Best of the Ribbonistas!

I am beyond honored to be a member of the May Arts Ribbonista Team! This week the Ribbon Lady is doing a 'best of' week- and you know how she loves prizes! So Here's the schedule for the week- make sure to head over to the May Arts blog- pretty sure you'll want to leave a comment!

*wink!*

Best of The Ribbonistas Schedule

 

Monday
Charlene Driggs
Jen Shears
Karen Baker

Candy Rosenberg

 

Tuesday
Christina Colón
DeeDee Catron

Wednesday
Emily Lanham
Erin Thiem
Gini Williams Cagle

Thursday
Jenifer Cowles
Lalo IK

Friday
Sandy Allnock
Virginia Fynes

Splash of color!

May Arts & Splash of Color have a new partnership!

This month the focus is eyelet & twinkling h2o's!

Head over to see what the ribbonistas came up with & leave a comment for your chance to win a roll of each eyelet & $20 from luminarte products!

(Luminarte products shown are an example only)

 

I started with painting each strip a color from the basic rainbow set:

Isn't that rainbow delish?

Next I added each color to a piece of cardstock with adhesive.

Once I had all the pieces adhered I trimmed off the excess!

See the finished project at May Arts! Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance at some delish ribbon & luminarte products! :)

May Arts & Lawn Fawn!

Lawn Fawn & May Arts are always such a fun combination!

I've got a couple of cards to share today- first off, a birthday card!

I started with Dewey Decimal paper, and embossed a birthday cake from year one in white powder.

 I used teal 5/8" twill, topped it with white mini pom poms, and tied it up with light blue mini cording!

Next I've got a fun 'just because' card!

This time I used paper from the bright side collection. I cut a polaroid with the say cheese die, then stamped a bird from fly free on vellum. The sentiment is also from fly free.

I layered two pieces 5/8" satin/scallop edge ribbon in olive on the bottom portion of the polaroid opening. I tied a simple bow in the new yellow burlap for a fun pop! love!

For another fun card featuring May Arts & Lawn Fawn, check out this post! :)

You probably can guess that there are prizes to be had when these two great companies team up!

You're RIGHT!

 

Make sure you leave comments on each post during the week for your chance to win: 

3 Spools of Ribbon – Your Choice!

and

A Lawn Fawn stamp and die set of your choice! 

Here's the schedule for the week!!! :)

 

 

Monday

Virginia Fynes    

Sandy Allnock    

 

Tuesday

Lalo IK    

Karen Baker   

Christina Colón   

 

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles    

Jen Shears    

Gini Williams Cagle    

 

Thursday

Erin Thiem    

Emily Lanham    

Leah Farrar-White    

 

Friday

DeeDee Catron   

Charlene Driggs

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Hopping! :)

Happy Birthday Erin: 2013 edition!

Today is Erin's birthday, a very special friend! As has become a tradition, Karen & I have joined forces to celebrate!

Since we know Erin loves May Arts & challenges, we decided to use that as our guide!

We chose to play in the Lawnscaping challenge; I pulled out bannerific, swimsuit season and the dewey decimal patterned paper from Lawn Fawn!

I also used ribbon from May Arts- a burlap (the one I used isn't currently in the catalog, but this one would be similar!) on top of 1.5" red silky/crush! Red & burlap are both in honor of Erin!

The background was created by misting a Dreamweaver Stencil.

I kept the card very literal- the circle from the sketch was created with my sewing machine.

Make sure you stop by Erin's to wish her a happy birthday & Karen's blog to see her birthday celebration for Erin!

The Ribbon Lady wanted to play along too- so be sure you stop by the May Arts blog for a special opportunity (you know how the Ribbon Lady loves a giveaway- just sayin'!)

:D

Happy Birthday, Erin!

 

And because Erin is the master of combining challenges, I'll add this one to the current Ribbon Carousel Challenge where we're to use patriotic colors! :)

 

 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

I'm up at May Arts today sharing how I made these super fun party favors!

Go check it out and let me know what you think! :)

 

May Arts + LYB + Xyron!

 

May Arts, Little Yellow Bicycle, and Xyron- oh my!

Welcome to Day 3 of the hop! I hope you've been stopping by all the blogs for inspiration (and don't forget about the giveaway(s)!!!)

I've got a couple of really fun cards to share! 

 

I'm in love with this LYB Poppy line! So bright, happy & trendy!

I cut the 'Celebrate' with my cricut and then added glitter with the awesome Xyron Create A Sticker! I ran it through to put the adhesive on the front first & applied the glitter, then ran it through a second time to make my glitter embellie a sticker! FAB!

 

I've used a couple different papers & stickers for this card. And I layered the new 5/8" woven chevron in white (gah!) over 2 layers of the 5/8" sheer ruffle edge in orange. I am loving the effect & will be sure to put it to use again soon! 

 

 Next up!

 

 

 A different pattern from the Poppy line, anchored with the same great chevron pattern at top & bottom that I used on the last card!

Another sticker from the line- and don't you LOVE that CORK flower pin? I used a Xyron 3/16" dot adhesive to apply aqua glitter!

Can you tell I love that 5/8" sheer ruffle? I used the turquoise this time! I tied some bittersweet burlap string around that turquoise bow- yum!

 

 

I've had so much fun pairing these 3 awesome companies together- May Arts ribbons complement the LYB Poppy Line wonderfully- and the Xyron products stick them all together! (Lol!!! I'm cracking myself up!)

Ok, so I know you picked up on the *prize* alert above!

Make sure you stop by all the participants & leave a comment- one lucky commenter will win

THREE SPOOLS of ribbon from May Arts!

 

 

But wait! There's more!

Be sure to stop by again on Friday to check out the details of the GRAND PRIZE that will run over the weekend!

You could win:

 

LYB - Vintage Summer Collection

Xyron - 5" Creative Station

May Arts - Two Spools of Ribbon

 

I KNOW!!!  :D

 

Now to help you out, here are the stops:

 

 

Monday

Virginia Fynes  

Sandy Allnock  

Leah Farrar-White  

 

Tuesday

Lalo IK  

Karen Baker   

 

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles  

Jen Shears      *you're here*

Gini Williams Cagle  

 

Thursday

Erin Thiem  

Emily Lanham   

Christina Colón

Friday

DeeDee Catron  

Charlene Driggs   

Candy Rosenberg  



June 2013 PTI blog hop

This month the PTI challenge was to add a touch of gold!

 I've got gilded DCWV paper, die & stamp from pretty poppies & sentiment from garden variety. Gold & aqua mist ink.

That awesome gold ribbon is May Arts!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

May Arts + Core'dinations + Stampendous!

Welcome to Day 3 of the hop! :) For my first card I used the Stampendous Cling Dream Text stamp on whitewashed Core'dinations paper & heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Clear embossing powder.   The tag was cut with my cricut & the reverse side of the whitewash paper provides the pink lining. Stickles were used for the flower center. I KNOW you're loving that gorgeous bow! That's May Arts'  Rose Silky Crush ribbon. YUMMO! The tag is tied on with the fabulous burlap string in natural. The Core' Sand-it gadget was used for distressing.  This next card is honestly stunning in person. It's probably in bad taste to say that, but it's true. ;) More of the Core' whitewash & this time the Stampendous jumbo cling poppy was used. This is a large image & I couldn't bear to cut any off so this is a 5x7" card!  I used some purple pigment ink & again embossed with the  Stampendous detail clear powder. I then watercolored the image with  the same purple ink & used black marker on the center.  The scroll image was stamped with versamark & heat embossed  with clear detail powder. May Arts black velvet corduroy was used to anchor the image, and the chevron twill in mauve matched the paper perfectly. I distressed the edges & used more of the whitewash paper as my card base. What do you think? You KNOW there are some fab prizes involved with the hop! So make sure you visit all the blogs participating- you'll have tons of inspiration & if you leave a comment at each one a chance to win: 2 spools of May Arts ribbon! And these: So get hopping! You're next stop is Jenifer Cowles! I've got the whole week's stops below so you don't miss a single one! :)  May Arts Stampendous Core'dinations Monday Charlene Driggs Kristine Reynolds Ava Gavloski Christina Colón Ellen Sosnoski DeeDee Catron Suzanna Lee Tuesday Emily Lanham Jamie Martin Jennifer Edwardson Erin Thiem Tenia Nelson Jill Lebbin Tracy Gruber Wednesday Gini Williams Cagle Cyndi Bundy Clare Buswell Jen Shears Krissy Fossmeyer Ellen Sosnoski Jenifer Cowles Lea Kimmel Ava Gavloski Asia King Thursday Karen Baker Kristine Reynolds Gail Linder Lalo IK Rhea Weigand Kate Nolan-Denham Vivian Keh Friday Leah Farrar-White Asia King Debbie Standard Sandy Allnock Cyndi Bundy Kim Moreno Virginia Fynes Jamie Martin Mary Pat Siehl Krissy Fossmeyer Kristine Reynolds Lea Kimmel Rhea Weigand Tenia Nelson
And HEY! My friend Erin is celebrating her 1000th post! The challenge is to use May Arts ribbon on a new creation- CHECK! Head over to her blog to play along & say congrats!! :)


May 2013 PTI blog hop

This month the PTI blog hop challenge was to build a bouquet!

 I've used Pretty Peonies, Life & May Arts satin leaves to create my bouquet.

 

 I love how the bouquet turned out, but couldn't help thinking it looked like it was floating. When I looked at the inspiration again I decided a ribbon 'vessel' was in order!

I apologize for not visiting all the beautiful work out there lately. It's been a busy, busy time with my family & commitments at my daughter's school. I applaud those of you that are able to fit it all in & hope you will let me in on your secret to doing it.... :)

 Here's the bouquet that was my inspiration:

Thank you so much for taking a peek! Happy Hopping! :)

May Arts + Scor-Pal!

Welcome to the May Arts & Scor-pal hop!

Today I am putting the turquoise 1.5" faux linen to work!

I started by using Mod-Podge as a stiffener & setting aside-you may be able to see the difference in texture the mod-podge gives in the picture below-

 

Once it was dry, I used my Scor-pal at 1/2" intervals to score the ribbon. 

 Then I accordion folded it & hot-glued it to a piece of cardstock.

 Next I scored my card base & DCWV decorative paper.

 And here it is assembled!

I'm loving how it turned out!

 

Now you KNOW with a hop comes a give-away! So make sure you leave a comment here, and at each stop of the hop for your chance at 3 spools of your choice AND a Scor-pal of your own! :)

Wahoo, right! :)

Next stop is Abby Henderson!



Thursday

Jen Shears

Abby Henderson - http://scrappin-abby.blogspot.com/

Jenifer Cowles

Diane Zechman - http://papercookies.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Karen Baker

Jennie Harper - http://www.stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/

Lalo IK

Katie Tate - http://bothsidesofthepaper.blogspot.com/

Sandy Allnock

Lisa Silver - http://silverstamping.blogspot.com/

Virginia Fynes

And here's tomorrow's list so you don't miss any stops!!!   

Friday

Charlene Driggs

Lori Williams - http://www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com/

Christina Colón

Steph Ackerman - http://www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/

DeeDee Catron

Toni Storie - http://sweetpeasstory.blogspot.com/

Emily Lanham

Tya Smith - http://simply-tya.blogspot.com/

Erin Thiem

Virginia Nebel - http://virginianebel.blogspot.com/

Gini Williams Cagle