SOS #49 - 'B' Theme

It's time for another challenge at Shopping Our Stash! This week we ask you to use anything that starts with the letter 'b'. Think: brads, boys, bugs, blue, banana, bicycle, bear, basket, etc. LOTS of options!  Also, Bugaboo, is our sponsor this week, so using a Bugaboo image is another option. We couldn't really make this any easier, could we?  :)

Here's my card, then I'll explain:

 This started out as a homework project for the online class I'm taking. One of the videos shows how we could use our ribbon scraps to make a die-cut shape. I was already kinda doing this with paper, but I'd not tried ribbon before. Once I started putting it together, I realized it was the perfect card for this week's SOS challenge. I've got blue, brown, a brad, a button and a banner. Not bad, not bad at all!!! :)

I made a second card, too, since I cut parts for two flowers:

Let me show you a bit about how I made this, and also one of my boo-boos so you won't make the same mistake.

First, I covered a piece of card stock with good adhesive and stuck on ribbons from my "this is too big to throw away" pile:

 See those handsome chevron shapes all across the thing? Yeah, that's my boo-boo. I used a new chevron die to attempt to cut the ribbon, and the ribbon is just too thick. You are supposed to use a steel-ruled die (the fat ones - BigZ-types) to cut through ribbon. Fortunately for me, I decided I liked the wavy lines all over the ribbon, so I was okay.

Here are the flowers after I'd die-cut them with my SU BigL Fun Flowers die:

I also cut some pieces out of a brown remnant to use as additional layers.

I embossed the blue layers with my new (and now used) Spellbinder's M-Bossabilities So Trendy folder:

 I flipped one over, just to be different. I like them both!

Now it's YOUR turn! Go into your stash and find stuff that starts with the letter 'b', use them to make a card, then come over to Shopping Our Stash and link us up so we can see what you've made!

Thanks for stopping by!

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