Christmas Decor Challenge at the Craft Room Bog

Hi there crafty peeps!  I am sharing today a Christmas Décor project I made for the new challenge up on the Craft Room Challenge Blog.  I have 6 décor blocks that I got in a kit from my local scrapbooking store.  They each have a small nail in them that allows you to hang 6 tags.  I change them with every season/holiday.  I decided to get a head start on my Christmas decorating, and created some tags to hang on them.  They spell out "Joyful".


I used green paper from Hobby Lobby for mats.  The patterned paper is from the "Hollyday" collection by American Crafts.  I created the bows with my Bow It All tool and ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The green gems are from BoBunny and the poinsettia glitter embellishments are Recollections from Michaels.  Head on over to the blog to see the rest of the inspiration and to join in the challenge!
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Happy Holidays Shaker Card and Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hey there crafty peeps!  Today I am sharing a shaker card I made over at the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog.
 

I created the shaker part of this card with a nested ticket die set from Sizzix and a beautiful acetate sheet that was printed with a cardinal image.  The frame was made with some silver glitter cardstock. I filled it with sequins from my overly large collection ( I am in love with sequins).  I stamped the "Happy Holidays" sentiment on the acetate with Jet Black Staz-On ink.

I then added a spectacular bow using some wonderful ribbons and cording from the Really Reasonable Ribbon shop.  I first wrapped a length of Wavy Vertical Stripe Red/White Satin Ribbon.  I then wrapped Metallic Silver String around the card four times.  I created a bow with my Bow-it-All tool out of both of the above and adhered them layered onto the card.  I then adhered a white button and red glitter enamel dot on top to finish it all off. 

I hope you enjoy my shaker card, and try one out for yourself.  It would make such a wonderful surprise for your loved ones.  Remember that the shop has a whole entire section of ribbons and fibers for all of your holiday card making/crafting needs.  Have a wonderful day!
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Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #20

Hi there crafty peeps!  I am back today with some inspiration for our awesome new challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  

Challenge #20 Box it Up!
Your challenge is to create some sort of altered box. You can create a box from scratch, or you can alter a pre-made box. Your box can be made of paper, wood, chipboard, plastic, or metal. As long as you dig into your hoard to decorate a box, you have met the challenge requirements! The box does not have to be used as a box...it can be used as home decor or for any purpose you can imagine. Let's box it up!

Our DT sponsor this challenge is the wonderful Eileen Hull!


Eileen is a Designer member of the Craft and Hobby Association and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Designer Council. Eileen is from the Washington, D.C. area where she and her husband live in their empty nest. The newest member her family is a vintage camper, which she is driving cross-country, teaching and crafting all the way.
Eileen has designed a signature line of ScoreBoards™ Sizzix dies, which includes the every popular Artist Trading Blocks dies. Her tenth Sizzix collection was released in February. 2014!

Blog: http://www.eileenhull.com/ 
Product collections: http://www.eileenhull.com/store 
Papertrail Tour: http://www.eileenhull.com/events

Our prize sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Heather Hudson!



Blog: http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyArtisticAdventures

Heather lives in Michigan with her two teenage sons, hubby, and kitties. She works full time as a RN with Ventilated young adults, and enjoys volunteering with her two son's Boy Scout Troop and Tennis Team. She loves to create digital collage sheets in the Vintage, Victorian, and Shabby Chic Style. She will show you blogging tips, paper crafting tutorials, and how to use her digital collage sheets on her Youtube channel. Heather hosts her own challenge on her blog and designs for Really Reasonable Ribbon, Gecko Galz, and the Creative Cutting Challenge.

I have created a lovely Christmas Artist Trading Block with papers from the Graphic 45 Night Before Christmas collection.  I also used some beautiful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  You can view a complete list of my products with direct links at the end of my post.








 Now head on over to the other DT members blogs to leave them a little love!

Wendi Robinson




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Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop


Hey there!  Today is the day for the November Blog Hop at Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The design team and I have cooked up some beautiful projects with the new Rustic Hues November Ribbon Club Assortment.


If you are following along you should have come here from Ginny's Blog.  If not, head over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog to start at the beginning.

For my project, I decided to make a Fall/Thanksgiving card with two of the ribbons in the assortment.

My husband and I are unable to travel to see family for Thanksgiving, so I thought this would be a perfect card to send.  Just letting the family know we miss them and we are thinking about them during the holiday.  The image and sentiment is from Power Poppy by Marcella Hawley Sunny Harvest Stamp set. I colored it with my Copic Markers.  I made a double layer bow with 3/8" Satin w/Gold Edges Turftan Brown and Plaid Ribbon Ivory/Rust/Gold.  I finished it off with three yellow adhesive pearls from BoBunny.  I hope you enjoy.  Head on over to Bonnie's Blog which is the next on our hop.  Have a wonderful crafty day!
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Clean and Simple Embossed Christmas Card

Hi there crafty peeps!  It's me Amber.  I am back today to share with you a clean and simple embossed card I created with some beautiful ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.


I cut a piece of green cardstock slightly smaller than an A2 card (4 x 5 1/4).  I then stamped several pine branches to create two pine boughs coming from each side of the card.  I then stamped the dotted line vertically to create a string to hold two cute snowflakes.  Finally I stamped the sentiment.  All of the images and sentiment is from the Deck the Halls stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  I stamped all of this in Versamark ink and then heat embossed it all with Ranger Fine Detail gold embossing powder.  I matted this onto gold glitter cardstock.  I then created a bow with my Bow It All tool and gold ribbon from the Christmas Sheer w/ Satin Center Ribbon Assortment.  I wrapped it vertically around the edge of the cardstock and then matted it all to a white card base.  I finished it off with some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I hope you like my clean and simple card.  This card could easily be mass produced for as many Christmas cards as you need to send out.  The color of the ribbon could be changed to make each card unique.  Really Reasonable Ribbon offers beautiful ribbons of all kinds and colors that are perfect for all your Christmas project needs.  I hope you have a great day and create something fun for the upcoming holidays!
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3D Challenge at the Craft Room

Hi there!  It is time for a new challenge at the Craft Room Challenge Blog.  We are challenging you to make something 3D for this challenge.  I created a cute Christmas gift bag as inspiration.


I used my Treat Bad die from Lawn Fawn and some papers from my hoarded stash of Graphic 45 "Twelve Days of Christmas" papers.  I created the bag, and then die cut a cute tag from the collection.  I then popped that up with foam tape on the front of the bag.  I then decorated with some wonderful ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I hope you enjoy, and hop over to join in the challenge going on now!

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Winter Holiday with Ribbon Challenge

Hi there fellow crafters!  I am sharing some inspiration inspiration today for the challenge starting today on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog.

 
I used a new stamp set from Stampin Up called White Christmas.  I colored it with my Copic markers and mounted it to a card with patterned paper from Doodlebug. All of the ribbon is from the Really Reasonable Ribbon store.  I started with 1.5" White Netting as a base.  I wrapped it and taped it on the back of my matting.  I then wrapped grape Delicate Stitched Satin ribbon around the card on top of the netting.  I then wrapped Silver Metallic Grosgrain Ribbon around.  Finally, I created a a double layer bow with both the purple and silver ribbon.  I added some sequins for some sparkle.

Head on over to the blog to view the rest of the inspiration created by the DT and to link your project up for a chance to win the challenge.

 
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Give Thanks

Hi there crafty peeps!  This week at Craft Hoarders Anonymous, we are joining forces with My Artistic Adventures Challenge Blog for a blog hop.  So without further ado here we go!

Challenge #19 For all that You do, Thank You!
Create a "thank you" gift for this challenge. It can be a Thanksgiving hostess gift or a simple thank you card. It can be a "thanks for helping me out of a jam" present, or a "thanks for being you" scrapbook layout. As long as your project says, "THANKS," enter the challenge! We want to see you de-hoard some of your stash and say thanks to someone! (Your project does not have to be Thanksgiving-themed!)

Our prize sponsor for this challenge is none other than the wonderfully talented Heather Hudson:





 Blog: http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/heatherahudson/videos
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyArtisticAdventures

Bio:
Heather lives in Michigan with her two teenage sons, hubby, and kitties. She works full time as a RN with Ventilated young adults, and enjoys volunteering with her two son's Boy Scout Troop and Tennis Team. She loves to create digital collage sheets in the Vintage, Victorian, and Shabby Chic Style. She will show you blogging tips, paper crafting tutorials, and how to use her digital collage sheets on her Youtube channel. Heather hosts her own challenge on her blog and designs for Really Reasonable Ribbon, Gecko Galz, and the Creative Cutting Challenge.


I created this warm fall themed thank you card for the current challenge.  The papers, wood veneer
coffee cup, stamps, and sequins are all from the October card kit from Simon Says Stamp.  The leaves in the background are cut and embossed with the Tattered Leaves die and embossing folder by Tim Holtz.  The Ribbon is from Pretty Pink Posh.  The tag is from Heather Hudson's Vintage Thanksgiving Digital sheet. 

Now head over to the other DT members blogs and see their wonderful creations!

Craft Hoarders DT:

 My Artistic Adventures DT:
My Artistic Adventures Challenge Blog

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One Last Halloween Card

Hi there crafty peeps! This is my first post as part of the Really Reasonable Ribbon DT and I am so EXCITED! I know most of you are very much "over" Halloween at this point, but Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so it brings a small tear to my eye every year when it is over. I just had to make one more card with a new stamp I picked up and some of the wonderful ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I water colored the stamp from Northwoods with my Tombow markers.  I matted it with black glitter cardstock and then orange cardstock embossed with fall leaves.  There is a little glitter on the pumpkins for some added sparkle.


 I used several ribbon layers for the bow on my card.  I used 1.5" Black Netting for the base layer.  I wrapped this around to the back and taped the ends in place.  I then layered Black Plaid Ribbon in the 5/8" size on top.  This was wrapped and taped in place as well.  I then created a double layer bow with the same ribbon and my Bow it All tool.  I hot glued this on top of the ribbon border.  I finished it with a black button tied with a bow of Orange Burlap string.

Here is a side view of the bow.  Aren't the layers fantastic?!


The  ribbons I used are so versatile.  They can be used for any card or or project, not just for a Halloween themed card.  They really add the perfect touch of elegance, and the Bow it All tool makes "show-stopper bows" every time I use it.  I hope you enjoyed my first project.  Have a wonderful crafty day!
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