Pleased to get an honourable mention for my Bells Card Challenge this week.
The Merry Monday Challenge was bells this week. Well I only had two bells which were stamps lent to me by a friend, the same design but different sizes, so they were the bells that were going to be used.
I began by stamping the bells in gold and the bows in red and thought how boring they looked so I drew a black edge around the bows to give them emphasis and stuck glitter on the bells to brighten them up. Well what was I going to do with them then? I looked in my ribbon box for some gold twine and came across this beautiful ribbon I bought some years ago for a friends birthday card and this was what I had left over. I felt it would make a good anchor for the bells and ribbons. So then I set about staging them on layers of card and stamping a sentiment to finish it off. Despite starting off feeling quite lack lustre about this challenge I have to say I ended up really enjoying myself and think it is my favourite MM card so far... but then I have only made six!
love those bells and that leafy ribbon is perfect for putting it all together!!
ReplyDeleteChris lent them to me Betty and they are some of her favourites she was telling me. I did think that ribbon pretty but not easy to use... But it was perfect for this card... A bit like Jack and the Beanstalk! Haha. You are kind with your comments and nearly always first. You are a real encourager.
ReplyDeleteLove these beautiful bells with their red bows! What a perfect piece of ribbon to "tie" them on! Thanks for sharing this with us at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bonnie, I am pleased to be part of Merry Monday
DeleteBeautiful card with your red bows and bells. Thanks for joining us week at Merry Monday!
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, the pleasure was all mine
DeleteHi Pam, what a pretty card, love all the elements especially the embossing!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHello Jasann and thank you for your kind comments. I cannot take any credit for the embossing as this was lovely embossed paper that was given to me by two lovely ladies from the USA as a thank you for helping them with their trip to England. The materials and cost of them in the USA is so inexpensive compared to here, it's just such a shame that they charge us so much for posting. These ladies gave me five beautiful books of various papers and that was just for starters!
DeleteLove this card, the vine with the bells looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Turtle Bug... The bells look prettier in the flesh, so to speak. The photo doesn't show up the glitter
DeleteLove all those pretty bells! Such a pretty card!
ReplyDeleteI am pleased you like it Sandee, thanks for leaving me such a nice comment
DeleteSuch a pretty card. I love the nice ribbon where the bells are one.
ReplyDeletegreetings Angelique
Thank you Annigide
DeleteLove the way your bells cascade down the card on that designer ribbon. Clever and, oh so, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank Conil
DeleteGreat design & use of your bells!
ReplyDeleteWell it's one thing making bells but then deciding what to do with them... Well that's another thing. Thank you Greta
DeleteA great card - a lovely use of that ribbon. Do you frequent Abakhan by any chance? I have the same ribbon but in a different colourway!! I really like the way you have made the bells become part of the "Jack and the beanstalk" growth!!!
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Hello Margaret, love your name glitterandglue! Well when we moved here I went to an Abakhan to buy dress material and didn't think it as good as the Lancashire Mill shops, not to say it was not a good shop.... It was. As a result I haven't been back. Perhaps I should because I didn't look at anything else. A lovely card making friend in London took me to an amazing ribbon shop. One big shop that sold nothing but ribbon. I think I got it from there. Can I tell you it is a really difficult thing to do to just buy ribbon with no specific projects in mind. The colours, shapes, sizes the complete array was overwhelming.
DeleteI really like it. The bells almost seem to move. It is very elegant too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alison, as it stands on my shelf for the week the ribbons albeit in just paper, do seem to have movement to them
DeleteYour trio of bells look great on that red leaf trim!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda for your comments
DeleteVery pretty card, your bells are lovely. Thank you for playing along with Merry Monday.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nina, I always like your cards... I like your name also, but then I would, we called our only daughter the same!
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