SmudgeFest Day 4

Yes!  I’m so happy that I’ve been able to play along every day so far!  Today’s challenge is Thursday Throwdown.  It’s a color challenge.  Here are the colors you have to use, well at least use 3 of them…

I used these colors to decorate a cheery little coffin.  And I promise that the blue looks lighter/brighter in person.*grumble* stupid camera *grumble*

The sharpies weren’t the best idea for coloring on top of gesso.  Ah well.

I used my sharpies to color some plain white ribbon for the sides.

I used the Rose Coffin stamp from the Candy is Dandy set from Smeared Ink.  It’s one of my favorite stamps.

Thanks for looking!  I’m excited to see what challenge tomorrow holds!

Simple Ribbon Hearts

I made a card with a ribbon heart here, and Tonya had asked if I could photograph how it was done, so, here we go!:)

Here's the heart from the card in question...


First, I just punched two holes through the papers and poked the ribbon through from the back to the front...


Here's the back view...


Then, I just put the other end of the ribbon through the other hole in the back...


Then I glued the first ribbon end down to the front of the paper...


Then, I trimmed the other end of the ribbon and glued it down, too...


And it's as simple as that! As you can see, the heart just looks a little different depending on the spacing of your holes, and the width and the heaviness of the ribbon you're using.

Hopefully someone will find this helpful. Thanks for looking!:)

-Laura