I created this Baby Card a while ago for a dear friend’s granddaughter. I just cannot get enough of Crinkle Ribbon! It’s so easy to dye and it looks sooooooooo crinkled – I love it. Black is not traditionally a baby color but I wanted to bring out the grungy goodness in the distress.
- To create the background, start with different colors of Distress Stains. Smush them onto a Craft Sheet and swipe Manila Card Stock through them and heat set.
- Sponge additional Distress Ink over the background with a Blending Tool.
- Add Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges of the card stock.
- Repeat for 4- 3/4 x 2-3/4″ piece of Manila Card Stock.
- Stamp “How Wonderful Life is Now You’re in the World” in Black Archival Ink and emboss with Clear Embossing Powder and a Heat Tool.
- Layer the smaller piece onto Basic Black Card Stock.
- Use Distress Stains to dye Crinkle Ribbon. Crinkle and Heat Set.
- Wrap Ribbon around the pink post card piece and secure behind with Glue Dots.
- Tie a Double Bow using the “How to Tie a Double Bow Using Your Fingers Technique” (See VIDEO HERE.) and attach it to the ribbon using Glue Dots.
- Attach the layered sentiment piece onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Attach an Idea-Ology Word Band to the front of the card using Black Jute String. Secure behind post card with Tear & Tape Adhesive.
- Add a Mini Corner to the bottom left and upper right corner of the post card. Attach the post card to a card – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ piece of Basic Black Card Stock scored at 4-1/4″.
- Attach an Idea-ology Charm to the Double Bow using a Jump Ring.
- Attach a Gum Drop to the bottom of the card front.
- Attach an Idea-ology Hinge Clip to the sentiment piece.
- Finish the card by adhering a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock to the inside of the card.
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I created two very similar cards for them using Distress Inks and Stains. The tutorial is below. Enjoy! 😀 
I applied Tissue Tape with Multi-Media Matte. 
I stamped Mona Lisa from the TH Mini Classics Stamp Set in Archival Black Ink. Additional stamps were randomly stamped around the Tag. 
I applied Texture Paste through the TH Gothic Stencil and, when that dried, I applied the Texture Paste through the Schoolhouse Stencil to get the numbers across the Tag. (Not shown here.) 
Distress Stains – Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce and Rusty Hinge – were applied to the Craft Sheet. 
The Tag was spritzed with Water and swiped through the Inks. Additional Distress Inks were applied to the Tag and then it was spritzed with water to blend the inks. 
The Tag was Heat Set and then Walnut Ink was sponged through the Speckled Stencil. 
Remnant Rubs were attached to a Vial Label. The edges of the Label were Sanded and Inked with Walnut Stain Ink. 
Parts of the Tag were sponged with Distress Embossing Ink and then embossed with Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder. A piece of Filmstrip (LOVE it!) was attached to the Tag with the Tiny Attacher. Mini Gears were attached to the bottom of the Tag. 
The Idea-Ology Embellishments were aged using Rusty Hinge and Evergreen Bough Distress Paints. 
Here’s a close up of Mona Lisa, Word Band and Mini Gears. 
The Idea-Ology Key was aged using the Distress Paints and it was also inked in random places with Embossing Ink and then Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder was poured on and heated. 
The same Distress Stains were used to dye Crinkle Ribbon for the top of the Tag. 
The Key was attached to the Tag and a Swivel Clasp was attached to the Ribbon. 
The edges of the Tag were Distressed with a Distressing Tool and then inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. 
The Idea-Ology Word Band was attached to the Tag with Jute String. 
Before attaching the Ribbon, I backed the Tag with another Tag to give it a little more strength to support the Key. 
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