Ribbon with The Crafty Pad

Another week gone! And this one has seen the majority of my days tending to sick children.  They are not only sharing the love ~ they are sharing their germs *fingers crossed* they don't share it with me as I sure do not want it!

But ... another week means another new challenge at  

The Crafty Pad 

And this week we are playing with RIBBON!

The DT were very fortunate this week to be given two lengths of seam binding from Crafty Ribbons and I had great fun playing with it.

It is the same ribbon but you can achieve two styles - Modern or Vintage.

Want the crisp, clean Modern look, then leave the ribbon as it is.
For the crinkly, aged Vintage look, spray with a little water until it is moist, scrunch up into a ball and leave overnight to dry - simple!

I went with the Vintage look and to add some firmness to the ribbon so my bow on the bone would sit really nice I added a dash of PVA glue.
This was so much fun to play with and if you change your mind on the style you want, you can just iron it flat again! How COOL IS THAT :))

This is a pic of the prize up for grabs this week!

Now I know you ALL wanna get your hands on it! So come along and have a play with us.  We love to see those Crafty Pad Images but it is not a requirement so there is NO EXCUSE for not joining us this week!

This week I made an adorable red wine bottle holder and matching gift tag.This would be great for sitting on the table or as a different alternative to the boring old wine bottle gift bag.

I can see as Christmas gets nearer this year I will be making some really festive ones for gifts and for useful  & practical decorations for the table.

As white wine is usually chilled and gets condensation this model is not really suitable as the skeleton is just card stock.

BUT ... 

If you used acetate as the skeleton and add a layer over the bottom base you could then decorate with your choice of DP and embellish as you wish!  And *wella* you would have a white wine bottle holder!   I promise I will get to making an acetate one to show you all :)

So how about some pics before I ramble on to much more!

I am planning on giving this as a house warming gift, and as they already have everything, I thought a good bottle of wine would be nice.

I used Crafty Pad - A dogs life image that you can purchase from HERE and I have colored it with my water color pencils this week.  I added some 'bling' to the cats necklace and for the eyes on both the cat and dog.  I also got out the super fine beads and glued them down for the roof.  I added a few dog charms and the plastic bone that I picked up from a local trash to treasure sale.

I love the DP on the base of the stand  it reminds me of an Italian pizza and pasta restaurant table cloth and the DP on the bottle is a grape and fruit image. The whole creation gives me a feel of a beautiful Italian homemade meal, rich in taste, love and good company.
 

Challenges this creation is entering:

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Anything but a card.
Card for men - Water - I have used water color pencils and when the holder could be used to hold water on the table.
KB Cute Monday - #5 Anything goes with a digi
Paper Playtime - #40 Anything goes with a digi
StampFairy - Anything but a card
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #141 - Create a tag or use a tag
Digital Tuesday - #100 Celebrations - Gift is for a house warming
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes 
Top Tip Tuesdays - Favorites - I love making gifts it is my fav thing to do
Tuesday Throwdown - #38 Tag it - incorporate a tag
The Creative Cottage - #34 Tag you're it!
Aud Sentiments - #23 Birthday cards, gift packaging or gifts
Charisma Cards - 4 legged friends
Colour Create - 3 fruits and the optional extra of fruit on my project - Green - kiwi, Orange - paw paw, brown - coconut & I have fruit on my project and on the DP
Craft Us Crazy - Nature - Grapes, wine, food and animals
Little Miss Muffet - #4 DP
Melijens Desgin - include an animal
Digi's With Attitude - #20 Anything goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Tellen's Place - Embellish, embellish, embellish - I have loads of grapes!
Wags 'n' Whiskers - More than one fold
* MyGrafico - March Anything goes 

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