Happy Birthday

One of the many neat things about our hobby is the tremendous opportunity to recycle and re-purpose materials at hand.  In this case, the floral banner . . .

 It started out as a lovely bow that was attached to a huge basket of flowers a friend gave to my husband.  To get rid of the wrinkles, I dipped it in water and draped it over a rod to dry.  Then to give it body and keep it from curling, I used my Xyron to glue it to a scrap piece of cardstock.  This trick will work with almost any fabric and for very thin decorative papers, such as Asian ones.

Cardstock:   Bazzill Velvet, Pear, Leapfrog, Strathmore Ultimate White,

                        #90 watercolor paper  

Stamps:       Stacy Stamps Antique Lace, Seth Apter Edges, Technique

                        Junkies Simple Sentiments: Set 1

Inks:             Distress Peeled Paint, VersaMark, ColorBox Silver

Emb Powder:   Delafield Silver

Dies:            DieNamics Wonky Stitch Rectangle Stax, Sentiment Strips,

                        La La Land Stitched Ribbon, Elizabeth Craft Ribbons 1,

                        Tim Holtz Labels, Spellbinders Shoot!, Marianne Butterflies  

Doo Dads:    Flowered fabric ribbon