May Arts Ribbon Retro Color Themed Craft Challenge

Welcome! If you haven't stopped by the May Arts Ribbon blog lately, you are in for a treat! This week the "Retro Color Themed" Craft Challenge was announced! If you haven't played along with one of these challenges yet, you MUST play along with this one! 

Here's why....

You get a sampling of these lovely ribbons to play with!!! The challenge- you combine 4 of them in a project. So easy & fun, right? 

As a Ribbonita, I got a change to play along with the challenge first.... just to provide inspiration for you :-)

Here's my project! I had SO much fun playing along with this one! The colors are so great and they just scream Spring to me. 

I started with a 4x4 canvas, my ribbons, some Fireworks sprays and a Spring/Retro looking stencil. I never know where these canvas projects will go when I start them, but they are always fun to create. 

I started by laying my stencil over the canvas and just spraying away with my Fireworks. As you can see, in the middle the spray bled together a little which is normal on these canvases, it all depends on how heavy you spray. It can be covered up, but just be careful with spraying too much or you won't see the stencil marks.

I had SO much fun embellishing this one! I just HAD to use all of these yummy ribbons. 

I used a sticker sheet from Authentique's "Delightful" collection from last year... so I guess that's where my "Retro" comes in hand since the collection is now considered "old." hehe!

I wanted to tie it all together with this photo of my husband and I from our 3rd anniversary last year. The colors in the photo matched well with some of the ribbons, so over all, it all tied together nicely. This little gem is hanging front and center in my craft room! 

Good luck and I hope you all decide to play along! More inspiration projects can be seen today on the May Arts blog! 

Products Used:

May Arts Ribbon- NV18, DA12, 462-17, FP17, 350-58-94, 338-12

Authentique Paper- "Delightful" Collection 12x12 Details Stickers, 6x6 Bundle

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko- Fireworks in Angel Pink, Tangelo, Dandelion

The Crafters Workshop- 6x6 Spring Fling Stencil

Canvas Corp- 4x4 Stretched Canvas

Petaloo- Orange Velvet Hydrangeas

August Inspiration Color Challenge: Authentique Paper

Welcome to another fun Color Challenge from Authentique Paper! I just love doing color challenges because they give me a reason to really think "outside of the box." 

I'm an altered arts kind of gal, so sketches aren't always my thing unless I am forcing myself to do a layout or a card.

For my color challenge project, I wanted to re-purpose something. My husband always finds "junk" for me. He is a carpenter and along with re-modeling houses comes people who want to throw out their "old" items. So he will usually take them off their hands for them. A few months ago he brought me several old photo frames. Among those frames was an old mirror. I loved the shape of it, so I thought I would use it for something... 

Here is the old mirror now...

I bought a can of the chalkboard spray paint and had a little fun with it!

I just love Authentique Paper's "Curiosity" collection. The colors are beautiful. So different for a school line. 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you head on over to the Authentique Paper blog and play along with our color challenge this month! We love to see what you create! 

May Arts/DCWV Challenge

I was oh-so-lucky to get to play along with this past month's May Arts/DCWV challenge! I normally try to participate in the May Arts challenge, but this one was extra special because not only did I get to play with specific ribbons, but I was also given some pretty papers to play with too!

Each participant got half a stack of the "Snapshot" stack from DCWV. I LOOOOVE this stack! The colors are so beautiful and there are so many possibilities with this stack!

We also got to choose 4 of the ribbons to play with. I chose all but the jute. I have a ton of jute and the others stood out a little more to me. 

See... I told you the colors were beautiful! 

I started out with this pan/baking sheet. I'm not really sure what it is, but I spotted it at a thrift store for $2 and thought it would make an awesome magnet board! Plus, I thought the handles were cool to tie ribbon to!

Here's my finished product... don't worry, I have lots of close ups to show as well! 

When I saw this sheet of paper I thought it would make a PERFECT little notepad!

So I cut it up and tied it together and viola! A little notepad on my magnetic memo board! 

The little rosettes have magnets on the back, so they can be used to hold little notes. 

Originally, I wanted to make a banner for my project, but later changed my mind. The little Polaroids really stood out to me as something that would make a cute banner, so I decided to incorporate them in! Plus, I wanted to showcase a couple of my black & white photos as well and use it as a home decor piece in my bedroom. 

I also scored a bag of clothes pins at the thrift store for .50 cents. There's nothing that a little Glimmer Mist can't spruce up! 

There you have it! My May Arts/DCWV challenge project! I am loving how it turned out and I'm very excited to hang it on my wall! The colors match my room perfectly and this project is multi-functional! It's a home decor piece and a magnetic memo board all in one! 

Thanks for stopping by today! Make sure you stop by the May Arts Blog and check out all of the other fabulous entries for the challenge! 

Authentique April Sketch Challenge

It's that time again! Time for the April Sketch Challenge over on the Authentique Blog! Make sure you stop by there to play along this month!

This months sketch was created by yours truly :-)

I completely flipped my layout compared to the sketch. I did this because the direction of my photo was pointing the other way and I wanted the layout to flow with the photo.

I just ♥ the Blissful collection from Authentique! The colors in this line are so bright and colorful, I just love to bring out the splash of pink in it! I picked up the pretty butterflies last weekend at CKC Louisville, I can't remember what the booth was where I got them, but they had soooo many colors, so pretty!

This is yet another layout using a photo from my wedding, so I tried to be clever with the date {9-17-10} by using my Heart 25 shape tool by Ephiphany Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by today! ♥

Authentique March Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday! Are you ready for a fun new sketch challenge this month? Make sure you stop by the Authentique Paper blog today for a new sketch and loads of inspiration from the fabulous design team!

Now this month's sketches are near and dear to my heart... yep, they were designed by yours truly! ♥

I decided to make a layout this month using papers from the "Loyal" collection.

Now I know this paper was designed to make boy projects... but when I saw the "Cousins" sticker, I knew I HAD to make a page featuring one of my lovely cousins!

This is Amber, she's about a year and a half older than me and she and I have been like sisters ever since we were born. I have always looked up to her. This photo is from her wedding reception in 2010 (she had a destination wedding in Cabo, so we were only able to make it to the reception). Isn't she beautiful? ♥

So true! I love love love this quote and thus why I thought it would be perfect for this layout.

Make sure you check out this challenge on the Authentique Paper blog and play along!

A "Free-Bird" House

Happy Friday! Woo hoo for the weekend, right? I have a sweet little treat to share today! I am very excited about this little project, I love how it turned out!

Every Month, May Arts has a little ribbon challenge. I've been lucky enough to get in on the challenge the past couple of months. I LOVE their ribbons! For this month, they had a ‘Sentimental Journey’ Vintage Valentine Craft Challenge. Each participant was sent ribbons and all 4 had to be used on the project.

Here are the ribbons that we got:

And here is what I came up with for this one...

I used the Free Bird: Blush line by Authentique. I thought a "Free Bird" house would be simply adorable for this project! I ended up making little roses out of the larger ivory ribbon as well as the pink ribbon. The other ribbons are on there as well. I love how it turned out and I had so much fun making this one!

Thanks for stopping by today! ♥

Goodnight, Moon!

Happy Tuesday! Here I am with my 2nd layout of 2012! That's almost more layouts than I made in 2011 already completed in the 1st month of 2012! I'm quite proud of myself!

Today's layout is from the Sketch Layout Challenge from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs, here's the sketch:

I thought this layout was sweet. Sometimes it takes me forever to find the perfect photo or series of photos to scrap. This was not my favorite photo that I have of Reagan as a baby, but I thought it went PERFECT with the new "Goodnight Moon" pattern collection from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.

It took me a while to find the perfect papers for this layout. I wanted to match them to the photo but still fit with the theme I was going for. I had to dig deep into my stash, but I found the perfect papers. These papers are from the Close to my Heart "Sonata" line. This one was released several years ago and I have been hoarding them because I loved them so much, but I'm glad I held on to them!

My little angel was only 2 months old in these photos, it's crazy how fast they grow!

Thanks for stopping by today! If you want to enter your layout in this sketch challenge, CLICK HERE for more details!

Me + You = LOVE

Today while I was trying to get motivated (I surfed the web most of the day, my bad! ) I came across a fun challenge that I thought I would try!

I ♥ Market Street Stamps and their challenges are always fun, so I of coarse wanted to try the Paint The Town Color Challenge this month! I missed the past couple months because I've been busy with other things, but I REALLY loved this color scheme and had to give it a go!

For my little card I used papers from Pink Paislee's Nantucket Collection, which is one of my faves! Of coarse, I also used my favorite stamp set from Market Street Stamps, Simple Joys.

While surfing the web today I came across this fabulous sketch on the Silhouette Blog, so I combined it with the color scheme for my inspiration :-)

A Very Valentine Mini Album

Hello my wonderful crafty friends! I completely spaced out this week (been really busy trying to get projects together to ship off for CHA) and I forgot to post this mini album & challenge!!!

Twice a month there is a fabulous themed challenge over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog. The theme for the challenge going on now is "Valentine's Day". So here is my little mini album that I made for the challenge:

I used some K & Co Valentine papers & embellishments on this that I had stashed from a few years ago. I really like the papers, too bad I'm a hoarder and sometimes I forget what I have in my stash ;-)

If you want to join in on the challenge for a chance to win some fun prizes, CLICK HERE for more details!

Crappy Day?

This week's challenge from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs is a card sketch. Now this one is right up my ally! Layouts aren't my thing and I'm trying to do more this year, but cards are my thing! I love to make them, they are quick and simple and the possibilities are endless!

Here's this week's card sketch:

And here's my card:

I made this card using the "Crappy Day" stamp from Unity and the Rough Edge Bear pattern & fancy photo collection from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. The pretty paper is from the Free Bird: Comfort line by Authentique Paper.

To play along with us this week, make sure you check out the rest of the design team's projects and enter yours for a chance to win some beautiful LSHD patterns! CLICK HERE for this weeks challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today :-)

Princess in Training

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday! :-) I hope you all are having a great week thus far! Here I am again today with another FUN challenge for you!

One of my New Years Resolutions (and no I'm not breaking ANY this year) is to make more personal 12x12 layouts to fill my albums. I tend to make mini albums, cards, home decor pieces, etc... anything but layouts! I love layouts, but a bigger canvas always scares me. I have all of these photos of my daughter to scrap, so it's a good time to start! She's 4 now and not getting any younger, and the photos keep piling up!

So for the Layout challenge this week... how about one from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs? Here's the sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

I decided to do a layout from my daughter's first birthday party. The theme was "Disney Princess" so I thought this one would be a fun one to do. The paper that I used is from imaginisce - Fairest of Them All collection. All of the photo frames and the title are from the Silhouette Store.

I decided to add some letters describing the page with my Petite Type Circle stickers from Authentique. I rarely use these because I forget that I have them, but they are GREAT to describe themes or dates on layouts

The adorable little castle is a piecing from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. You can find the svg file for the castle HERE. I REALLY love this file! It was a great finishing touch for this page!

To play along with this sketch challenge for your chance to win some pretty new LSHD patterns, CLICK HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today! ♥