My First Time! (Get Your Mind Out Of The Smut)

I have never entered an online challenge from a blog before but I saw this one and knew I had just the right card to enter. I am always working backwards for some odd reason. But this past week, I was playing with punches and rub-ons and came up with this sample. I can't decide if it's a really odd Valentine card (because I found the rub-on in a package of heart/valentine ones) or if it's springy enough. So I decided spring-since I am so fed up with winter.

I started with a mossy green Bazzill card. I then used a scrap of purple texture from DCWV (I hate this cardstock as it's a white core) which I distressed on the long edges. I covered this with a scrap of shimmery white. Taking a piece of glitter green wired Christmas ribbon (yeah, I am using up scraps still) I taped this to the back of the two layers. Using two more ribbon pieces, I laid them side by side and taped the ends to the back . Two tiny scraps of purple ribbon were then tied around each end in a small bow. I have no idea how I will ever do that again! It was hard!!!

I used a circle punch from Fiskars and punched out a yellow scrap. Then I attached the rub-on (I have had previous bad luck using textured cardstock for rub-ons but this worked great!). Those 99 cents rub-ons from Micheal's are a-ok. I then layer on the ribbon/paper combo using a Trio or other tape runner to the base card and added pop dots to the punched circle and centered it in the front middle. Ta da. Done.