I accidentally came up with a cool thing while I was designing this easy Easter card to start things off at my friend Laurie's workshop earlier this month. Love it when an accident turns into something neat! I had planned to sponge the entire Whsiper White Organza ribbon for this card with my Elegant Eggplant ink to match the card base.
I started sponging it, but I didn't know how much ribbon to cut off the spool and therefore how far to keep sponging. So I wrapped it around my card and was in the process of mentally adding a couple more inches for the knot, when I realized that if I left it the way it was currently sponged, the knot would be two different colors.
Sure enough, after I cut it and tied the ribbon around my card, I had a two-tone ribbon and knot, and an easy and simple new way to embellish my card!
The possibilities for this are pretty cool–you can combine yellow AND green, pink AND blue, black AND white–you name it! Just sponge only half the ribbon you need to wrap around your project. I especially love the Whisper White Organza ribbon for this, because it has a gorgeous sheen to it, which still shows through any color you sponge on it. So it's like having shiny sparkly ribbon in ANY color! Sweetness!
Click here to see a quick photo tutorial on how to dye organza easily with a marker, and how to make it into curly ribbon, too! And then head to www.lyssa.stampinup.net to shop all our fantastic ribbon and embellishment choices. It's the last week of Sale A Bration 2012, too–make it count!
