PDCC#82, Wee#57

I'm sneaking in under the wire for the Play Date challenge this week- and isn't this inspiration fab?

And since stamping is the name of the game at Wee Memories this week, I'm in!
Here's my take:

who wouldn't love a text couch? *wink*

stamps are from PTI on my couch & Practicing creativity the whole cycle (the 'rug), ink is versamagic sahara sand, versafine black & PTI tea dye duo. Pattern paper is from Cosmo Cricket's brand new 'odds & ends' mini deck! :) text is vintage book print, & a little yellow embroidery floss...

thanks so much for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think!

Mickey Frame

Head over to May Arts to check this project out!

And while you are there check out the sneak peek for the new line! (there might be a giveaway involved- just sayin'!)

:)

GET OUT!

yep, in my best Elaine-from-Seinfeld voice, that's what I said when I got an email from Cath asking if I'd be interested in being a Moxie Fabber of the Week! Of course my husband is the only one that heard it- so you'll have to take my word on that....
I STILL can't believe it!!
me?
really?

unbelievable!!!
This is so exciting for me- and SUCH an honor!!!
So if you found me from the amazing Moxie Fab World- Thank you for stopping by! I'd love it if you stayed for awhile! I even have a fun tutorial posted below- check it out & leave a comment on that post & I'll pick one commenter to win a few yards of all the May Arts twine colors I have! (I think I'll draw on June 1st)
And thanks & congratulations to Cath & Moxie Fab World - for the constant inspiration (1000 posts!) Thanks again for this amazing opportunity!

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #3

I had a little time tonight & have been dying to CREATE something!!! So I put my anniversary set to work for a CAS challenge card-

I used the sentiment from 'on my couch' and BB:text. This challenge site requires ribbon, twine, string- I'm game!

And Wee Memories this week wants you to 'stamp it!'- check!
I've used some May Arts velvet- isn't it yummy? Oh, and some burlap string in the top of the tag!

I scored a couple of lines below the stems.

Ink is SU! bordering blue (have you ever seen those Himalayan blue poppies? *sigh*) and PTI spring moss.

Hadley & I went to the park yesterday- she's getting SO BIG!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think! :)

Rit dye & May Arts ribbon!

Some of you may know that May Arts had another design team call a while back. Round 2 involves the current design team members added into the mix! So I thought I'd show you another idea on changing the color of your ribbon! I'm sure many of you have used Rit dye, but have you tried it on ribbon?
I pulled out all those white ribbons you've seen me experiment with on the May Arts blog in the past:
HA01, QH01, DC01, EA01, XV01, FN01, 379-15-01, HN01, 353-01
And I bought some Rit dye (teal & wine). I tried the box/powdered versions, but they do sell a concentrate liquid, and after trying this technique I believe it would be a great option!

I visited the Rit dye website, and used the stove top method

I added salt to the mix, as recommended for the 'ombre' dying

I then added the mixed solution to a large pot full of hot water, and in went the ribbon!

I thought I 'd try a gradient/ombre effect (hence the salt addition), so some of the ribbon I put in to the color bath in sections every 15-20 minutes or so...

I moved the whole pot to the sink (after about an hour) and I should add the Rit website strongly encourages you to protect your surfaces. Some of us never learn... *wink*

I used tongs to pull the ribbon out & rinse

I set it all in my measuring cup to let it drip dry

And here's the finished 'teal' ribbon!

You can see the gradient effect I was going for was not successful.... (that's what experimenting is all about!) And the solid/wrinkled ribbon is definitely the most true to the box color- but the rosettes are pretty close too.
I moved on to the wine colored dye & same ribbons

This time I tried the low-water immersion technique from the website & skipped the salt.

You can see why the concentrated liquid would be a great way to go! (I wish I'd tried putting some of the liquid into a mister & trying it on paper! next time!) I just used one of those disposable glad containers. Since my silverware is stainless, I used that to push all the ribbon into the dye & it was fine.

I had a bit of a happy accident with the sheer woven rosettes when I realized I could use the spoon to just color the edges of the flowers!

In this shot you can see the fully-dyed, the white & the pink flowers with the edges dyed compared

And here's the finished group!

You can see the solid/wrinkled ribbon and the rosettes dyed true to the box, just like with the teal dye. The other ribbon is not as dark, but still pretty! I did let this sit overnight to see if the other ribbon would get darker, but it didn't!
So there you go- it's always fun to experiment with ribbon & color! I hope you've been inspired to try something a little different with YOUR May Arts ribbon!
If you haven't already, be sure to check out the May Arts blog & facebook page- there's always great inspiration (and lot's of giveaways!)!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by- I'm really hoping to remain on the May Arts design team- it's been a blast!

A little more DCWV

A couple of cards made for the DCWV swap- this one was given to the great librarian at Had's school:

CAS, no?
And this one was for my nephew's 12th (seriously, how did THAT happen?) birthday:

Thanks to all of you that sweet comments here AND at May Arts- I'm hoping one of you wins the weekend giveaway!

DCWV & May Arts pages!

Yes, I said PAGES! I got 2 pages & a lot of pics scrapped with the fab DCWV swap!

Blogger seems to have eaten my other post (I'm not sure if that's like the dog eating your homework?), so here's a peek at another item I've got posted at May Arts.

Now hurry over & comment for a chance to win some goodies- but be quick- she's picking today!!!! (sorry blogger was down so long & I couldn't remind you to get over there!)

Thanks so much for stopping by- and for your sweet comments here too! :)

DCWV swap!

It's my day for sharing my projects at May Arts using our DCWV goodies!

Here's one page that I created- there are details on it at the May Arts blog!

I have a few items over there, I'll share them here this week too. But don't forget to comment on the post there for a chance to win some goodies! You might want to check out this post too- just sayin'!

Thanks so much for stopping by- I always love to hear what you think!

May Arts & DCWV!

You know this is going to be fun!!!!

Head over to the blog to see the fabulous collaboration- and don't forget to comment for a chance to win some goodies!!!

WMSC46

I got a chance to play with the Waltzingmouse sketch this week:

I think it turned out pretty elegant....

Head over to the blog to see what else has been done with this sketch.

Make it Monday #13

Make it Monday #13 already! Another great tip on embossing plates + dies! So here's my take:

Let me tell you, in daylight these pinks really work- not as much in the light tent.

also tough to get the music embossing to show- but it's very pretty in person...

So there you go- 2 posts in one day from me!

Check out the other great creations here!

Moxie Hullabaloo!

I loved this trigger as soon as I saw it, but I admit, yesterday when I was at my LSS and SAW a piece of it in person- well I had to play!

Talk about literal!!! It was fun making this fabric my card base & adding different elements to change each one a little.

paired with fillable frames:

paired with enjoy the ride:

paired with just the ticket:

fun!
And this was what I was brought in bed this morning! All Hadley's idea, but Daddy helped with the execution....

I'm a very lucky Mommy!

I hope you've had a wonderful Mother's day! Don't forget to head over to Moxie Fab World to see the rest of the hullabaloo!!! :)

May Arts Mother's day giveaway- and do you swag?

You may have noticed by now that the ribbon lady at May Arts loves a chance for a fun giveaway! So head over to the blog to see the details on how to win this:

And another chance to 'win' is swag bucks! Have you heard of it? All you do is install the toolbar & use it as your search engine. It only takes 450 swagbucks for a $5 Amazon gift card, or 700 swagbucks for a $5 paypal gift card. Now, you may realize that could equal free stamps or kindle books in no time!!! There are lots of things you can redeem your swagbucks for- those are just some AWESOME ones, if you ask me! It hasn't slowed my computer down & I've only been at it for a few months & just through regular searches & occasionally doing the daily polls I've got enough for almost for $35 dollars through paypal- that's over 1/2 way to a free shipping order at PTI! :D

I hope you'll check it out- you also get swagbucks when someone that signs up for you wins swagbucks- WIN-WIN!

Have a fabulous National Scrapbook Day- and Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Birthday Banner Tutorial

You might (or might not!) remember I said I'd show you how I made this:

Head over to May Arts blog and see the details! While you are there you may want to check out the new challenge and the current giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by- I'd love to hear what you think! :)