Sunday, February 14, 2021

SISTER STASH - All occasion card featuring a square photo of a dragonfly, ribbon and fibrous decorative paper

I have started making cards for my sister.  She came a while back and stayed a few days when her son was playing soccer locally and brought along some cardmaking/scrapbooking supplies which we made use of while she was here.  We visited more than we crafted so there were lots of supplies left after the weekend.  She left them here with the understanding that I would make her some cards from the lot.  I have over the last few years made quite a few for her but not so much in the last year.  I have decided to get started again.  I had a productive weekend and will be blogging what I have made over the next few weeks.  She has a stash of large envelopes so I have been making 8.5" x 5.5" cards to fit in her envelopes.  
This card started with a large green card.  I found this wonderfully textured paper which coordinated nicely and had already been ripped across the bottom so I simply trimmed the top and the side to get a layer for my card.  I added a brown grosgrain ribbon to this layer using a copper eyelet.  I backed the area of the paper behind the ribbon with a piece of cardstock so the eyelet would not pull through before adhering this layer to the front of my card.  I added a bit of double sided tape near the fish tail end of the ribbon and a bit of glue in between.  The photo on this card was part of a calendar which my sister, Sylvia, gave me for Christmas a few years ago.  I always save the pages in order to reuse the photos.  There is so much more real estate on a large card to accommodating a layered 4" x 4" photo.  It is much tighter on A2 cards.  I trimmed the dragonfly photo from the calendar page and matted it with burgundy paper.  I mounted this focal element to my card front using 3D foam tape and put the card to press overnight. 
Therese

 

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Upgraded sewing desk with a sewing machine lift


 For my Christmas gift to myself I bought a sewing machine lift for my little sewing desk.  I had already consulted with DH about the feasibility of putting one in and was given the go ahead.  It did require quite a few modifications and additions to get it in but it is wonderful to use.  The back had to be replaced with a larger more substantial piece of material and the front top had to be rebuilt into a full top which is what was needed with the raising of the sewing machine perpendicularly instead of the swinging storage that was in place before.  DH agreed to do the renovations to my desk as my Christmas present and I am most pleased.  The whole desk has been refurbished and cleaned up - new handles on the drawers and door/support, new base for the sewing machine with formica that matches the sewing machine, the new back now nicely painted the same colour as the other pieces.  I can now use my sewing machine flat with the top of my desk when I am free arm sewing.  DH built a wonderful insert so I can use my sewing machine for flat sewing as well.  Love the hearts!!  I am very happy to have been able to upgrade this little desk.  It fits perfectly in my space and I expect will be able to move to any other space when it will be necessary.    Therese 

Valentine card with LOTS of hearts and some ribbon


Having finally figured out the heart card I have been admiring for so long I have made my Valentine's card for DH using this format.  I chose scraps of cardstock that coordinated including one with musical notes - one of his favorite things is music.  I punched hearts from them and cut two in half to get my four halves.  I played with them until I was happy with the layout.  I chose one of the glittery red ones to be the special one.  I found a piece of aqua polka dot paper which I used as the base for my hearts.  I glued them into place, trimmed my paper and then put it under weight while it dried.  I decided not to add any machine stitching to this one - I liked it just as it was!!.  I had seen this heart embellishment on Splitcoast Stampers  and I really liked it so I used it on my card.  I die cut a white scalloped heart (Stamping UP) and mounted my red heart punchie (StampinUP) over it and added a pewter eyelet using my Cropadile.  It has been quite a while since both of those have seen daylight!!  I added three lengths of fiber to my heart layer - two gray with a smaller white one in between leaving them a bit loose knowing that I was going to tie them together and making sure that they lined up with where I was going to adhere my special heart.  I glued this large layer to my red card front which fits in a large envelope from my stash.  I used a short piece of gray fiber and threaded it through the eyelet on my heart, around the three fibers on my card and back through the front of the eyelet and tied it off with a double knot.  I mounted my heart in its place with 3D foam tape then trimmed the ends of my gray heart fiber to finish off my card.  I am very happy with how it worked out and I am looking forward to our at home celebration this weekend!           Therese
 

Friday, February 12, 2021

Another all occasion heart card featuring hearts punched from hand decorated paper, machine stitching and an embossed heart


 This is the second card I made with the bunch of hearts I punched from a sheet of hand decorated paper I made.  It started as a sheet where I tried out all the colours of a new set of pens using a very loose handwriting, a bit of colour added after another project and I added yet more watercolour in a variety of colours to get it bright enough to make the hearts for my two cards.  This is my second card and after having reverse engineered one I found on line I knew that I would need 14 hearts and 4 half hearts.  I did leave one space blank in the third row to put my special heart.  I chose a piece of purple light weight cardstock and glued down my hearts in close proximity to each other and then added the half hearts.  I put it under weight while it dried and then added machine stitching with purple thread tying off the ends on the back and securing them with regular tape.  For my special heart I punched one (SU) from silver metallic cardstock, embossed it with a flourish embossing folder (CB) and added a blue scalloped heart die cut (SU) in behind.  I mounted it in the open space using 3D foam tape.  The stitching on this one was more pronounced and I like it more subtle like on my first card.  I trimmed the purple and mounted it to a light aqua card which fit in an envelope from my stash.  Will do for a "much love","lots of hugs" card or an anniversary card.  It is going into my stash.  Therese 

Thursday, February 11, 2021

All occasion card featuring LOTS of hearts punched from hand decorated paper and one special one


 I have been wanting to make a card full of hearts like this one for quite a while.  I finally reverse engineered one I found on line to find that I needed fourteen full hearts and four halves.  I decided to use a sheet of white cardstock from my stash that I had already started altering with watercolour for my hearts.  I added several layers of watercolour in several colours to what was already there - a few marks and some very loose handwriting which I did when I bought a new set of pens and was testing the colours.  After it was dry I cut it into 1.75" strips which is what I needed for my heart punch (SU).  I alternated the direction of punching to make the most use of the strip.  I managed to punch a few halves as well from the scraps.  I chose these thirteen hearts and started gluing them down on a layer of light weight green cardstock without really knowing how wide I would need.  I glued down all the full hearts leaving a gap where the gold heart would be positioned and then added the half hearts.  I set that to press then added the machine stitching after they were dry.  I tied the threads on the back and secured them with a small piece of regular tape at each end.  I punched the gold heart and then added the scalloped die cut (SU) one behind it.  I originally had cut it from white which seemed too stark so I watercoloured the edge green instead.  It was better but I would have preferred a deeper colour but that is what I had in my watercolours.  I adhered them to each other and mounted them in the opening I had left open.  I trimmed the green layer and then mounted this large layer to a yellow card which fit in an envelope from my stash. Glad to have finally made one of these.  I have enough hearts from my piece of decorative paper to make another so I am off to make that happen.   Therese

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card with a fun multicoloured chevron background, blue tags with glittery butterfly cut outs, ribbon and a large butterfly


 This is the sixth and last card in my STASH SERIES!!! Some of the elements for all of the six cards were created at the same time which saves time because all the tools were already out!!  
For this card I started with a large blue card front and added this fun chevron background (colour printed digital).  I dug five blue scraps from my stash and punched butterflies (Martha Stewart) out of them before embossing them with different embossing folders.  Next, I reinserted the butteflies into different tags to provide some contrast and texture.  These ones got a bit of extra sparkle because they had opening in their wings where the tape I used to secure them on the back was visible so I simply applied some beautiful glitter and rubbed it on.  It stuck to the tape which both added another dimension to them and made the tape non sticky!!  I rearranged the tags until I was happy and adhere them to each other using regular tape.  I added a white satin ribbon and tied on a short piece to simulate a bow.  After tucking the ends to the back of the tag element I adhered the whole to my card front.  I used a Sizzix butterfly die to cut my focal element  I used a hand decorated paper for the smaller butterfly and both vellum and white paper for the large butterfly.  This butterfly requires that you fold your paper and lay it on the edge of the die and it cuts both wings at once.  I have both a vellum and paper layer because in the end I found there was not enough contrast with the vellum alone.  I embossed the vellum butterfly, adhered the coloured one to it with double sided tape only in the middle where the body would be.  I tied silver cord with a double knot in the middle which created both a body and the two antennae in one process.  I adhered the white paper one to the back using double sided tape in the center.  I adhered the butterfly to my card front using another piece of double sided tape in the center nicely overlapping my ribbon.  The bit of sparkle from the glitter really adds appeal to this card!!  So happy to have had the chance to try making cards this way and I think I will probably do another series some time in the future using a different sketch!!!  So many possibilities!!            Therese

Tuesday, February 09, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card featuring a floral background, a set of tags with floral die cuts, gray seam binding and a large layered flower


 This is my fifth card in my STASH SERIES!!  I am fond of this colour combination which I why I chose to add this beautiful floral background to the large gray card I created.  I dug six scraps of yellow cardstock from my stash, die cut little flowers from them and embossed them.  I reinserted the flowers in the opening in different tags and secured them with regular tape creating texture and contrast.   I arranged my tags, adhered them to each other using regular tape and added gray seam binding tucking the ends to the back before adhering this large element to my card front which fit just nicely on my card.  I tied on a short piece of the same seam binding to the one on the front using a single knot which nicely simulates a bow.  I used a Sizzix flower die to cut all the pieces for my floral focal element.  I cut two from gray cardstock and the other two from yellow using a bright one for the smallest one which is the center.  I adhere them all to each other after embossing them with the D'vine Swirl embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  I hand cut two large leaves, embossed them with script (Cuttlebug) and adhered them to the back of my flower.  I attached my flower to my card using double sided tape.  I really love how this one turned out!!!!!!!!    Therese 

Fun fire starter kits


 I made this batch of waxed papers today in order to send them along to the grand kids as an activity for their birthdays.  The boys have a camping theme so I thought it would be fun to send them kits for making up fire starters!!  I made up instructions and made an envelope for each one of them.  I will be sending the boys theirs for their upcoming birthdays and the girls will get theirs for their birthdays as they arrive this year.  You can see that I made up two of them to make sure they would work well with the supplies I chose this time around.  I used good one side bond paper from our scrap paper pile and simply applied wax crayons to the clean side.  Very little shows through so it makes the fire starters beautiful as well as practical.  I chose to used staples on the ends instead of stitching which makes it very easy for the kids to make themselves and filled them with only crushed newspaper instead of including shredded paper too which will make less of a mess.  I used a half sheet - 8.5" x 5.5" for each one.  You can see more info on this post:  Fire Starters.  If you want more info on how I waxed my papers you can find that here:  Wax crayon backgrounds.  I am glad to have this ready to send very shortly so they will arrive for their birthdays.  

Therese

Monday, February 08, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card with a music sheet background, brown tags with heart cut outs, gold ribbon and a lacy heart


 Number four of my STASH SERIES!!  All the cards, backgrounds and tags were created at one time in order to save time and get all the elements made up when the tools were out.  
For this card I created a large brown card and added a music sheet background (colour printed digital).  I did embellish the background a little with watercolour because it was leaning more to the grays and I was wanting to add brown elements.  The watercolour only absorbed on the highlights of the image where the toner was thin which gave a wonderful effect.  Just enough brown to do what I needed it to with my other elements. I dug five scraps from my stash and die cut hearts from all of them.  I embossed the tags, reinserted the hearts into the openings of different tags to create texture and contrast.  I played with my tags until I had an arrangement I liked but discovered that they were wider than my cards so when I adhered them to each other with regular tape I overlapped them just a little to make sure that this element would fit on my card front.  I added a gold ribbon, tucked the ends to the back and then adhered this element to my card.  I die cut the lacy heart from both brown and metallic gold and used the gold heart in the brown lacy frame to create my focal element.  Because they nest, I used bits of tape on the back to keep my heart in the opening.  I adhered the heart using double sided tape to my card overlapping the ribbon.  It still needed a "bit of something" so I tied on a length of brown crochet thread and tied a double knot.  That was better!!  Therese

Sunday, February 07, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card featuring decorative paper, star tags and a large gold embossed star


 This is my third card in my STASH SERIES which I started last week.  The six cards, backgrounds, punched and embossed tags were created in a bit of an assembly line which really saved some time as the tools were all out and got used for all of the cards.  
For this card I created a large red card front and added this beautiful fleur de lis background paper (colour printed digital).  I dug five scraps of red cardstock from my stash and die cut stars from them (Sizzix - red with four stars).  I embossed all the tags and then reinserted the stars in different tags to provide texture.  In this case, there was very little contrast because the reds were very close to each other in colour and value.  I rearranged my finished tags until I was happy with them and adhered them to each other using regular tape which is also what I used to secure the die cut stars in the openings.   I added a thin gold ribbon, tucking the ends to the back before adhering this large element to my card front.  I cut the a red star using the largest star on the Sizzix die, embossed it with script and then embossed it with gold embossing powder.  Lots of texture and a real nice metallic finish!!  I adhere it to a piece of brown cardstock and used a  ruler and exacto knife to trim it leaving a bit of a border all the way around.  I mounted my star to my card front using double sided tape and I was done!!  These cards are much nicer on their second look after pressing!!       Therese

Saturday, February 06, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card featuring decorative paper, leafy tags, ribbon and two layered leaves


 This card is part of a series of cards I made for my stash.  I did the first steps - large cards, backgrounds, punched and embossed tag elements in a bit of an assembly line for all the cards - six in all.  It was time saving to make them this way as all the tools were used for each step for each card.  Not my usual way of making cards but I am very happy with how they all turned out. 
For this card I started with a large green card and added a leafy background (colour printed digital).  I dug five scraps of green cardtock from my stash and punched leaves from all of them.  I embossed all the tags and then reinserted the leaf punchies into the openings of a different tag which provided contrast in both texture and colour.  I used regular tape to secure them in place.  I played with the tags  until I was happy and adhered them to each other using regular tape.  I added a length of wide brown grosgrain ribbon tucking the ends to the back before adhering this large element to my card front.  For my focal element I die cut a large maple leaf (SIZZIX) from green white core cardstock, embossed it with a tree embossing folder and sanded it.  I used watercolour to highlight the sanded areas and then added a bit of yellow using a stamp pad.  I found the small leaf in my stash and thought it would make a beautiful accent for my large leaf.  It is a punchie which I embossed, watercoloured and thermally embossed in gold after it was dry.  I layered the little leaf on over the bigger one and then tied their stems together using brown crochet thread.  This large element was adhered to the front of my card over the ribbon using 3D foam tape.        Therese

Friday, February 05, 2021

STASH SERIES - All occasion card featuring decorative paper, embossed tags and a large layered flower


 In an effort to have cards in my stash I decided to make a series of cards all featuring decorative paper backgrounds, little embossed tags with embedded punchies and a large focal element.  I started with six pieces of cardstock in a variety of colours, chose decorative paper backgrounds, strips for my tags along with a punch/die and started the cards.  
For this card I started with a large white card and adhered this fun floral paper in peach and aqua (colour printed digital image).  I chose five pink scraps from my stash, punched each of them with a six petal flower punch and then embossed the tags with a variety of embossing folders.  I filled the holes in each tag with a punched flower from one of the other scraps to create some contrast.  I adhered them from the back using regular tape.  The next step was to arrange them into a large element to put on my background.  I moved them around a bit until I was happy and used regular tape on the back to attach them to each other.  
I did all six of my cards to this level before moving on and adding a large coordinating accent.  
For this card, I created a large flower using a Sizzix flower die.  I cut two large ones  - one in dark pink and the other in white, then a smaller one from a medium pink colour.  I layered them and adhered them in the middle and then cut a yellow circle for the center.  After playing with the elements a bit I decided where the tag element would go and adhered it to my card front over the background.  Once I added my flower I found it needed something to keep it from blending too much with my tags and background.  I added a length of wide white gros grain ribbon with fish tail ends which I simply adhered to my card using double sided tape.  That was much better!!  Once I was ready to glue on my flower I decided it needed some leaves so I die cut two of these leafy sprigs (SU) from green cardstock and adhered them to the back of my flower before adhering this large element over the ribbon on my card.  The green leaves really helped to define the flower as well. 
Doing all the pieces for all the cards at the same time meant that I did all the punching, then all the embossing and then all the assembly of the tags at the same time which really saved some time.  I have very rarely had the time to make cards in this manner before.  I am usually running to get done what I need with a much tighter timeline so end up with one at a time. 
I really enjoyed the process and am very happy with how much character my cards have even if they were made to a certain level in an assembly line.  
Watch this space for the other cards I made as I get them posted!!
Therese

Large all occasion cards featuring blue and aqua decorative paper, sanded white core cardstock, foil and little birds

My last set of cards for donation which are very similar to my last two in that they use the deep aqua paper and the light yellow textured paper.  Both cards are landscape and the first on has the deep aqua pieced instead of whole like the other one.  I trimmed the yellow layer on the bottom one just to add some interest.  The small rectangles of aqua white core cardstock were embossed (top D'vine swirl - CB and the bottom brocade one - CB) and sanded.  I rounded the corner on the top one.  I punched the foil and used the circle punchie on the first one and the one with the opening on the second one.  Created my birds with the SU bird punch - yellow cardstock with watercolour for the bird and aqua for the wings.  The eye added with a black marker and the beaks with a yellow gel pen which I embellished with a lead pencil to add a bit more definition.  The branches for these two were also cut using the TH - Branch Tree using green cardstock scraps which were then watercoloured, adhered and trimmed to the edges.  These focal elements were added to my cards using 3D foam tape. 

Really happy with my little stack of cards.  I am sure they will be welcomed by the staff at the church and will go on to bless others as the need arises!!               Therese
 

Thursday, February 04, 2021

Large all occasion cards featuring decorative paper, sanded white core cardstock, foil and little birds

Still making cards for donation and for this set I used the same deep aqua and yellow as the last set.  The deep aqua are 4" x 4" with the yellow layers being larger.  I created white cards to fit in some large envelopes from my stash.  The foil layer on the first was punched with a 1.75" circle punch (SU) and the punchie used on the second card.  I embossed both pieces of aqua white core cardstock (distressed lines - CB on the first, D'vine Swirl - CB on the second) and sanded them.  I rounded the corners on the first one.  I rounded the corner on the foil layer as well before mounting it on my card along with the aqua piece.  The little birds were created using punched pieces from a bird punch from Stampin UP.  I punched the birds from yellow cardstock and watercoloured them, added eyes with a black marker and the beaks with a yellow gel pen which I embellished with a lead pencil to give them a bit more definition.  I punched the wings from teal cardstock scraps and embossed them before adhering them to the birds.  The punch includes a branch with leaves but it seemed too flimsy so I used Tim Holtz - Branch Tree die (SIZZIX) and cut a couple branches using green scraps of cardstock and watercoloured them before adhering to my layers and them trimming them to the edge.  I adhered my birds to the foil with double sided tape and then used 3D foam tape to adhere these focal elements to my card fronts.   I really enjoying making up these little birds and they were just the right size for these cards.  Therese
 

Wednesday, February 03, 2021

An all occasion card featuring a letter collaged tag, a paper pieced background and some ribbon

This is my second card for my card exchange this month.  I started with a brown envelope and created a kraft card to fit inside.  I dug out my brown and green paper scraps and created a paper pieced background trimming pieces as I went.  In my green paper scraps I found this tag so I decided to use it as the base for my letter collage.  I chose green and brown letters from my stash adhering the larger ones on first and then adding smaller ones after.  I added two pieces of white tissue paper to this one as well to help tie the collage together. I chose a brown leaf die cut as its focal element which I watercoloured, embossed and then highlighted with a bit of ink.  Once it was dry I added it to my tag.  I punched a hole at the top and added piece of beige ribbon trimming the ends diagonally.  I mounted my tag to the front of my card using 3D foam tape.  Very happy with how different all of these cards look having been created with a very similar technique.           Therese
 

All occasion card featuring a paper pieced background, a letter collage and a die cut circle embellishment

Loving this technique so I have decided to make my exchange cards for February using it!!  For this one I used letters for my collage.  I dug out a large red envelope and created a black card to fit inside.  I used red paper scraps from my stash to create a paper pieced background.  Next, I found a gray scrap on which I created the collage for my focal element using letter punchies and die cut from my stash.  For this one I chose mainly red, black and white ones.  Again, I used large, medium and smaller letters.  I added some white tissue paper strips to tone down the contrast a bit. To finish it off I used a large letter S which started life as a chipboard letter and had been stripped of its beautiful outer layer.  I coloured it with watercolour crayon, washed it out a bit and added some red watercolour until I was happy with it.  Next, I sealed it with a layer of white glue.  When it was dry I mounted my collage to a dark gray layer.  As I was auditioning it on my card front I wanted to a "bit of something" to add some texture and interest so I layered two  red circle die cuts, die cut a star from the middle and then cut it in half.  I mounted each half to the top and bottom of my collage on opposite edges.  I added two little punchie circles next to them.  That was better!  I adhered this large focal element to my card and finished it off by adding faux stitching to the edges of the half circles with a black marker.    Therese
 

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Large all occasion cards featuring decorative paper, borders, sanded white core cardstock, foil and a layered flower


 I am still working on large cards for donation and using paper donated to me by my sister who is in serious paper destashing mode.   You can check out another set of cards here & here.  For these I used a deep aqua paper with yellow floral accents and a very lightly textured yellow one.  I added the dark aqua first and then the yellow borders.  On the left hand one I used the eyelet border punch on both edges (SU) and I used my pattern tracing wheel on the small strip on my second one.  I used large rectangles of the light aqua white core cardstock on both and embossed the first with a distressed lines embossing folder (CB) and the second with the D'vine Swirl embossing folder (CB) and I rounded the corners on it as well.  I added short pieces of coordinating ribbon to the foil layer on the first card and rounded the corners on the one on my second card. The flowers were created using a large red Sizzix die that has four different layers.  I embossed all the layers once they were cut and then layered and glued them together.  Once I had added them to the foil layer with double sided tape they still needed a "bit of something" so I dug through my leaf punchies stash and found these that worked really well and that was certainly better!!!  Fun to change up the orientation!!          Therese

Monday, February 01, 2021

Birthday card featuring a star collage, a paper pieced background, a stamped greeting and some ribbon

I am having fun with this collage technique!!  For this card I started with a white card which I created to fit a large envelope from my stash.  I dug out my yellow/orange paper scraps and paper pieced a background onto my card front using a few pieces and trimming as needed.  I chose a mottled orange piece and created a star collage on it for my focal element.  I embossed the large star die cuts and glue them in place and then added some medium, small and tiny stars.   Once it was dry I adhered it to my card front over my background using 3D foam tape and went looking for a greeting.  I found this stamped one which worked well.  It has been stamped on a scrap a while back and I thought it would be fun to give it an asymmetrical outline so I just trimmed each side with my trimmer and then added some paper piercing using my pattern tracing wheel.  I added two little blue ribbon ends to the back and then mounted to my card with 3D foam tape.  Love it!!  
Therese
 

Large all occasion cards featuring decorative paper, sanded coral white core cardstock, foil punchies and butterflies

This is my next set of cards for donation.  They use the same papers as my last set and pretty much the same techniques and layout.  

For the top card, I used two strips of the green polka dot paper for the top and bottom of my large white card.  I added a 4" x 4" square of brown floral paper that coordinates with the green one and rounded the corners.   I corner rounded the rectangle of coral white core cardstock, embossed it with a floral embossing folder (CB), layered on a 1.75" foil circle punchie which I punched out when I made the last set and added a green stamped butterfly (SU) with tan thread tied on to create the body and antennae.  

For the bottom card I used similar techniques and supplies.  The white core cardstock was embossed with a letter embossing folder and I used a coordinating butterfly from my stash.  I changed the format from right to left.  

This process makes the cards all coordinating without any of them being identical.  They go together a little faster when you don't have to rethink your pieces or the layout.   Therese
 

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Anniversary card featuring a floral background and a variety of hearts - lacy black frame, copper foil one in the center and two small punchies on the ribbon


 For this anniversary card I started with a large envelope from my stash and made an off white card to fit inside.  I added a layer of block printed background paper that features flowers in several colours.  I cut a piece of brown gros grain ribbon, trimmed the ends diagonally and sealed the edges with the flame of a lighter before adhering it over my background.  I added two little copper foil heart punchies to each end of the ribbon.  I auditioned the dark green lacy frame I had on my desk which was extraneous to the creation of one of my thank you cards but it was not quite what I needed.  I decided to use a black marker and colour it to coordinate with the black in my background paper.  That worked very well!!  I adhered the lacy heart to my card using white glue from a fine tip applicator.  I pressed it for a bit with my hand to make sure it would stay in place over the ribbon.  The large copper foil heart was cut out when I was making my thank you cards.  I applied it with double sided tape on top and bottom and used white glue where it would be over the ribbon.  I am enjoying making cards again!!  It has been fun to be back in my craft room and playing with paper and bits of this and that!!   Theresse