Pearl Snowmen and Double Bow Cheating Tip!

Supplies: SU Textured CS in Blue Bayou, Soft Sky. Ink: SU Black, Blue Bayou (for sponging). Nestabilities, SU Pretties Kit, SU 5/8" DS ribbon, Martha Stewart Fern Punch

This is a little 3-1/2 by 4-3/4 sized card. The little snowman is made using graduating sized half-backed pearls from my SU Pretties kit. I punched a MS Fern from dark brown paper and snipped off a couple of the branches to make the arms of the snowman. I drew on his hat with a .003 fine point marker. Added the bow and a sentiment tag and adhered all the layers to a cuttlebug embossed snowflake base. Originally the bow was floppy and too big for the card, I didn't like it at all. I played around with it some and indented each of the loops so I could see what it would look like with shorter loops. The way I had indented it ended up making it appear to be a double bow. So I ran my ATG tape gun down the folds of the indents and it now is a faux double bow! The result uses far less ribbon than a normal double bow and it's easier to manipulate. TFL, I'm so glad you stopped by!