Friday, July 11, 2014

Enjoying the Ride


As I perused my ribbon collection for the current HOC Add a Bow challenge, my eye kept coming back to this stitched grosgrain ribbon.  There's a lot of textural interest happening in a very simple ribbon. I immediately thought of blacktop--country roads--picnic--summer-- road trip--vacation.

I embossed the cloud design first then hand cut a hill out of a scrap of the two-tone green.  I adhered the ribbon down and tucked the ends under before using foam tape for the truck which I cut out of a summery gingham paper--ready for a picnic, anyone?  Popping the scene panel up adds an easy design detail that packs great punch.  This card really invites you to touch and examine the different layers while still remaining quite CAS.  Love!

The Details:   Papertrey Ink white cardstock, PopTone Black Licorice cardstock, Offray ribbon, Darice embossing folder, My Favorite Things You Move Me sentiment, Versamark Onyx Black, Martha Stewart gingham cardstock, Memory Box car die, 3M foam tape, Scotch ATG tape, Gelly Roll white pigment pen (hubcaps)

I'm entering this in Tuesday Throwdown #203 Have a Picnic, Try it on Tuesday Colours of Summer, Friday Mashup #168 It's Summer Y'all, Fab n' Funky #223 Feels Like Summer, Addicted to CAS #42 Sky,

9 comments:

  1. Very cute, love the idea of the ribbon as the road.

    Thanks for sharing with us at The Friday Mashup.

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  2. What a clever idea! Thanks for joining us at TIOT. My cat is called Frankie too - hence my url - frankieeatsworms!!! Nikki xx

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  3. What a cute card! I love the little card riding the ribbon road. Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

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  4. Love the summer theme - nothing says summer like picnics! The gingham truck is a great touch! Thanks for sharing with us at The Friday Mashup this week.

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  5. Love your take on the "Picnic" theme, Toni! Great job. Thanks for joining in our challenge this week at Tuesday Throwdown. :-D
    NanaConnie DT

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  6. Very creative use of that ribbon...great card. Thanks for playing along with us at Fab'n'Funky. Pat K x

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  7. Cute! Great use of the ribbon for the road and I love that you kept your embossed sky white! Thanks for playing along at ATCAS. :)

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  8. Toni, your embossed cloud background is the perfect backdrop for your focal elements. What a fabulous card. So glad you shared it with us at ATCAS this week
    Jaydee

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  9. A fabulous clean card. great choice and use of ribbon. Thanks for joining us at TioT and have a great day. Angela

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