WOYWW

WOYWW is the most fabulous party in blogland!!  Visit out Queen, Julia to find out all about it!

Quick post this week.  We just got home from having dinner with a long time friend that we haven't seen in 10 years!  It was awesome!!  So, not much to see...

Just some ribbon, a glue gun, specimen bottles, scissors and my badge. 

Thanks for visiting!  I will always answer everyone who visits me!! And more!!  Have a fabulous party everyone!! 

ATC's

I hope everyone enjoyed a lovely Father's Day yesterday!!

Today, I have some ATC's I made for Altered Arts Magazine.  I made them using many sponsor products that I received when I started working for them.  It is a set of 5 (sort of) that I call "License  Plates".  They use two different types of ATC's.  3 of them are on glossy blanks that I bought from Altered Arts Magazine years ago, and the other 2 are thick blanks.  The thick cards are painted with watercolor paints and in the other 3 glossy cards I used Ranger Alcohol Inks.

After I painted/inked the backgrounds I started layering my elements!  The next layer was a Hero Arts background stamp called "Italian Poetry", then I used 7 Gypsies paper tape and clear stamp set "Numero".  The ink I used is from Prima.  I didn't know they made ink, but they are so awesome!  They are a chalk based fluid ink, and it dries quickly.  Even over the alcohol inks.  Then, I cut the license plates out of a piece of paper I got in an ephemera pack.  I think it might be Tim Holtz?  After I cut them individually, I applied them with glue.  Last, I die cut some flowers, crumpled them up and glued them to the bottom.  The pearl in the center is like the icing on the cake!!

I know I owe some of you an ATC, and I will be using these to send you so watch your mail!!

Have an awesome day!!

ALTERED PAGES JUNE CHALLENGE "BABY DOLLS"

It is time again for the Altered Pages Monthly Challenge!!!  This month the theme is "Baby Dolls".  I found it to be an interesting challenge and to be honest I wasn't sure what to make!  But, I got this awesome collage sheet "Vintage Baby Dolls" and some Glitz Design paper (both available at the Altered Pages Store) and an idea was born!

I had this black frame and I used the Glitz paper over cotton balls for the base,  I then spent (what felt like days) a while cutting out all the collage pieces, like the clothes, shoes and the doll.  I used pins to attach the doll to the background and I attached the clothes to little hangers from 7 Gypsies. The hangers are hanging from a piece of rope I tied a the ends and glued onto the background.  The final piece is a button die cut attached with a pin.

I hope you will join us this month!  All the rules are on the Challenge Blog (link above).  AND, after the 15th you can vote for your favorite Design Team piece!!  Then, the winner gets a prize and a DT member too!  How cool is that??

WOYWW

Welcome to another WOYWW!!  Don't know what the heck I'm talking about?  Click HERE to read all about it!

And there is big news on the WOYWW front.  The party is being featured in Featuring Magazine!  My long time friend Marit (who participates in this party every week) is the owner of the magazine, and she thinks so highly of this party she decided to feature it!  Congratulations WOYWW!  Congratulations Julia!!  Another friend Eliza has her desk featured in the article too!!  How fun!!

Now, on to my desk...

I am showing my small desk this week.  My large one is FULL OF STUFF!!  I took pictures of it and saw you couldn't see anything!  So the messy small one was a better picture.  You see my badge, my cuttlebug (from like 10 years ago), my little sewing machine, my Cricut mini, finished projects that I showed recently and paper, ribbon and spray ink.  I also got a "Gelli Plate" this week, which I am very excited about!!  It is under the paper.

So have fun visiting the desks and be sure to start with Julia's blog, the star of WOYWW!!

Congratulations again!!

MAY ARTS RIBBON IS AWESOME!!!

I really do love May Arts Ribbon.  It is a ribbon of exceptional quality and it is wonderful to use.  I have a little bit of their ribbon, it is the best!!  On their blog (HERE) they are having a design team call.  I want to be a "Prima Ribbonista"!!  That is what they call their design team!  How awesome is that????  They want to see at least 3 projects on my blog and one has to be a tutorial.  I am doing a written tutorial and I made 2 other projects too.  Here we go......

My first project is a page about my grandmother's cousin.  When I see this picture all I can think of is "Sassy".  I used May Arts Ribbon 2 ways.  The pink flowers are made with  "Silky Crush Ribbon" pieces, in the rose color, all glued together to make these beautiful blooms!  They have Solid Crush Wired Ribbon, which is very similar to what I used.  Just click the link!

I also did pleated ribbon down the right side.  The ribbon I used is called "Faux Suede Ruffle Edge Ribbon".  It is AMAZING!!  So easy to gather and pleat!  Awesome!

 Next, I made a journal.  The center is left white and blank on purpose, so whoever gets this journal can fill it in themselves!!  I used 5 different types of May Arts Ribbon.  I tried to use it in different ways.  The only ribbon that is NOT May Arts is the ruffled edge on the left.  The ribbon down the left side is May Arts.  It is called "Chenille Center Dot Ribbon" in the color aqua.  The center is so soft!!  The next ribbons I used are called "Chevron Stripes Twill".  I used 2 different colors, blue and green.  The flags are this ribbon, the tie on the right and the 2 strips above and below the tie.  The next ribbon I used is "Double Faced Horizontal Stripe Satin".  I found a wonderful selection of double faced satin ribbon HERE.  Last ribbon I used was the "Ivory Canvas Black and Gold Print" which has many styles, but I used the Bee ribbon, and cut the bee's out!!

I used Kaiser Craft die cuts, Tim Holtz metal pieces and Prima flowers and leaves all along the side and bottom of the journal.  The Green Leaves Ribbon is the leader of the shape along the side.  That ribbon is so beautiful and it is so fluid to move around!

Last, I made this really fun Memo Board card!!  This is the tutorial I am going to share!

I love French Memo Boards and with this "Fleur de Lis" ribbon and thought this card would be perfect!!  I also used the "Twill Chevron Stripe" again.  This time in tan.  Click the above link to find this.

Now, on to the tutorial!!

Gather your basic supplies.  I used a damask embossed white 6x6" card, a 5.5" piece of Carte Bella "Party Girl" paper, Ranger "Vintage Photo" Distress Ink, and Misc. paper scrap, glue dot runner and wood Fleur de Lis.  

First, I cut the paper and inked the edges of the card.

Flip the paper over and use the glue dot runner all around the edge of the paper.  Place it glue side down on a non stick craft mat.

Cut the ribbon into 5 strips.  Start from the middle out.  I use a 5 ribbon start, and weave 3 pieces through them.

Cut another 3 strips of ribbon.  Again, start from the middle.  See how I weave the next three pieces through?  Up and down through the first five pieces of ribbon, on the diagonal.  Easy Peasy!!

Because we put the glue on the back, you can just put the tails of the ribbon to the back to adhere.  Then, glue it to the card!!  All you have left to do is embellish!

Here is the finished product again..

I couldn't help myself!!  I had to add the bow to the bottom!  This ribbon is that delicious!  I added the miscellaneous tag to the front.  You could write the sentiment you want on it, or add a movie ticket!  Anything you could put on a real memo board you could use here.  This can be hung up on a wall and be used in your work space or your kitchen!  

Remember, all the ribbon that was used is highlighted in pink.  You will LOVE May Arts Ribbon!!!

Thank you so much for visiting and hanging out with me throughout this post!!  Wish me luck!!

RED LITTLE BIRD HOUSE

You may remember me decorating some little bird houses last year and since it is spring I thought I would make another!!!  I made one just like this as a gift to my friend Cindy Adkins last Christmas.  I loved the way it turned out, so I've made this one...

I painted the birdhouse with off white spray paint first, then started decorating!! I used gauze, flowers, pearls, ribbon, a butterfly or two and swirly wire.  I have a few birdhouses in mt house that are really big.  I think I'm going to get a birdhouse a little bigger than this and decorate it for my living room.  Which is where my big birdhouses are.

Thanks for looking and have an awesome weekend!!

WOYWW!!!

Hello everyone.  It's time to visit desks!!  Please start with the wonderful Miss Julia and see what it's all about!!!

First I have to apologize to all of you for missing the anniversary last week.  I am so guilty over it I am making myself ill!!  I would never have missed it!!  I was at last year's and it was a blast!!  And that is when Julia sent me my badge *sniffle*.  So please know that if there was any way I could have been here I would have and don't break up with me and my blog please!!!

My desk is CLEAN!  I have done nothing creative in a while and plan to get back to it tomorrow!!  But, if I make a plan it usually doesn't work.  Fingers crossed!!

Nothing to see here!!  But my badge is on top of my jar of markers!!  A place of honor!!  I already wrote to Julia and begged forgiveness!! *sign*

I hope you forgive me!!  Enjoy the party!!