Monday, February 4, 2013

May Arts Valentine's Blog Hop


Hi everyone and welcome to May Arts Valentine's blog hop week. All the Ribbonista are participating in this hop to provide you with a week of inspirations.

For today, there are 5 blogs that you can visit (see links below), including mine. Since it's Valentine theme, I go with pink for my card.


For this card, I used May Arts solid reversible stripe ribbon (ME17) and sheer dots ribbon (JD22). 

 pictures courtesy of May Arts

At first I was going to use just the stripe ribbon, because it is so pretty already on its own. On one side it's soft pink, dark pink, soft pink and on the other side it's dark pink, soft pink, dark pink. Love double sided ribbon. However, since the ribbon width is 3/4" I'd end up with pretty thick/big bow. Not in proportion with my card. So, I decided to layer it up with the sheer dot one.

I simply cut a slit on the the fold of the card and thread the ribbon through it.

The patterned paper is from Carta Bella, die cut & emboss with Spellbinders frame die. And I distress the edges a little bit with distress ink. Then, die cut and stamp the key (from Papretrey Ink - Key To My Heart set) and add it to the layer and finish by adding a banner stamped with sentiment.

Simple but still elegant & romantic. 

I hope you will join us and hopping along. As always May Arts is very generous with their giveaway. The lucky winner will get 4 spools of ribbon of their choice. Please check out what the other Ribbonista has created and leave some love along the way. Thank you for stopping by here and may your week starts off wonderfully!

46 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the key and the layering of the ribbon!

Kathy/NorthCarolina said...

Very chic! I love that layered ribbon, and the clean and simple design.

Sue D said...

Very pretty. I like the layered ribbon and the key.

Beth Stel said...

Pretty card, I think I may CASE this one!

Angi Barrs said...

Gorgeous! Love that key!

Tiffany said...

Pretty card! That stripe ribbon is gorgeous!

Manhattan Mandie said...

Beautiful card! I love both of those ribbons!

Lucy E. said...

Beautiful CAS card! That ribbon is really pretty.

jordanbev5@yahoo.com said...

Such a romantic and beautiful tag! Love the pink ribbon!

Kristie Goulet said...

LOVE this card!!

Anita Braddock said...

Awesome Card. love the layering and the Ribbon is Beautiful love the key thanks for sharing.

Kathy said...

Love the layered ribbons. What a great look! Thanks for the idea!

Jennifer said...

Love it! What great idea!

SmokieBlueRose said...

I really like the way you combine the two, pretty.

C said...

Love the layered ribbon look, Vera!!

sharon g said...

I like how you layered the ribbon. I just did that for the first time the other day. It makes the project different and cute!

Miriam Prantner said...

What a pretty card! I love the layered ribbon!

Natasha G.P. said...

The vintage key looks really nice on this card. I like the ribbons you chose. It's a nice project all the way around.

alexandra s.m. said...

Hello Vera,

Thank You so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave me such a kind comment.
I love your cards, so fresh and so well done ;-)

Greetings from Chicago~

Rosie Sato said...

Cute and simple - love it.

Chris said...

pretty ribbon Love this card!

Wendy said...

Beautiful, I love the shear Ribbon :-)

by belle said...

Beautifully simple!! Very nice!

Emily Keaton said...

This is extra sweet :-)

Gigi said...

SWEET and simple...what I like.

Nan G said...

Very pretty card! Love both the ribbons.

Connie L. Riley said...

Great ribbons and paired so expertly with an clean and simple, but oh so elegant card. The die cut key is a great embellishment.

Anonymous said...

Lovely card there, V!

Chrissy said...

Such a gorgeous and simple card. I love it!

Anonymous said...

Love the layering of the ribbon. Great card.

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous! I love the layered ribbon, it adds a lovely touch. :) Thanks so much for popping by my blog!

conil said...

Very clever use of this lovely ribbon. Really love this card.

Susan F. said...

That's perfect for Valentine's Day Vera.

Court said...

Really beautiful!!! I have enjoyed your cards since Wee Memories (am I right?) where I was a guest designer during he term.

mauiquilter said...

The colors are wonderful - love the idea of reversible ribbon!

Sandra said...

My favorite color ribbon and I love both these ribbons. Your card is lovely!

Verna Angerhofer said...

I love your card. And, you got me with those polka dots. Love them.

Pat Y said...

very CAS but it comes off as very elegant.

Karen L K said...

A really nice card. Love the key.

Ashley Newell said...

Very pretty! I love the colors and the key!

Janet said...

Love the ribbons you chose! So feminine and a nice change from the traditional red valentine!

morentin1326 said...

that is awesome... I just love the striped ribbon and your creation.
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KellyG said...

Pretty card, neat design!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Oh those are great ribbons and I'm not even a pink girl, love all the white on this card, simple, but elegant.

Teresa said...

very pretty, love it!

Barbara H said...

Cute card and like the May Arts ribbons you used.

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