of what you know!!! TFS Your tutorials
are great too!
It's Wednesday, and I am just getting to MACM. As always, loved the video. Very cute card! Thanks again!
WOW!!!!!!!!!! This is Fabulous!!
Great card...Very Pretty!
This is such a great idea...
something that I will definately try.
Thanks for the idea and your excellant video.
Thanks for sharing.
Holy Cow! I can't believe there are so many other stampers out there with the same shower curtain!!! Could it have been the creative side of us that purchased it in the first place?!?!
I've been staring at my curtain for months knowing how to do it but just never putting the ribbon to the paper. Of course, I was certain I would be the ONLY person in the world with this great idea.... Glad to actually see it done, and made so simple. I'll definitely have to check out more of your videos soon! Thanks for sharing!
awesome card
Cute card!
Beautiful card...simply amazing!!
Hey Cutie-
I HATE your captcha :) No offense, I can never type it right, then I lose my comment I worked so hard on! It always happens.
Anyway - I love the card. Before I even read your note, I thought - "Hey, that looks just like my shower curtain!" That must have been a very popular shower curtain at walmart that year. We got ours about 3.5 years ago at a walmart in North Carolina!! It's been through 4 houses with us!
The card is lovely!
KPP
Thanks so much for such a fabulous tutorial. You are, as always, astoundingly inspirational! :0)