Ribbon Art Rose Card

Lovebug Creations has a challenge right now to create flowers using their ribbon.  And heaven knows I have a stash of that ribbon!  So this is what I created.  I totally winged the whole process, but LOVE how it turned out!

I used patterned paper from Echo Park's Beautiful Life 6x6 pad.  The doily die and the stamp I used are from My Craft Spot.  I inked around the patterned paper and the doily with brown chalk ink.  Now on to the ribbon creations!  I started out making this rose out of the Kisses color of ribbon.  To make it, I cut a 2" circle out of chipboard and covered it in 1/2" red line tape so it would be super sticky.  I just started at the center and bent the ribbon in 1/2 with the bent edge down and made a tight roll of ribbon.  Then I pressed that down in the center of the circle base and made looser circles of the ribbon around it.  I would turn the ribbon every so often to make it appear that there were petals on the rose, but I kept the ribbon folded in 1/2 the whole time.

 I used the Envious ribbon for the leaves and adhered them under the rose.  Of course, I couldn't just leave well enough alone, so I twisted some Hugs ribbon into two twigs and used Washington White ribbon to make small buds on those twigs.  It gave those twigs a pussy willow-ish appearance.  I used lots of glue dots on this card for all of the ribbon.

This picture is to show you how flat the card still is!  It is still easily mailable even though there is a big flower on it :)

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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June 4 Simon Says Wednesday
June 4 Word Art Wednesday
June 6 Jo's Scrap Shack
June 7 Mark's Finest Papers
June 7 HIMCR
June 7 Pumpkin Spice
June 8 613 Avenue Create
June 30 Chalk At Lot Cafe
June 30 Ribbon Carousel
June 30 Cosmic Strawberry
June 30 Craft-Dee Bowz
June 30 Crafty Hazelnut's
June 30 DL.Art

Peony Gift Bag

Today I am sharing this beautiful gift bag that I made using files from SVG Attic.  

 The bag itself is made using the Motherly Moments set, I just omitted the front window from the SVG before cutting it so I had a solid front on the bag.  The peony is from Day At The Races and I admit that every time I make this flower, I am amazed.  It is so gorgeous!  For the leaves, I used the greenery from the box in the G is for Gratitude set.  I inked the edges of the petals and leaves with brown chalk ink to define them.

 I added metallic sequins for a little bit of bling and finished it all off with a sentiment tag from My Craft Spot's Tiny Tags stamps and tied that to the bag with some Chocolate Truffle Trendy Twine!

This gift bag fit a necklace gift box inside just perfectly.

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

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May 31 Little Scrap Pieces

May 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper 

May 31 V's Sweet Ideas

May 31 Silhouette Challenges
May 31 Chalk N Stock (brown chalk ink)
May 31 Just B Creative Crazy
May 31 DL Art
May 31 Scrap it Girl
May 31 Connie Can Crop
May 31 Glitter N Sparkle (Metal eyelet on tag)
May 31 Pile It On (Metal eyelet on tag
June 1 613 Avenue Create
June 2 TTCRD
June 2 Crafty Sentiments
June 3 Simon Says Stamp Wed
June 4 Word Art Wednesday

OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop 2014

Welcome to the OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop for 2014!

 I created this card using OWH sketch #214.  It was perfect for the patriotic washi tape that I just got from Oriental Trading Co.  I wrapped some trendy twine around the embossed kraft layer and added stars in 1", .75" and .6" with thin foam tape.  This thin foam tape is the perfect depth for OWH cards!  The stamp is from Whimsy Stamps.

I hope you enjoy hopping with all the creative ladies in this blog hop!  Now head on back to the OWH Blog Hop home page to check out all of the other wonderful cards!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Challenge Winner at DL.Art!

Entering Here:
May 26 Cuttin and Stampin
May 27 Marks Finest Papers

May 28 Word Art Wednesday

May 31 Just B Creative Crazy
May 31 DL Art
June 5 DL Art red, white and blue
June 6 Art Impressions

The review of these products (washi tape and thin foam tape, which I highly recommend both) is based strictly on my opinion. Others may have a different opinion or experience with the products listed above. I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading Co. and I provided my honest opinion. No other type of compensation was received for this review.

Decorating my Silhouette Cameo

So this is what I have been looking at while crafting ever since I got my Silhouette Cameo for Christmas.  You may say, what is wrong with that?  Nothing really, except I switched over from my Cricut Expression, which I had decorated with vinyl.  So I went from something pretty to something rather blah.  I don't do blah very well :)  Actually I am surprised I lasted this long without decorating it!  So...here goes a step-by-step tutorial on how I made my cameo from blah to beautiful!

 The first thing I did was use the cutting file that is built in the free Silhouette software to make a cover for my control panel.  I used one of my all time favorite paper stacks, Black Currant by DCWV.  I was pretty proud at how centered I got the print to be :)  This paper was my inspiration for the rest of the machine.

After looking for *just* the right file to use for vinyl, I came across the Tulip Damask file from SVG Attic.  It was perfect!  I cut two of the single files at 4" tall out of black vinyl.  I used my exacto knife to cut the vinyl of both designs just below the circle at the bottom as shown in the picture below.

Next, discard the outer frame from one of the designs, or you can add it to some other crafty project :)

Mark the center of your Cameo lid at the top and bottom.  Mine was at 7.5" or 19cm.  This will help you center your design.  Using transfer tape, carefully lift just the frame of the first design, keeping the center of the design still on the backing paper.  Apply the frame to the center of your Cameo lid.

Next add the flourishes, one on each side, overlapping the circle on the edge of the frame with the circle on the end of the flourish.  I just eyeballed this part, if you want you could also measure the center point of the lid from top to bottom to make sure they are centered.  At this point I also added my monogram using the GoudyHandtooled BT font.  I layered dark pink and black vinyl so the colors would match the paper on the control panel.

Last, but definitely not least, add whatever other embellishments you wish!  I added all kinds of bling :)  Four different sizes to be exact!

Here is the finished project and yes, I am thrilled with it!  I just love it when something turns out exactly like you picture it in your mind.  I can't help but smile when I see it :)

I hope I've inspire you to decorate whatever "blank canvas" you have from blah into beautiful!  If you do decorate your cutting machine with this design or another one from our site, we would love for you to share a picture of it on the SVG Attic Facebook page!

Also, don't forget to participate in the Anything Goes Contest that is on the SVG Attic Blog!  The contest ends May 31.

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Entering here:

May 21 Word Art Wednesday

May 24 Little Scrap Pieces

May 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper 

May 31 Just B Creative Crazy
May 31 DL Art