Ok ladies…. this is going to be my very first card tutorial on here… I hope it’s not ‘too’ simple… I plan on posting one of these once a month, so if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see (that I can do… lol!) feel free to ask and i’ll see what I can do! 
So… here we go!
Materials:
*Sorry ladies… my tutorial for this will be back next year.. this card was picked up for CARDS March.2009!
You will need the following:
Cardstock card base (mine is 5×5′)
3-6 gems
15″ ribbon
12″ twine
2 pcs of contrasting pp
1 deco edge punch
1 tag
1 sentiment (rub-on, alpha stickers, stamped quote/sentiment, etc)
2 buttons (one smaller than the other)
1 material or felt blossom
Step 1: Adhere 1st pc of pp on the bottom 1/2 of the card.
Step 2: Cut 2nd pc of pp to about 1 1/2″ shorter than card base. Punch deco edge on pc of pp and adhere to card base.
Step 3: Tie a bow in the end of the ribbon, leaving a long tail on the right hand side, do NOT trim yet.
Step 4 & 5: Layer 2 buttons on top of felt/material blossom and weave twine through….
Step 6: Tie the twine in a bow and pull snug.
Step 7: Adhere tag on card base, then layer on sentiment as shown.
Step 8 & 9: Place a glue dot on the back of the ribbon bow and adhere to left side of card layering over the tag as shown. Staple ribbon on right hand side of card, if you don’t have a stapler, use brads or simply adhere down with glue dots.
Step 10: Adhere bling beside sentiment and under sentiment as shown.
~ Finished Card ~
Materials: Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine pp, Misc. Ribbon & Buttons, felt blossom handmade by a friend, Sentment & Tag Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine.
Cosmo pp pkg is available here:
http://www.lilscrappers.ca/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=16444
And there you have it! I hope you’ll try out my card tutorial! Please be sure to come back & link me up to your card if you try it!! I’m off to the London Scrapbook Expo with Kim today! We have a lunch date planned and will be scrap shopping!! I’m good at that! LOL!!
Enjoy my card tutorial & have a wonderful day! Hugs!
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial, Carla. I sure am going to try it out soon. And thank you also for using simple material; I hope to find most of those around here in India.
Love,
Smita.
Carla, this looks great!!! Love the card and the tutorial! I think I will have to make something like this!! Loved the way you made your bow/flower/button embellishment!
Excellent tutorial, Carla! Even I can follow it!
Thank you sooo much for this wonderful tutorial, i have already make two card, you can se the cards on my blog.
my cards
Awesome job with your first tutorial! I love to see how your creativity works step by step. Some of those items like the lined paper and the funky edged paper I would staty away from because I wouldn’t know what to do with them, but you’ve made a great card with them! Thanks!!! Can’t wait to see more
Thanks for this tutorial……..I think I have the stuff to make this card:)
Carla you did an Exellent job…10/10…..
Your card is `Beautiful`:)~X~
Very cute! Thank you for showing! I hope to try it out for a christmas card!
What a great job you did with the tutorial…gave me alot of inspiration! Beautiful card!!
hugs,T
Thanks a lot: love your tutorial and I am going to try “something similar”.
Will you post more tutorials? I can’t wait!
Excellent tutorial! And I couldn’t resist giving it a try right away. Thanks for distracting me from the housework I was supposed to get done this afternoon.
You can check out me card here if you want.
Thanks so much for the great tutorial. Now I can make a “Carla” card myself.
Enjoy your weekend!
xoxo
Love it!! Great card and tutorial!!!
XxX
Awesome card and tutorial, Carla! I’d like to see a tutorial using those clear card bases. I just got some and want to play, but I need ideas!
So Cute!! I love the great colors and that bow idea~~~it’s so Carla!—I mean Brilliant! But then those words go hand in hand anyway!
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing
Carla – you make it look so simple!! Thanks for the tutorial – I cannot wait to try – I even have that paper in my stash!!
Wow! You make it seem so effortless!
Gorgeous card!
very cute, fun to see how you put the card together!
Thanks Carla for the tutorial this seems fairly easy I think I can do it !! My personal request for the next tutorial ; (card stitching )
Hi Carla,
I found your blog today through Rae Barthel (http://simplyrae.blogspot.com/) who referred her readers to another blog Creative Journey (http://creativejourney.typepad.com/creative_journey/). Someone on Creative Journey posted your Christmas cards as her favorite card right now. How cool is that? I found two new great blogs today because of Rae and one is yours! I loved your tutorial and can’t wait to check out the rest of it.
Blessings,
Kate
Carla,
Thank you for the great tutorial……I love your beautiful artwork.
Can you please tell us who makes the deco punch?
When I saw this earlier today I just had to play Carla…here’s my card.
http://ahappyscramper.typepad.com/a_happy_scramperscrapbook/2008/09/card-for-carlas.html
Can’t wait for your next tut…..great work….love it all. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Lovely blog you have. I have just liftet some of your christmas cards. You can se them on my blog.
Gr. Karina
Thank you so much for this tutorial. You can watch my card in my blogg.
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http://inas-lille-blogg.blogspot.com/
Here’s the card I made using your tutorial. Thanks again…I enjoyed it.
http://dawneivey.blogspot.com/2008/09/very-productive-weekend.html
TFL!!
Awesome tutorial Carla,
check out my card here!!
Awesome tutorial, love the card. I got some awesome goodies while visiting Arizona and I can’t wait to play!
What a great tutorial. The instructions are simple and clear…but the outcome of the card is fabulous!
Thanks for this, Carla! It was so much fun to do! Here is my card. http://plmelin.blogspot.com/2008/09/carlas-card-tutorial.html
Thank you for this tutorial, Carla! It was so easy to follow and fun to do!
http://plmelin.blogspot.com/2008/09/carlas-card-tutorial.html
Hey girl….I made a card according to your tutorial last night and really enjoyed it. You can find my card here. Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration!
Wow, I really like that card! Is it ok to borrow that for the Swedish Scrappiz blog (www.scrappiz.se) for “inspiration all around the world” on World Cardmaking day?
Hi!
I made a card with your tutorial last week and I really enjoyed it.
Here you can find my card: http://scrapsbymarianne.blogspot.com/2008/10/freubelweer.html
I can hardly wait until the next tutorial