By Emily, on May 7th, 2013
This month we are celebrating the Ribbon Carousel’s second anniversary! Hence this month’s challenge! What are you celebrating; birthdays, graduations, weddings, babies, anniversaries, retirement?
What is this month’s theme?
Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!
I chose Mother’s Day for my celebration – since it is this weekend! I chose to do something a little clean cut – mostly using dies. I did use a sentiment from A Muse, but the rest was just white cardstock and some patterened papers. I like piecing these together, it’s kind of like a puzzle. The boys liked it so much, they decided to make them too! Of course it has a little ribbon on it – I adore the seam binding. It always gives an elegant finish to everything.
Be sure to stop by The Ribbon Carousel blog for more inspiration and enter your own creation to win a fabulous carousel of your own!!
And check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on May 1st, 2013
Hey everyone! It’s our 2nd Birthday today and we are celebrating with a Blog Hop! This is no ordinary Blog Hop. Our amazing Crew has gathered up AMAZING prizes totalling over $750 just for YOU! It’s our way of saying THANK YOU for all of your support these past two years!
I have two fantastic prizes to share with you guys! First up, a little artwork and then PRIZES! Remember, the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!
I made these cute cards for my niece, Kate. I had already made a pirate version for her sister and was looking forward to some really girly ones for Kate. It’s fun to indulge the girly side of myself making things for my nieces – the boys are not into pink all much.
I used some older papers I found in a file, JustRite monogram stamps and two kinds of fabulous May Arts ribbon to finish them off!
Now for the PRIZES!
First up is a prize from May Arts! They are giving away 3 rolls of ribbon OF YOUR CHOICE! Who doesn’t LOVE ribbon?!?
And the second prize being given away here is a stamp set from Sin City Stamps!! They have some gorgeous images there – really fantastic stuff!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on April 27th, 2013
By Emily, on April 2nd, 2013
With the start of the new term, our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into four teams this term to give our fans and participants more beautiful artwork to be inspired by. The first Tuesday of each month a new challenge will begin. Each week, we will show off fabulous projects. It is still a monthly challenge, so the winner will be picked and announced the Monday before the next monthly challenge begins.
This month’s theme is…
“Showers and Flowers“
I decided to go with a wedding *shower* feel for my card. I figured we are close to wedding season and surely I’ll need a card for a shower at some point. Or someone will anyway. I used a sentiment from Tami Mayberry’s Block Greetings as the focal point. Then I used a few images and dies from the Unity set Blossom Stackers and the coordinating Blossom Tags and Accents from Spellbinders. The paper is from Prima’s Fairy Belle collection. I even broke out some felt for one of the layers. Of course – it’s finished off with ribbon!
Be sure to stop by The Ribbon Carousel blog for more inspiration and enter your own creation to win a fabulous carousel of your own!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on February 14th, 2013
Just a quick post to share my Valentine for Matthew. We are NOT big on Valentine’s Day – like besides cards and sharing a box of truffles, we don’t do anything for it. I’d prefer to celebrate days that are special to us as a couple than generic ones.
I did get a few minutes earlier this week to make a card for him though – I had been slacking off on making cards for my own family lately. But I purchased this stamp from Unity just for this purpose! I adore gnomes and all that goes with them – this just screamed gnome-i-ness to me! I paired it with some great paper from My Mind’s Eye that I picked up from Ribbon Carousel.
I hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day with your loved ones!
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on February 2nd, 2013
I apologize for not posting the winner of the Unity stamp right away – time just got away from me this week! Anyway, I’ll get right to that first thing today. So according to the random number generator, here’s the winner of the stamp:
I’ll send you an email and get it out to you!
I also had a quick birthday card for someone turning 16 who happens to like pirates…..
I hope you are all having a fantastic weekend!
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on January 25th, 2013
So I really really liked this stamp – so much that I ordered it twice. Of course I do not need two of the same image – so I am going to give it away! All you need to do is leave a comment here and you are entered to win.
Here’s another version of the card I posted before with this sentiment from Unity.
And here’s how you can win it!
1. Leave a comment here on this post!!
2. This post closes at 10:00 PM, EST– Tuesday, January 29th.
3. I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner!
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on January 23rd, 2013
So I love this sentiment from Unity. I think it’s just beautiful. I wanted it to be the focus here and then pair it with some gorgeous paper – and I LOVE this paper from My Mind’s Eye. I used a few copics to color the birdies (and I know there are not pink birds, but I don’t care!)
Now I must have REALLY loved this image because I accidentally ordered it twice in two different orders from Unity. SO, I decided I’ll give the second away on my blog. Stay tuned for how you can win that!
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on January 16th, 2013
My stepmom really liked this card and asked if I could make her a bunch. So that’s what I’ve been doing lately! I got them all finished so hopefully I can play with other new stuff tomorrow! But they do look awfully pretty all splayed out on my table. Now to get them off in the mail….
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on January 13th, 2013
So I am not really sure what flower this is – a poppy? It’s funny – I adore flower stamps. But I am the WORST gardener. And I have no idea what flowers I am using for images. I just like them! So please do not ever depend on me to have correct coloring or anything! Cause I just totally went with whatever I thought looked good!
Anyway, I was playing with this image for another card I posted earlier and decided that the swirly marker effect I had stamped with it would look cool on a Fabriano card. I happened to have a box of those just sitting on my shelf. I haven’t used them in ages, but I do love the simple elegance of an image stamped on them topped off with a bit of ribbon. They just look classy. So I used the same colors to marker up this image from Insightful Meadows by Unity and added a little ribbon from May Arts.
And be sure to check out my Stamps For Sale - I’m sure you need some of them!!
Enjoy!
