December 2014 PTI Blog Hop Take 3

 One last card for the hop- and playing along with MIM stamped borders!

Big Thanks center image stamped in smokey shadow & vintage borders stamped in gold & silver delicata.

Trying to capture the shimmer!

I like how the image from vintage labels matches the big thanks! A little more formal than I usually create, but would be a really pretty border for a wedding card!!

Happy Hopping!

December 2014 PTI Blog Hop- Take 2

Take 2 for the PTI blog hop!

I've used PTI white cardstock & some Artful Accents silver glitter dot garland to create a super CAS thank you card! Mail friendly too- LOVE that!

I used a spellbinder circle die to cut a PTI kraft circle to stamp on. Sentiment is from Trendy Trees. The ink is Delicata gold- so pretty in person- hard to photograph! 

I would've heat embossed but my heat gun died! WHAT? It is probably over 20 years old so I suppose it's understandable. I had a momentary thought of getting the iron ouy to heat emboss old-school- it passed!

I think I will make some more of these- I think they turned out so cute!!

Happy Hopping!

December 2014 PTI Blog Hop

PTI blog hop day! This month the theme is silver & gold!

I've used some gold foil DCWV paper to create a box. I've tied it up with May Arts 1/2" metallic silver ribbon and used gold metallic string to tie on a PTI tiny tag stamped with a sentiment from Trendy Trees using delicata ink.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Happy Hopping!

May Arts: Unique Gift Wrapping

Welcome to my stop on the May Arts Unique Gift Wrapping hop! :)

I found this pin awhile ago & thought it was a really fun idea- but it needed ribbon!!

I used two pieces of kraft paper & held them together with clothes pins. I sketched a simple stocking shape (I outlined in black so you could see it in the pics) & cut it out.

I didn't want pin holes so I used more clothes pins to hold the stocking together so that I could sew it.

You can see I added the 1.5" wired burlap with lace edge in natural, topped it with burgundy 5/8" satin pleats & tied a loose bunch of natural burlap string aound the pleats. 

I left the top open for filling & tied a stamped Artful Accents kraft decorative tag & jingle bell on.

If I actually had my gift prepared I would sew the top up like the link I pinned above, but....

:D

I think this looks adorable! You could make lots of shapes- the example had a star, but a simple circle could be decorated to look like an ornament! And this takes just a bit of ribbon, so a great use for those pretty bits that are too small for much else!

Thanks for stopping by! Check out all the other inspiration for unique gift wrapping by the other Ribbonistas!! Stop by May Arts to see the prize up for grabs- leave a comment for a chance to win!!

Monday

Virginia Fynes

Tracy McLennon

Rhea Weigand

Mary Brockway

Mallika Kejriwal

Lalo IK

Karen Hanson

Tuesday

Karen Baker

Jennifer Davey

Jenifer Cowles

Jen Shears

Gini Williams Cagle

Emily Lanham

Charlene Driggs

May Arts: Holiday Sweets!

Welcome to my stop on the Holiday Sweets hop!

I've made a yummy harvest bread to give to some special friends & wanted to wrap it up to make a pretty gift!

I used the 2.5" cotton blend in snowflakes (468-25-14), topped it with 1.5" red metallic (464-15-14) ribbon, and finished by tying it up with 5/8" burlap center stitched ribbon (385-58-14) in red.

I love the contrast of burlap & glitter! 

I also made a mini loaf of the bread & wrapped it with 5/8" organic cotton stripes (385-58-14) in red. I tucked some holly leaf satin cut out ribbon (EX45)as well as some red curly sparkling ribbon (SE14). 

I used one of the new Artful Accents kraft decorative tags (T495-33) to stamp a holiday greeting then tied red burlap string (SM-14) around the tag & used it to tie it to my gift as well.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget to check out all the Holiday Sweets ideas from  Ribbonistas- plus a chance to win some ribbon for yourself- on the May Arts blog! :):

Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I'm super excited to be able to participate in ~Amy's~ amazing hop!

Hopefully I've got things linked properly :)

I went pretty CAS today.

I used some BasicGrey paper & spellbinder die for my window. PTI Warm Happiness Too was used, but the snowflake is from 2 feet deep.

May Arts 3/4" ivory canvas was stamped with delicata gold ink (also used on the snowflake) & tied off with 1/4" light blue sheer ribbon.

My favorite drink this time of year is a chai eggnog latte. SO delicious- have you tried one?

I don't have any coffee ribbon, but I do have lots of other types! How about I send one person a sample of several types? Don't forget to leave your contact info in your comment if you're a 'no-reply' blogger!

ETA: My little blog candy will be open through Dec. 14th- just like the hop!

ETA- WINNER!

Erin is the winner of my blog candy! I will be getting your ribbon out to you soon!

Thanks to everyone that left such sweet comments :)

Thank you to amy for all her amazing work!

Happy Hopping!

17Turtles	Veronica Zalis	Chris Franco
Add a Little Dazzle	Butterfly Reflections Ink	Color Cast Designs
Create a Smile	Hero Arts	Kraftin' Kimmie
Kreative Kymona	Latina Crafter	Neat & Tangled
Newton's Nook	Pickled Potpourri Designs	Poppystamps
Reverse Confetti	Stamp Academy	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
STAMPlorations	SugarPea Designs	Sweet 'n Sassy
The Alley Way Stamps	Two Paper Divas	Verve Stamps
Whole Wild World	Your Next Stamp	Paper Smooches

17 Turtles:  $15 Store Gift Card

A Muse Studio/Chris Franco:  Cup of Good Cheer stamp set

Add a Little Dazzle:  $25 Store Gift Card

Butterfly Reflections Ink:  Prima Coffee Break

Color Cast Designs:  Coffee Lovers kit

Create a Smile:  Monster Party stamp set

Hero Arts:  A Little & Today's Special stamps/Cup 'O Joe Shadow ink

Kraftin' Kimmie:  $25 Store Gift Card

Kreative Kymona:  Fancy Mug Giveaway

Latina Crafter:  Cafe Wood Veneers + $25 Store Gift Card

Neat & Tangled:  Warm Wishes stamp set

Newton's Nook:  $15 Store Gift Card

Paper Smooches:  $25  Store Gift Card

Pickled Potpourri:  $7 Store Gift Card

Poppystamps:  Tea Cup Stack Die

Reverse Confetti:  $15 Store Gift Card

Stamp Academy:  2 classes

Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis:  $20 Store Gift Card

STAMPlorations:  $10 Store Gift Card

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  Coffee Cup Prize Pack

SugarPea Designs:  $20 Store Gift Card

Sweet 'n Sassy:  Pick Me Up Clear stamp & die set

The Alley Way Stamps:  Tea Par-tea stamp set

Two Paper Divas:  Your Warm My Heart stamp set

Your Next Stamp:  $20

Verve Stamps:  $25

Whole Wild World:  Coffee before Talkee mug

●●Sponsorship prizes are eligible via random draw from linked hop participants only●●

MIM #191: Glittered Frames

This week the MIM challenge was to make glittered frames. 

I kind of like glitter.

A lot.

So here's what I came up with:

The stamping on the flowers was hard to capture- used gold delicata which looks fab with the MS gold glitter on the frame :)

Sentiment is from a wreath for all seasons.

The busy season is here! Yikes! 

Hope you're all enjoying it- wish I could just slow it down a bit...

We saw Santa on Friday- I posted on instagram from my phone- I caught a really genuine laugh they were both having- we asked her what they were laughing about & she said she told him she wanted a pet rock- he cracked up.

what a nut.

Thanks for stopping by!