GIVEAWAY WINNER!!.... and...Thanksgiving Inspiration from a Bow Making Tool

We have a WINNER!
Theresa D'Amico...

Your name was pulled out of Gary's baseball cap late last night

as the winner of the beautiful HELLO Catherine Scanlon Designs Stamp Set!

Please email your mailing info to me at: tobellissimacards@gmail.com

                      

CONGRATULATIONS THERESA!

and now...

It's time to share today's project!
Since getting the DecoFun Bow Maker

I've been enjoying the fact that I can now make bows! 

(Something that I was never able to say before)

and..

While I am a passionate and dedicated card maker...

I'm finding that being able to make perfect bows 

has inspired me to use some of my creative time working on "other" paper crafting projects!

I've been in the Autumn mode lately...

creating lots of Autumn-y cards../

Thanksgiving cards  ...cards with Autumn leaves...

and Autumn-like inspiring quotes.

Today...I'm sharing a small non-card project...

It's Autumn-y...and allowed me to make a bow!

 I started out with the larger of this Creative Visions turkey stamp
(I have plans already for the smaller turkey...so stay tuned)

In addition to the large turkey stamp....

I got out my DecoFun Bow Maker...

some gold ribbon from The Ribbon Place

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

and some gold cording.

I also used the Fawn Fawn Bannerific stamp set 

and a Hero Arts Celebrate Everyday sentiment set.

I stamped the large turkey image and colored it with Copics

and cut it out.
Next, I stamped and cut out the banner...and the word "Happy" separately

I created a gold bow...

and cut and scored a small base card using LCI dark brown metallic card stock
I positioned the turkey so that it extended beyond the top of the base card.

The sentiment banner was positioned with foam dimensionals.

I used a brown marker to edge the word "Happy" with brown ink

then positioned it with foam dimensionals.
Next...I attached the double looped bow to complete this piece.
I attached the completed piece to a long narrow wood pick/skewer 

I've chosen to use this as a floral pick...for a pot of Mums

and will write a Thanksgiving greeting on the inside of the card.

This piece can also be used as a gift bag tag.

I am thrilled with the bow...and still can't believe that I can now make bows!

Thank you DecoFun Bow Maker 

for making a bow maker out of bow-challenged me!

PS...This gold double looped bow took me approximately 4 minutes to make

Honestly.

That's an amazing thing for me...who was never able to make a single loop bow...

never mind  a double loop bow!

I really enjoyed creating this floral pick/gift bag tag/card...

and am looking forward to creating more ribbon and bow related projects 

in the future.

I've already got plans for the smaller turkey image...

and would love it if you visit again tomorrow 

to see what Ive got up my crafty little sleeve!

If you're wondering where you can find the DecoFun Bow Maker...
It's right HERE...at The Ribbon Place!

Thanks for visiting today my crafty and creative friends!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Michelle