Hello everybody, today is my day over at the Craft-Dee Bowz blog. I wanted to create something different with these beautiful ribbons and cute little dress die. I started by cutting a circular piece of chipboard and painted it a matching green as the ribbon.

I took the green ribbon and wrapped and gathered, stapling in the center in an offset pattern. Once I had that completed I took the purple ribbon and wove it around.

To fill in any blank spots I added the little sprays of tulle and pearls of the same color. Then die cut three of the little dresses, 2 yellow and 1 purple and also placed them randomly.

I tied bows with the left over green ribbon with my Craft-Dee Bowz tool and also adhered them. I added little purple blooms and a butterfly as well. The finishing touch was a multiple loop bow in purple with my Craft-Dee Bowz tool!!!

I thought it turned out cute and you could make lots of variations of this little wreath! You could make multiples for shower decorations, or birthdays........lots of possibilities!

Thanks so much for dropping by, and please check the Craft-Dee Bowz blog to check out the other creative projects from the design team!!!

ScrapAroundTheWorld

My dear friend, Helen Tilbury has started her very own challenge site! It's "ScrapAroundTheWorld" and it's an awesome challenge site! I wanted to make time to participate in this one! Here are the details:

May 2013 Challenge 1

Each month we will present you with a mood board & a sketch, together with a mood board/sketch combo image for you to save to your computer & upload to your blog when taking part in our challenges.  

This month we have Agnieszka Bellaidea to thank for this gorgeous mood board!

She is our challenge host this month & will be monitoring the comments on this post

 & answering any questions you may have (also directly in the comments).

All you need to do is be inspired by the mood board (in ANY way) 
& use our sketch as your starting point.  

How to use our sketches

As you would any other sketch.  We would like to see that it definitely inspired you & was your 'starting point' but you can 'make it your own' by flipping it, turning it, inverting it & moving things about if you like.  You can also change the photo orientation and number of photos to be as few or as many as you like.  

How to use our mood boards

Our mood boards are for your INSPIRATION only.  You can be inspired by one of the images, all of the images, or any number of them, or even parts thereof. For example, on this board you may be inspired by the colours (either all of them or just one, two or more) but you do not have to use any colours on the board if you don't want to.  Other aspects of the mood board that could inspire you are, for example, the beads, circles, fringing, cracks, texture, leather, chandeliers, turquoise, rust (colour or rusty elements) ie brass/metal.  Pink, purple, organic shapes, swirls, feathers, fluff, fibres, distressing, ombre effects, flowers, bows, lace, flower-soft & filigree work (fine cut embellishments such as laser chipboard with detailed designs).

It's entirely up to you!  Be Inspired in any way!!

Now, here is my take on the challenge. These are pictures of our youngest ds and his girlfriend. I think they're so cute and sweet together!

Here you can see the chippie birdcage from Imaginarium Designs that I embossed with Ultra Gold High embossing powder from Suzy West. I added some tiny blooms and cut out pieces of the Graphic45 paper to embellish, I used the little blooms and birds and such. I used Graphic45 Secret Garden papers.

I also used baker's twine on the tags and around the photo mat as well. I used a sticker sentiment for the journaling.  I also added some buttons and pearls.

 Here you see that I added pop dots for dimension.

Another close-up of the detail.

The title chippies are also Imaginarium Designs. I just used a purple marker to color them and added liquid pearls by Ranger.

One last close-up of some detail and liquid pearl accents.

Thanks so much for stopping by and please check out this great new challenge site!!!

A Little "WOW" Card

Make A Wish

I wanted to share a card that I had up on the WOW blog, I wanted to create a Birthday card, but wanted a little dimension on it. So I pulled out my WOW powders, a stamp set, some blooms, chippies and pop dots! I found some scrap Websters Pages papers that would work and got busy!

Here is the finished card:

I used the Suzy West "Make a Wish" stamp set, along with the Suzy West Sour Lemon regular, Bubble Gum regular, and Opaque Bright White regular embossing powders. I used the Sour Lemon and the "Make A Wish" sentiment  stamp around the edge of the base. I also embossed the chipboard scallop border with it. I used the Opaque Bright white in the center. The flourish is done with the Bubble Gum.

I used a generic leaf stamp and made some tiny leaves to go with the little blooms. The bling accent is from Websters Pages. As well as the little cake.

Here you see the pink flourish behind the blooms. I added liquid pearl accents to the banner and used pop dots for dimension.

Another close-up.

and one more! I used orange stickles for the flame on the candle!

I hope you like the card, It was fun to make! I hope it inspires you to pull out some scraps and start creating! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Patti

Products used:
Suzy West "Make a Wish" stamp set
Suzy West Sour Lemon embossing powder
Suzy West Bubble Gum embossing powder
WOW Bright Opaque White embossing powder
other:
Ranger stickles orange
Ranger liquid pearl white
Websters Pages paper and bling trim
Imaginarium Designs chipboard flourish

Welcome to Moxxie's May Muse-A-Palooza Blog Hop! 

Well, it's time for another fantastic Blog Hop with the Muses. This month features the Graduation Day collection. I've done a multi photo layout of our dd's graduation. The collection is very versatile and you can add any accent color to make a striking project!  You should have arrived here from Susie's blog. If you lose you way you can check the order at the bottom of this post!  Here's my page.

I've added some black liquid pearl accents to the die cut sentiment. And I also chose to use black and burgundy blooms.

I cut out a few elements, like the hat and tassel below and put them on pop dots for dimension.

The element is cut from the paper and I added more liquid pearls.

Here is a closeup of the blooms.

This month we are featuring and you could WIN the entire "Graduation Day" collection! Many people are preparing for graduations of all kinds this time of year, from Pre-school all the way up to College and everything in between plus don't forget those other successes and milestones that are overcome with a little less flare. This line is perfect for all of those moments, inspiring quotes, fabulous designs and a color palette to match whatever you need for your page or project. Check it out!
 

 
To have a chance to win, you need to: 

• Follow the hop through all eleven participating blogs, check out the beautiful work of the Moxxie Muses, and leave a comment for each of them. 
• Comments will close at midnight CST on Tuesday, May 7th. 
• Winner will be announced the next day on the Moxxie blog. 
• International fans are welcomed to play along if they agree to pay shipping in the event of their win. 

 

  Here is your hopping order in case you get lost along the way you can come back here and pick up where you left off. Good luck and happy hopping!

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Got Moxxie

Susie Bentz

Patti Hamil

Cathy Harper

Rebecca Price

  Misty Rushlow

Mary Pat Siehl

Dana Tatar

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Ange Weisbeck 
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Thanks so much for hopping with us, I hope you are enjoying the projects!!! 

ScrapForHelp New Challenge

It's time for the May challenge at "ScrapForHelp". This challenge is to use a napkin on your page. This is my DT page for the challenge. I used a white napkin to make the floral vine and blooms.

This is another page for my dd's family album, these pics were taken after finding out they are expecting our first Grandchild!

**All chipboard from Imaginarium Designs**

For the flowers I took a napkin, drew 6 petal .shapes with a Zig Marker, put yellow in the center, cut out and gathered each at the base. I twisted a strip of napkin that I colored with my green Zig Writer to make the stem. I just drew and cut out the leaves with the same marker.

I colored the chipboard pieces black and used pink liquid pearls as accents. I painted the letters and number pink and used a white marker to outline them.

The little cage was painted copper, I used black liquid pearl accents and the little dangle is from Berry71Bleu.

Another closeup where you see the little birdcage and dangle!

A closeup of one of the blooms, I put two together here.

 Here you see the end of the vine, I put several blooms.  The paper and accents are Prima, most from the Printery collection.

The journaling is hidden on a tag behind the photo.

I hope you like the page, and please check out ScrapForHelp and join the challenge, we'd love to have you! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Together

Hello everyone! It's time for my second post here! I am still so excited to get to create with these awesome products! I wanted to share a layout with some handmade blooms. The two pink blooms were made with the Nesting Dies, and I mixed some regular blooms from my stash in with them. I will share how I made these blooms.

 But first I want to share the completed project. This is a page of our niece on her wedding day! I just love the fun photo capturing the excitement!

Now on to the blooms. I used the Nesting Dies (Daisy) for these blooms. I did two different sizes. You can make them the size you want, you just need 2 smaller and 3 larger. After cutting, use a sponge dabber and ink the center with a little darker ink. Also snip slightly in between each petal Next you will use your piercing tool and make a hole in the center of each. Attach them all together with a brad. Spritz really good with water. Then carefully fold each layer up toward the brad, gathering in the center. Your bloom will look like the one below. Let it dry.

Next, take your piercing tool and carefully pull apart each layer and petal. Just be careful, some sections are bunched up really tightly.

Now, once you have them separated, you can remove the brad, they will look like the ones below:

Now you can layer them and attach with the type of adhesive of your choice. I used a white glue on mine.

Here is a closeup of the finished blooms. You don't need a center, they look more natural left the way they are!

For my background, I embossed two pieces of aqua colored paper with a slight pattern with the Elegance Collection Large Damask Flourish. I also then embossed a solid lavendar paper with the Confetti folder from the Elegance Collection. I cut the lavendar into circles.

Here you see some closeups of the detail of this.

I used the adhesive foam tape to raise up the smaller embossed circles for some added dimension. I really like how the intricate patterns of the embossing folders are so visible, these are great folders!

One more look at the blooms. I hope you have enjoyed this little tip on making blooms. You can play around and get lots of different looks with this technique!!! I appreciate you stopping by!!!

Couture Creations Products used:

Nesting Dies (Daisy) CO723217

Sponge dabbers

Elegance Collection Large Damask Flourish C0723449

Elegance Collection Confetti C0723287

Piercing Tool

Gemstones

Adhesive Foam

Berry71Bleu Guest Designer

I was so happy and honored to be asked to Guest Design for Berry71Bleu. I've know Marivic for a while through OnceUponASketch, she has a wonderful challenge blog and does the most GORGEOUS hand made tags!!! You should check it out at Berry71Bleu.

She sent me a beautiful tag to work with, along with some other goodies that were stunning as well! Here is the page that I made.

I used beautiful trim and a floral spray from Marivic also, I just love the coral color!

Here you see more detail of the stunning handmade tag!

The title sticker is Anna Griffin, Inc.

and one more closeup of the florals on this one! You can see a tad bit of the "faux stitching" that I did with my Zig marker too.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate each and every visit and comment! I hope you check out Berry71Bleu and join the challenges!