May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop Day 1

May Arts and Scor-Pal have teamed up to bring you 2 awesome days of projects and prizes.   What do you have to do?  Just hop to each blog and leave some love (comment).  We promise there will be inspiration galore!

What can you win?  Just 3 full spools of May Arts Ribbon (your choice!) and an awesome Scor-Pal. 

I'll be up tomorrow but here's today's line-up:

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

Be sure to visit each blog and comment along the way to win then come back tomorrow for another chance!

Teapot Tuesday - Children of the World & a Heads up

This week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge destination on SCS (MMTPT251) is  a sweet girl named Jessica Francis.  Jessica has recently returned from an 8 month missionary where she traveled to 8 different countries working with children.  Her mom says children are drawn to her like a magnet.  Jessica is tired mentally and physically so we're hoping to cheer her up a bit. 

 I found this children of the world image online and just copied it so make a quick card for Jessica.  Since her favorite color is blue, I picked that up as my background.

If you'd like to send Jessica a card, you can find her info here.

Thanks for stopping by today...Heads up.  There's a May Arts Blog Hop coming on Thursday and you know what that means!!  ;-)

Clean and Simple Monday - Life is Sweet!

This week's SCS CAS Challenge is a Theme -(CAS221) - That Smells Great!  My Mojo has disappeared so went with the sweetest smell I know....

 

Not sure if it needs the ribbon but seemed like it at the time.  May take that off.

Cardstock - Neenah
Stamps - Papertrey Rosie Posie
Ink - Hero Arts

Happy Monday!

May Arts Girly Denim

I've got a quick card and gift ensemble on the May Arts Blog today.  A fun way to combine a gift and card all in one.

Here's a sneak peek.  :-) 

May Arts Island Vacation Giveaway

No, we're not giving away the beach but the Ribbon Lady is GOING  to the beach.  While she's away, she's giving away the store...well, almost!!

Head over to the May Arts Blog to see how you can win. 

May Arts DT Call

It's that time again!  The Ribbon Lady is calling all May Arts Ribbon Lovers to join the team.  Click the photo to find out all the details then get creating!

Clean & Simple Monday & Winner Day!

This week the SplitcoastStampers Clean & Simple challenge (CAS220) is a Limited Supply challenge.  The challenge is to create a card with NO sentiment.

Here's my take on the challenge:

 

Can't get more CAS than that, right?

 

Supplies:

Cardstock - Papertrey Ink Kraft

Ribbon - May Arts Taupe Silk

Die cut - Um Wow Studio Floral Chipboard

 

Remember the drawing I told you about here?   Well the winner is......

 

{VICKI} said...

OMG! LOve it!
I've never heard of Kreate-a-lope
but what a great idea!
Thanks for the chance
i already follow

May 2, 2013 at 8:26 AM 

 

And remember I said it's a special day?  Well, that's because it's my birthday so I'm throwing in an extra present.  So in addition to the ribbon which has grown a bit,

 

Vicki, you'll also be receiving this!  Just email me your snail address and I'll get it right in the mail to you.

 

 

Thanks to everyone who played along!

WOYWW205



It's Wednesday and that means it's time for sneaking a peek at what's happening on workdesks over at Julia's Stamping Ground for WOYWW205. 

 

I've got a couple of pages from Frontgate magazine that I pulled for inspiration.  Love the deep turquoise and orangy reds for summer.  A stack of wood paper I just ordered, an issue of Papercraft Magazine and....

 

you may have noticed the Ribbon Scrap Giveaway bag has grown considerably in size!  I found another bag of scraps while I was doing some organizing so added them to the bounty for some lucky ribbon hoarder, um, I mean collector!  You have to leave a comment and follow the directions on this post to get in on the fun.  The 13th is coming!

Be sure to visit Julia's desk as she's been shopping!

Deck cleaning for the next 3 days...ugh!

Happy WOYWW!

Clean & Simple Monday - Love

The CAS Challenge on SCS this week (CAS219) is a Featured Stamper challenge featuring the gallery of bon2stamp.

I chose this beauty to CASE.  I changed up the colors, I still used two ribbons but layered them and I left my embossed panel whole choosing to add a tag for my sentiment.

 

 

Bonnie has a FABULOUS gallery so be sure to pop in and look around.  

 

Supplies:
Cardstock - Neenah Cream; Papertrey Ink Kraft
Stamps - Papertrey Ink Wedding Day
Ink - Hero Arts Shadow inks Soft Sand, Cup 0' Joe
Ribbon - May Arts Silk, Jute
Other - Sizzix embossing folder, Flower/Leaf - Michaels

Happy Birthday Little Dude Giveaway

 

 

It's the Little Dude's Birthday and you know what that means?  The Ribbon Lady is giving away presents!  Head on over to the May Arts Blog to get in on the fun.

 

Happy Birthday, Little Dude!!!  Now you're 8.  :-)

Runway Inspired Baby Shower

Yay...found time to play in a challenge.  Just love the inspiration for the Runway Inspired Challenge this week.  Babies are my soft spot.



I just love the soft gold and white in the inspiration photo and that face...oh my!

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Cardstock - Neenah; Papertrey Ink Gold

Stamps - Papertrey Ink Sweet Baby, Polka Dot Basics

Ink - Tsukineko Brilliance Gold

Dies - Papertrey Ink



Ribbon -May Arts Silk, Ivory Burlap String

Misc. - flat back pearls 

  

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Friday!!

WOYWW #204 & a Giveaway

I was asked by Nick Romer to review his cool product called the "Kreate-a-lope" envelope maker and I can honestly say that it's so fast and easy, it's quite addicting.  I've never made my own envelopes before because they seemed too time consuming but Nick's Kreate-a-lope lets you whip them out in just a few SECONDS!

It's what's on my desk tonight so I thought I'd share it with my WOYWW friends so you can see how easy it is. 

I picked my paper, laid the template over it, centering the open square over my design then I just pulled the paper along the edge of the Kreate-a-lope template. 

 

I was pleasantly surprised to see how easily it tore and how neat the torn the edges were.  Just ever so slightly shabby.  The instructions say you can trim them if you want to but I like them as is.

 



 

You just flip the paper over, place the template on the paper again, place the center template in place, then remove the large template and fold.  There's a nifty video here.

 

 

Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! Add a little Lick and Stick (this stuff is awesome too!) and you're done!

 

 

Nick is raising money to make even more sizes of Kreate-a-lopes.  He's got a page on Kickstarter so you can get in on the action.  AND if you make a donation, he'll send you some free templates.  The details are at the link.

 

I think this is a fantastic, well made and economical product!  Nick's got some great sample envelopes on the Kickstarter page as well.  You can even enlarge photographs and make them into envelopes.  Now your cards can have matching envelopes!  By the way, I spied some other neat templates on his site for bags and boxes.  Gotta go, I've got some shopping to do.

 

Be sure to pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground and see what else is happening on work desks all over the world for WOYWW#204. 

 

I've got little giveaway for you too.  Remember the scrap bag I told you about here?  Well, I'm giving it away.  There's everything from full yards to little pieces of lots and lots of May Arts goodness in there. 

 

 

Front side



Back side

All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST and tell me what YOU think of the Kreate-a-lope and follow my blog if you don't already.

I'll draw a winner on the 13th of May....it's a special day.  ;-)

Gourmet Gifts May Arts Style

Summer is coming and that means summer fruits will soon be begging to be picked and eaten.  I've got a yummy treat and a way to share the goodies May Arts style on the May Arts Blog.

Here's a sneak peek:

Grab your fork and join us!

The Kindness Club

This week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge on SplitcoastStampers is honoring a very special teacher named Barb Bratvold.  Mrs. Bratvold started a special club in 1995 called "The Kindness Club".  The boys and girls in the club learn about the "Golden Rule" and being kind to others.  Part of that learning is making and sending cards to people who are ill or need cheering up.

The Teapotters are going to surprise Mrs. Bratvold with some cards of her own.  We were challenged to bring thank yous, apples, school bells or other school themed cards.

Here's my card for Mrs. Bratvold:

If you'd like to send Mrs. Bratvold a card, you can find the challenge information HERE.

Supplies:
Cut file - The Cutting Café
Stamps - Stampin'Up Bugs & Kisses (retired); Papertrey Ink Teacher's Apple
Cardstock - Stampin'Up; Papertrey; Neenah
Ink - Top Boss; Versafine
Other - White embossing powder; Papertrey Banner die; scalloped circle punch
Ribbon - May Arts Large leaves

May Arts Earth Day Blog Hop & Giveaway

 

Happy Earth Day!  The May Arts Ribbon Lady has challenged a few of the  Ribbonistas to get creative and find ways to use ribbon in re-cycle and re-use projects. 

Of course, you know the Ribbon Lady loves to give away ribbon, so there's a prize for hopping along with us as we share some crafty re-use/re-cycle ideas with you. 

If you arrived here from DeeDee's blog, you're in the right place.

I went through my laundry room closet and came up with a variety of olive, pickle and I think what may be a salsa jar.  The lids are long gone.

 

Then I hit the bathroom and scavenged a toilet paper roll.  I cut the cardboard tube in half and got to work...

 

 I challenged myself to use only the ribbons in my scrap bag plus one natural neutral and only the scraps in my drawer left over from other projects.  No new materials.

I added a bunch of flowers from the local grocery store and here's what I came up with.....

 

Pretty cute, huh?  I think these will be our table setting for all the patriotic holidays this summer.  Of course, we'll need to use some more toilet paper first.  ;-)  I bought a stash of red and blue bandanas to use as napkins about 12 years ago.  They're still perfect.  Just wash, press and re-use. 

 Ok....want to know what's up for grabs for commenting and hopping?  Check this out!

 

Make that 4 ROLLS of some of May Arts Ribbon most popular naturals.  Now it's time to check out the rest of team creations.  I know I can't wait!

 

Next up is Leah Farrar-White.



Lalo IK  Jenifer Cowles  Emily Lanham  DeeDee Catron  Charlene Driggs -that's me  Leah Farrar-White  Gini Williams Cagle

May Arts Ribbon Organization Blog Hop & Giveaway Day 3

Today is Day 3 of the May Arts Design Team Ribbon Organization Blog Hop!  If you missed Days 1 & 2,  it's not too late to get in.  Scroll down to find a complete list, then click away to comment and win some ribbon so you can organize your own awesome May Arts ribbon!

As you might have imagined, the May Arts Design Team acquires a lot of ribbon.  Since everyone's storage situations are different, we thought you might like to see the different ways we store our ribbons.

You may have heard me lament that I have only one full wall in my studio.  One wall!  I keep my paper, storage unit and cutting/embossing area there.

The second wall is broken by a walk in closet and hallway door, the third wall has a bathroom door and the fourth wall isn't a wall at all.  It's all glass...a set of sliding glass doors that open up the entire wall. 

That means there's no where to put a ribbon rack so we had to get creative.  We went to IKEA and got this free standing kitchen island.  The drawers are very deep and it gives me a work surface as well.  I have two other pieces from this collection in my work room as well.  We opted for these for the storage potential and so we can take them with us if and when we move.
 

                       

It's finished on all 4 sides so it sits in the center of my studio.  Here's what my ribbon looks like:

 

 



I organize my ribbons mostly by color since I don't have the room to store by style.

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule!  ;-)

The bottom drawer is similarly organized and also holds my ribbon scraps.  The drawers also keep my ribbon dust free and safe from sunlight.

Now it's time to take a look at how some of the other Ribbonistas store their ribbons.  We've got an every other day hop planned for you so be sure to check back in and hop along.

The Ribbon Lady will be giving away 3 full rolls of May Arts Ribbon (winners choice) so be sure to leave plenty of comments on each Ribbonistas blog for your chance to win.

Monday
Candy Rosenberg
Charlene Driggs (that's me!)
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

Thanks for joining us.  We'd love to know how you store your ribbon too.