Woven Card by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends.  When I saw the new Wave Ribbon Collage die, I thought of several ways that I wanted to use it....including turning it into an actual ribbon collage.  After all, who doesn't have a ton of paper scraps that need some way to use them?

To make the card, I cut out the wave ribbon from the front of a cream card:

I wanted the area to be bigger, so I moved the die down and cut it out a second time.  I didn't measure anything (not my style), and you can see it didn't match up in one spot on the right:

I used some scissors and trimmed it where the two dies didn't match.  Easy!

Next, I pulled out my assortment of scraps.  I have Colorburst powder papers, Gelli Plate papers, patterned papers, metallic papers, and some interesting handmade/textured papers from Birch Press Design.  I wanted to have a nice mixture of colors, textures, thicknesses, and patterns:

I cut strips of paper and then wove them through the die cut opening.  Hint...when you get to the end, it is easier to put in a strip that is not right next to the border.  I took a picture to show you what I mean.  The open area on the card shows you where I wove the last piece onto the card:

If you try to put in the last piece in next to the edge/border, you will have a better chance of ripping your paper as you weave.

Here is a close up once I trimmed the paper strips and glued them down.  I also added the thanks sentiment that is popped up on the card with some foam:

After I made the card, I couldn't help but think about how it would look out of a gold metallic card so that the tiny paper ribbons I would use to weave would be metallic.  Hmmmm.... plans for next time.

 

 

Supplies

 

94005 Wave Ribbon Collage craft die

94011 Thanks Jotted Script craft die

Comments

[Cynthia D]

an exciting-looking design!

[karenajo]

Fantastic card ! Love how you used this die ! I do not like to throw away those pretty left over paper pieces and this is a great way to use them. Thanks for sharing such a super idea!

[Vicki Taxier]

When I saw the pic of this card I took a deep breath and said “I love this!” I even have the die. I’ll be making many of these in years to come! Awesome card!!!

[Nimue]

GENIUS. Love this. Paper is upstairs waiting to be stripped. Thanks so much for the idea.

[Barbara-Jean]

Just love what you did with this die, Laura!