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

AHOY!

I'm up at May Arts today- with some inspiration for the new Nautical Craft Challenge! Go check it out! :)

Teacher Appreciation Frame

I'm up at May Arts today sharing how I made this great teacher gift!

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day everyone! I hope you'll head over to May Arts & join the fun of the Earth day hop!

All the details are HERE- and look what you could win: 

Hurry over- the winner will be announced April 24th! :)

Ribbon Organization!

 

How can that NOT get your attention?

Lol.

So here's the peek-

And here's the expanded version:

 Yummy, right?

I've tried organizing by ribbon type (all grosgrain/satin/etc), by ribbon series (striped grosgrain), but I like to see it by color.

SO.PRETTY.

This is actually part of a rather large shelving unit- after I joined the May Arts team I needed to store that gorgeous ribbon, so I added 1x2" mdf boards to the shelving unit. I have an L-bracket on each end & in the middle for support.

Now what do you do when that isn't enough room?

You visit Ikea!

This wire basket cart holds a TON of ribbon! And you can even stack another unit on top for more storage. I love that I can sort it by color & see what color is in each before I even pull out the basket.

 And for ribbon that I don't have entire rolls of?

I keep them on cardstock & file them in drawers too. No rhyme or reason! The Ikea baskets would work for this system too, but I already had this 3 plastic drawer bin, so I put it to use.

 My baker's twine & silk are on my Ribbon Carousel!

Before I had such an amazing supply, I used to wrap my ribbon around clothes pins & put them in wide mouth jars. Also a super pretty way to store those smaller amounts of ribbon!

Hope I've given you some ideas for how to store your ribbon!

Now you're going to want to visit all the Ribbonistas for inspiration- but make sure you leave a comment too for a chance to win 3 spools of your choice!

Your next stop is the talented Jenifer Cowles' blog!

Here's the schedule so that you don't miss anyone!

Monday
Candy Rosenberg
Charlene Driggs
DeeDee Catron
Emily Lanham
Erika Taylor
Wednesday
Erin Thiem
Gini Williams Cagle
Jen Shears
Jenifer Cowles
Karen Baker
Friday
Lalo IK
Leah Farrar-White
Sandy Allnock
Virginia Fynes

 

May Arts Corsage

I'm up at May Arts today! Go see how simple it is to create your own corsage!

OWH Spring Training Blog Hop

I'm up at May Arts today- supporting OWH!

Go check out the hop- there's prizes involved- and hopefully you'll be inspired to make a card or two for OWH!

Spring Wrap

I'm up at May Arts today sharing the supplies for this bit of spring pretty!

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

Light It Up Blue!

I'm participating in the Light It Up Blue Blog Hop today!

We were asked to make something blue- it didn't need to be ASD related, but I had this idea in my head & was all in!

I used a canvas & painted it blue- slightly dry brushing. I inked around the edges & stamped text randomly & smudged it a bit.

I wanted a light bulb to symbolize 'lighting it up', so I free-handed a light bulb on vellum & cut it out to use it as a template. I painted the bulb with pearl paint & set it aside to dry.

 I outlined the bulb in the new white mini cording.

The base of the bulb has threads made from silver string.

The puzzle piece & the blue color are the 2 main symbols for ASD, so I knew I wanted to incorporate the puzzle piece somehow too. I painted the puzzle piece with white paint, and dimensional glaze is on top creating the shine. Some dimensional adhesive pops it up on the canvas.

So now it's time to hop along & leave some comments for a chance to win this:

 

Here's the list! Happy Hopping! 

 

Light it up Blue Blog Hop Order

Charlene Driggs

DeeDee Catron

Emily Lanham

Erin Thiem

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears ---you're here!

Jenifer Cowles

Lalo Ik

Leah Farrar-White

Sandy Allnock

Virginia Fynes