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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Moxie Fab "Not Your Regular Ruffles" Challenge

OK this challenge was super hard for me. I was not feeling it AT ALL...but I was determined not to let it stop me. LOL. Over at Moxie Fab World there is a challenge to incorporate ruffles into you card. Much easier said than done for me.

As I was hand sewing some ribbon to create a "ruffle", I noticed that it naturally curled up when I was done and layed it down. And as I looked at it, I got an idea....hmmmm, I wonder how that would look as a flower. So I got out my Big Shot and cut out some leaves, and started to layout my card. I am actually really happy with how it turned out. I decided it needed some little buds as well, so using a smaller width ribbon I created a few.

Here's a close-up of those yummy little flowers.

If anyone is interested in how to make the flowers out of ruffled ribbon, just leave me a comment and I'll create a little tutorial.

ETA: The tutorial for creating these yummy flowers is now available, you can find it here.

As always thanks for looking! And on a side note, please say a little prayer for Deanna, Somer Thompson's mother. She was a friend of my niece's, they all used to walk home together. And it all took place in my childhood neighborhood, about 5 streets down from my mom, where my boys play almost everyday. So if you could, say a little prayer for her so that she may have the strength to make it through this devastating loss.

17 comments:

  1. You've got SKILLS girl! Love your beautiful ruffled ribbon flower...it's ingenious! Love the buds and leaves and superb layout too. I'm not so sure I could do this, but I would *love* to see a tutorial. :)

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  2. this card is just amazing fabulous and beautiful. the flowers are really really lovely. I would love to know how you made them, need all the inspiration I can get at the moment. LOL!!

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  3. Beautiful! Love the elegant and sophisticated look. Great job!

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  4. Wow, this is gorgeous!!! What a very unique idea and a tutorial sound great.

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  5. This is AWESOME! How creative! yeah...a tutorial sounds great to me.

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  6. Wow, Dawn! Your flowers are GORGEOUS! I really LOVE this. A tutorial would be fantastic. Great job!

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  7. I have been trying different ways to make ribbon flowers, so yes I would LOVE to see a tutorial! I LOVE this card, just beautiful! It has to be a winner! :)
    I don't know what happened to Somer's mom, but I know God does, so I will pray for them! (That is how my sister "Somer", spells her name, I have never seen anyone else spell it like that! Neat! :)

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  8. Absolutely fabulous!!! Love every single detail :)

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  9. I would LOOOOOVE a tutorial on these ribbon flower, so beautiful, great card!!!

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  10. Those flowers are gorgeous! Love your card!

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  11. Wow! this card is amazing and I love those flowers ...

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  12. Those flowers are so nice...what a great card!

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  13. Wow, your ribbon totally caught my eye! I can't believe you made it out of ribbon. Was it hard? I can barely TIE a proper ribbon! I would love to see a tutorial and see if it would be something I could do! Thanks!

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  14. Please tell me that you won for THIS breath taking card! FANTASTIC card, Dawn! I'm simply shaking my head in amazement! YEE HAW!

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