Paper Bow Tutorial: My Creative Scrapbook

Do you ever look in your card pile and realize you don't have enough basic sentiments?  This happens to me sometimes, so I tried to remedy that a bit with this card that simply says: Noted.  I think it will work well for a thank you card or a congratulatory card or teacher card. 

I made this card with the March kit at My Creative Scrapbook. The kit features the pretty Collectable line from My Mind's Eye. 

To give this card a little extra flair, I made a simple paper bow. 

I started by cutting 3 strips of paper the same width but different lengths: 5.5 inches, 4.5 inches and 3.5 inches.  I notched the end of the longest strip. This will be the base of the bow. 

The next step is to fold over the two smaller papers to form a circle.  Press the circles down in the middle and secure.  I secured them with stitching but adhesive would work too. 

I layered the smallest circle on the larger one and placed them in the middle of the notched strip. I punched a small scallop circle from patterned paper and put it on top. Then I used a hole punch to go through the center of all the layers and added a brad in the center. 

To curl the edges of the bow, I wrapped them around a pencil. 

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