New To Me Colour Combo and a Lovely Paper Bow

Here's a card I made last week with a 'new to me' color scheme. I took the inspiration from the Designer Series Paper I used (international Bazaar 126920), so the colors are Pool Party and Tangerine Tango.

Now, how 'bout that paper bow? Doesn't that deserve some discussion? Maybe even a round of applause! As usual, the photo does not do it any justice. It really is lovely, and not too fiddly to make.

You need an oval punch, some glue dots(preferably) and paper of course. The nice thickness of our DSP works great.

Cut yourself a strip of paper a few inches long, about the same width of the oval you're going to punch.

Stick one end of the paper into the punch from behind. You just want to punch one end to create a rounded ovally kind of end.



Then, stick the other end in and do the same thing. Now you've got a really long ugly oval, right? Cut it in half-ish. Punch yourself a couple of real ovals out of the same paper and a small strip about 1.5" long and 1/2" wide. You should have pieces that resemble this:


So now you want to put a glue dot on the backside of one rounded end and stick it to the small strip of paper. Then you'll do the same thing with the other rounded piece, nudging the rounded ends up to one another. The tiny strip of paper is just holding them together in place. It should look like this:



Ok. If you're still with me and haven't become bored and decided that even throwing in a load of laundry would be more interesting than this, now you're going to use the oval punchouts. One the backside, put a glue dot on one rounded end. Then fold it gently in half to stick together. Don't crease it, you want it to be round. Then, stick it to the other piece (with another glue dot) so it looks like this:



Do the same thing with the other oval punchout please and thank you.

You can finish these bows off however you like. Some of my suggestions might be:
-throw it in the garbage and do some laundry.
-don't do that.
-cut another small strip of paper about the same size as the small one before, wrap it around the center of the bow and adhere with a glue dot
-fasten a button, large pearl, brad etc. over the center with a glue dot
-finish the ends of your bow by cutting the paper into a v-point if so desired




Here's the ingredients I used for my card:

Stamps: Make a Cake (126742c 126740w), Itty Bitty Banners (126257c 126255w)
Card stock: Pool Party (122924), Naturals White (102316), Tangerine Tango (111349)
Ink: Tangerine Tango Marker (119702) Pool Party Marker (123002)
Accessories: International Bazaar DSP (126920), Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons (127555), Basic Rhinestones (119246), Paper Doily Sizzlets (125592), Bitty Banners Framelits (129267), Large Oval Punch (119855)

Now, you might have noticed, laundry is on my mind today. Like it or not, it must get done. I've already put it off long enough. Enjoy your day!




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