Friday, December 3, 2010

Christmas Door

I've been thinking about what stamp set inspired me for this week's Curtain Call challenge. I've been wanting to try a wreath with gathered ribbon, so I sat down this evening and started playing with the Concord Crush stitched-poly ribbon. I pulled a few threads from the end of the ribbon to gather; this is called ruching.

The rest of the card fell into place once I had the wreath.

I did break down and use a glue gun to get my wreath stuck very well to a donut of cardstock. You can see how I created panels on the door with a scoring blade.

And I thought this card could also fit into the Stampin' Celebration and SU-Only Clean & Simple (CAS) challenges for this week.

Stamps: Warmest Regards; Paper: Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla; Ink: Concord Crush; Accessories: Concord Crush ribbon, Basic Gray ribbon, Circle punches, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals.

Edit to add: This card won Top 5 Show Stopper at Curtain Call. Yippee and thanks!

Thanks for stopping by!

14 comments:

Yapha said...

That is so pretty! I love the door! And that ribbon makes an awesome wreath. Great door knob, too. Very clever and cute!

Sara Mattson-Blume said...

Love all of it!

Krystal De Leeuw said...

So creative!! Love your "scored" door. Thanks for playing at the SCIC!!

Stacey Schafer said...

LOVE the wreath you created with the poly twill:) fabulous! thanks for playing the Curtain Call!

Anonymous said...

Cool! So creative to make the wreath and love the "door" you created. TFS!

Carmen said...

Ok how cool is this!! Love everything about it!!

Shelley Z said...

Great card! Love it! Score lines for the door is just genuis!

Monika/Buzsy said...

So pretty! Love how you used the ribbon, and made the door. Clever. Congrats on being one of the top 5CCSS. :o)

Kim P said...

This is soooooooooooooo clever!!!

Unknown said...

Pretty ribbon wreath! Congrats on making the Top 5!

Jen Timko said...

Love this door idea! The wreath is so pretty, too!

Rochelle said...

Oh the wreath looks great using the ruching technique!

Unknown said...

Great idea for the ribbon wreath! I love the door too. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Stampin' Celebration!

Mickey Roberts said...

Awesome! Admire your patience with the glue gun. Great idea to make a door. How fun!