Ladies Summer Cotillion Reveal & Blog Hop Give Away Begins Here!

Good morning dear friends.  Here is a peek at this months beautiful G45 Ladies Dairy and Carta Bella papers.   Scraputante will be giving away a kit to one lucky winner drawn at random on Monday, July 9th. Please feel free to leave me a comment below and you'll be entered to win!  So here's my layouts:

Jennifer Pasternik as a newlywed!

The layout above is of my beautiful daughter Jennifer on her wedding day.  She was such a beautiful bride!

Jennifer Wyatt at the Wedding Party Salon Day

This is Jennifer again at our salon date to get our hair and nails all done up for the ceremony.  We had such a fun time with the wedding party all together at the salon.   Lots of laughter as we all got ready for the big event!

Quinn at the Bridal Salon Day

This is my darling granddaughter, Quinn showing off her beautiful 'twisty' up-do!  She wore the most beautiful crown of roses on her head and looked just stunning!

Last but not least, is the Mother of the Bride, yep that's me!  This pic was taken at our rehearsal at the church. 

Well friends that's it for me today.  Just leave  a comment below and you'll be entered to win your own  "Ladies Summer Cotillion Kit" from Scraputante.  Scrap happy!  Hugs to All ~ Dawna

How to Make Ribbon Rose Buds

 Leaving yourself about 2" of extra ribbon for tails, tie your ribbon in a knot:

The knot acts as the rose bud center so don't pull it too tightly closed. 

Next twist your ribbon and curl it around the center knot. 

 
Your ribbon will sort of fold around the center knot and looks like this when you are finished wrapping for a small bud:

Once it is the size you want it, take the ribbon and lap it over on the backside of your rose bud so it can be secured down with a glue dot:

Put your glue dot on the tail and secure it to the bottom side of your rose bud and trim tails for a finished look:

And VOILA!  You've got yourself one fantastic ribbon rose bud: