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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

May Arts/LYB/Xyron blog hop (Gardening kit)

Talking about enjoying fabulousness. Three great companies are getting together for one amazing week of inspiration galore. You'll find lots of awesome May Arts Ribbon with pretty Little Yellow Bicycle goodies and all held together with amazing Xyron adhesive.

Today I'm sharing this little gardening kit for the hop.

Every summer my family grows a little garden. Something about the bright sunshine just puts us into the gardening mood. SO how perfect would it be to handout fabulous gardening kits so others can enjoy the sunshine with their families too.

What's in the kit.
Piece by piece and some cool ideas.

Seeds
What's a gardening kit without seeds?
IDEA #1: For an easy way to match seed packets to the gifts color scheme. Just put them into a glassine bag and decorate the top. You will still be able to see what pretties will be growing.

Planter labels
IDEA #2: For an easy clip-able planter tag, decorate a clothespin. Planter labels don't always have to say what plant is growing. How about just simply a pretty statement piece.

Gardening journal
Something to keep track of all the progress your little garden will make.

The inside
IDEA #3: Upcycle your seed packets to make little pockets in your gardening journal. Just cut the top and add an insert.

Gardening gloves
IDEA #4: Add a pair of customized gardening gloves to the gift. Just pick one of your favorite May Arts Ribbon and sew them onto the bottom of a pair of gloves.

I found these gloves in the dollar bin but look how un-dollarish they look now. These gloves are made up of an elastic material and the ribbon I chose is not. The look is possible by gently stretching the glove as you sew the ribbon on. Leave the ribbon on the spool as you sew and just cut when you come to the end.

May Arts Ribbon used (Click on picture for product link)

LYB Pattern paper, stickers, wood labels and accents from the the "Poppy" collection. Xyron "Teresa Collins Mega Runner", "5inch create-a-sticker" and "3/16inch dots" For more inspiration stop by the May Arts Ribbon blog, Ribbonista Karen Baker's blog, the Little Yellow Bicycle blog and the Xyron blog. There will be more then one prize given out for this hop so comment along on each hop location. You could win three spools of your chose in ribbon or the grand prize of goodies from all three companies. Alright, now go out there and enjoy the sunshine!

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Paper Crafter's Library: Turn your scraps into a mini album

Hello lovely blog readers!

If you know anything about my craft life, you know I LOVE ribbon and paper. True story!

Today I get to share both loves as a guest over at Paper Crafter's Library...WooHoo!

May Arts ribbon is the feature company and I'm sharing a little mini album made entirely out of scraps!

Here's the write up on the blog:

I have scrap pattern paper in all sizes and being the hoarder that I am, can’t throw it away. So I’ve come up with a super cool way to use up your leftover papers and embellishments. Make a scrap mini-album. Just gather your pattern paper and score down the middle of each one. Then start randomly stacking them onto each other lining up the score lines. Stitch down the middle and that is basically it. Just use up your leftover embellishments and some paper punches and you have a super cool mini-album. From the paper to the fibers, this mini-album was made entirely from scraps.

Here's a look inside.

This is the very middle page and you can see how all the bits and pieces are held together. Notice the stitching down the middle.

Products used:
Pattern paper and stickers: Echo Park Paper “For The Record 2″ collection

May Arts fibers: 4 inch burlap, Houndstooth, Woven Chevron, Burlap String, Black Baker’s Twine

Did you get through all the pictures? Well now it's time for a reward.

Head on over to the Paper Crafter's Library and leave a comment on this post HERE. Then stop by the May Arts blog and leave a comment HERE. You are only two comments away from winning spools of AWESOME ribbon!

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Heidi Sonboul signature Series Blog Hop

Hello beautiful people!
I'm so excited today for one awesome lady. The ever lovely and uber talented Heidi Sonboul's Signature Series book by Northridge Publishing is released. I love how Heidi injects HAPPY into every project! Also she is such a joy to hear so I can not wait to read this book!

Besides being ultra famous and fabulous, she is also the DT coordinator and a product designer for GCD Studios. I love her collections because they are as bright and joyful as she is. Today I'm featuring the super trendy "SunKissed" in these summer mini books.

I have four kids which makes for a full summer. Since the season is right around the corner I thought it would be a good idea to get a jump on making some minis. Hoping to fill these with a "Things we want to do this summer list" and lots of memories.

Jazzed up the first page of each to get it started.
Here's a look inside the cover page and one of the journaling pockets found through out these books.

Don't you just love all the super cool prints and accents of this collection!?! I just can't get enough and yay for you because the Heidi Sonboul inspiration is not over yet. A super group of AWESOMELY talented crafters are also sharing the love. Check them all out and be on the look out because some of them have giveaways!

The Line Up

Audrey Yeager Christina Collins Christine Meyer Grace Tolman Heidi Van Laar Jennifer Chapin Julie Tucker-Wolek Katrina Hunt Kelly Holbrook Lalo IK Megan Klauer Nina Yang Pam Callaghan Rae Barthel Rochelle Spears Sara Zenger Suzanna Lee Teri Anderson Wida Miller That's right some of these ladies are giving away some super cool products designed by Heidi Sonboul for GCD Studios. One of them is ME! Want to win these goodies from her "Special Delivery" collection? Leave me a comment on this blog post and I'll pick a winner on May 13th to win all of this... All the Special Delivery accessories so you can dress up any mini book.

Now for the biggie! Heidi Sonboul has a brand new site and she is having the mother of giveaways. Check out her brand new site HERE. To celebrate the book release she will be giving away the newest tool from Fiskars and her two newest collections, Special Delivery and SunKissed.

This is such a beautiful cover. She really is one gorgeous lady! To order the book you can go here:

Monday, March 4, 2013

Market Street Stamps "Teacher Note" set

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO

Happy day today because I'm a guest over on the Market Street Stamps blog...WooHoo!

Here's what I'm sharing on their blog today.

(I love MSS and here's some reasons why...and why you should too!)

First I want to tell you all how awesome this stamp company is. From the first time I saw a MSS stamp I knew I had to get some. They always provide the most innovative and unique stamps sets. Not to mention they have THE best background stamps around. I love the warm feeling of this family own business and that’s what keeps me coming back for more.

Come hop on over to the Market Street Stamp blog and check out all the little goodies in this set.

I would love to hear what you think, please leave me a little love on the post HERE.

If you haven't seen MSS then take a look around their shop HERE.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Day 6 of Valentines projects

If Valentines day is for anything, it's for the ones we love.

And as paper crafters there is no better tribute to those we adore then to make an album.

This one is a mini and believe it or not it was made in minutes. From the photo shoot to the photos of the album, all done in a couple hours. All possible with the Canon Selphy printer, it's AWESOME.