May Swap - Ribbons & Bows

How to stamp this theme?  Thinking........

I will stamp a background with bows and then add some ribbons .....

...... add stamped and embossed black silhouette ......



I sorted some bow stamps from various sets, not being able to find the particular one I wanted!  I stamped them with Versafine Sepia ink and then used my Inktense pencils to colour.

Paper ribbons, from The Works, would help match up the colours.  I added a strip down one side of each card.

A few weeks ago PJ gave me some coffee filter papers, he thought I might be able to recycle them ......

I decided to stamp the vintage images from a Creative Expressions set onto these papers and then fussy cut them out.

I was pleased I had my TH Stamping platform as these images needed to be stamped several times before being 'solid' enough on the filter papers.
I fussy cut the images and attached them to the backgrounds.  

My first thought when creating these cards was to add a black ribbon to each card but after attaching a piece to this card, I decided it was boring so used this to attach the male image of the set ....... maybe he would have looked better being 'anchored' under the ribbon!!!

I edged each card with a Promarker pen using the dominant colour.


My swap cards arrived at the end of the month:


Beautifully stamped and collaged.
Thank you Julie Waters.

Very pretty, love the way the ribbon matches the stamping colour.

Thank you Pat Crossland.

This superb card came in its own envelope.  So pleased I received this one as I really wanted one of this set.

Thank you Sandie Wright.

Thank you Sid for hosting another super swap.  I received a great selection by return.