Ribbon Flowers

It's a lovely sunny day here, apparently we will be getting more sunshine for the rest of the week. 

I'm on a roll with my cardmaking after a while of not being very creative.

I have a ton of ribbon scraps lying around in my craftroom and I just can't bear to throw any of them away, sometimes I use them for tags but lately I have been trying to be a bit more creative with them. I recently saw some fabric flowers in a cardmaking magazine so I decided to try using some wide ribbon to make some with.

This card was very quick and easy to make, the fabulous papers are MME Lost and Found,  I used the paper as the focal point as it was so pretty.  I then made this flower with a small length of 38mm sheer ruffle edge ribbon from the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop which I folded in half and used a simple running stitch along the fold. After that I gathered up the ribbon by pulling the thread at one end and securing into a flower shape with a few quick sewing stitches.

The green leaves were made using a couple of tiny scraps of sea moss seam binding  shaped into a loop and secured underneath the flower with a couple more stitches.

I finished off the flower with a pretty button sewn into the middle of the flower and a couple of leaf pins. I think the ruffle edge of the ribbon really works well as a flower.  I will definitely be using up more of my scraps making these flowers.

The celebrate stamp is from Waltzingmouse 'Say it Loud' set.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges;

Crafts and Me - Light Airy Spring Colours
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge- Spring
Crafty Catz - Spring is in the Air
Penny Black and more - Springtime
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by,
Sarah x