A Little Trinket Box

Hi all,

I have a Design Team project I created for Really Ribbon Ribbons today. A little trinket box I created using some great ribbons, beautiful wild orchid flowers and some fun little trinkets that are new at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store.

I do have an announcement before I get started, this is my second to last post I will be doing for the Really Reasonable Ribbon Design Team. I am really sad that I am leaving the team they are such a great team to work with and Bonnie Garby is just amazing. I just want to say Thank You to Bonnie for having me on your team it has been a pleasure and I've had a great time using your beautiful ribbons and wild orchid flowers. Thank you Bonnie.

Here is my project -

So here is my new Trinket Box. Yep, I made myself something for once. lol

I am so excited I just love it, I used the beautiful Blue Fern paper collection - Blush. 

 I am putting my charms and little trinkets inside. 

So I used some Wild Orchid Flowers for the top used with the beautiful 

vivid pink seam binding and sheer box pleats white. I also used the New Flower Flatback

Acrylic Rhinestone embellishments, these are so beautiful! You gotta check these out. 

Here is a great shot of two sides of my box showing the vivid pink seam binding and 

the pink New Flower Flatback Acrylic Rhinestone embellishments I used. 

I also used the Bow It All V3.0 to create my bow.

 Here is a great shot of the sheer box pleats white ribbon I used around my edge of my lid. 

I used some tiny strands of white pearls I had in my stash, I bought from JoAnns a while back. 

 Here are a couple of photos showing the top of my box. I actually placed the seam binding bow down first and then laid my flowers around it, added my tiny pearl 

strands around the flowers. Then I added more flowers around the top. 

I just love these little flowers they are just darling. 

Just so you know I have used this Sheer Box Pleated ribbon a few times and I just love it.

I have to say it's probably one of my favorite ribbons from the store as it's so versatile. 

Supplies: Really Reasonable Ribbons - 

vivid pink seam binding; sheer box pleats white.; New Flower Flatback

Acrylic Rhinestone embellishments, ; Wild Orchid Flowers  - Gypsophila, Sweetheart Blossoms Mixed pink (used light pink), Cherry Blossoms Mixed Pinks/Whites

Challenges entered:

Crafting Musketeer: Welcome to Challenge #42 Boxes

Crafty Enjoyments: Challenge Anything But A Card

A Bit More time To Craft Challenge: #30 Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting: Sunny day Ch #19 Always Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: 1st October 2016-Classic Open Design Team Ch. #07

Thank you all so much for stopping by today I so appreciate it. I hope you are inspired to use some of these items. I just love using the ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbons they are just gorgeous, and the flowers are just beautiful. Check out the items I used plus other wonderful items at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store. Please leave me a comment as I love reading them. 

Hugs and wishing you all a great crafty day, 

Deborah xxx

Hello My Friend

Hi all my Crafty Friends, 

I hope you all had a fab week. TGIF, Right?? lol  You know what that means, Time to get your Crafting On!!  (whoot, wwhoott, happy dance)

Well today is the New Challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon - Summer Flowers. That means we wanna see your flowers!! So get those flowers out of your stash and get crafting with those little beauties. :D 

For my project I created a card using some these beautiful flowers from Reasonable Ribbon Store they are the Chrysanthemums Mixed Blue/Aqua/White.  today is the New If you watched my video a few weeks back you would have seen these beauties They are just lovely and the blues are so vivid in color. Here is the link to my video showing these beautiful chrysanthemums and much more!!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCWsN_Vaiyc 

Here is my card - 

For my card I used the Blue Fern - Frolic collection for the matte around 

my little stamped kitten. I cut a circle in the design paper and fussy cut 

around the leaf, butterfly and flowers that are printed on the paper.  

I added the pretty bow at the bottom, which is the Peacock Alley Seam Binding. 

I just love how this turned out with all the blues and the white and blue flowers with

the beautiful colored ribbon it really adds a brightness and enhances the blue tones. 

The little stamp is from Inky Antics and colored this little guy with my spectrum Noir 

colored pencils and blended with mineral spirits. I really like how it turned out. I used 

yellow liquid pearls in the center of my flowers. 

Supplies:

 Reasonable Ribbon Store - Chrysanthemums Mixed Blue/Aqua/White.;  Peacock Alley Seam Binding

Paper - Blue Fern - Frolic; Blue cardstock (card base)

Stamp - Inky Antics - Flower Kitties

Ink - Spectrum Noir colored pencils; PowderPuff chalk ink - Blue Lagoon

Accessories - Spellbinder dies - Fancy Tags Two; Liquid Pearls - yellow; 

Entering these Fun Challenges for this card:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge: challenge 158 Animals

Creative Knockouts: #148 - All About The Flowers - Sami Stamps

Digital Delights by Louby Loo Tips: Delightful Monthly Challenge #11

Southern Girls Challenge: Anything Goes with Team Trace

Simon Says Anything Goes/Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog

Word Art Wednesday: Challenge week #236 - 237 Anything Goes

Thank you all for stopping by today. I invite you to hop on over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and take a look at what my teamies had created, you will be inspired to join our fun new challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon - Summer Flowers. Hope to see you there. 

Have a great day and crafty fun weekend!! 

Hugs, 

Deborah xxx

Roses with A Cup Of Tea

Good Morning ya'all, 

Hope you had a fabulous weekend. Today I am sharing an ATC that is a shabby chic look over at the Crafty Card Gallery. Hope you all like it as our them this Month is "Flowers", which is perfectly fitting with spring in the air, right?

ATC's are Artist Trading Cards which measure 2 1/2 by 3 1/2. I making these little cards as they do not take a lot of time and there is not a lot of room. So they are something quick and easy to create when you want to craft but don't have a lot of time. 

Here is what I did to accomplish this ATC - 

I used Blue Fern paper collection - Blush cut my base down to 2 1/2 by 3 1/2, fussy cut the teacup, bird & flower and heart with the little message inside the teacup. I added glossy accents to the heart and teacup. Crystal stickles to the fussy cut rose. Liquid pearls white to to the metal key and Say it with Pearls by Want 2 Scrap - white pearls in the corner and left side. I adhered lace in the middle of the card and placed the Prima Rose along with the gold heart button and fussy cut heart, teachp and other items ontop of the Lace from Reneabouquets, and the glitter glass is adhered on the background and placed my Reneabouquet butterfly to finish it off. I did distress the edges of the paper and used TH distress inks broken china & spun sugar around the card.

Here is a close up of the little letter. 

You can read what it says, it's so sweet. 

"A feast of flowers here behold 

A thing of joy to see, 

But ah! to me 'tis/'lis sweeter far

To feast mine eyes on thee!"

here I added liquid pearls to the center of the key. 

 In this pic. you can see a little bit of the 

Chunky Glitter Glass I used for the background.

Supplies:

Paper - Blue Fern - Blush

Inks - TH distress inks - broken china & spun sugar

Accessories- Want 2 Scrap - say it with pearls; Buttons Galore - gold heart button; Glossy Accents; Stickles - crystals; Liquid Pearls - white; Renea Bouquets - lace, metal key, butterfly, glitter glass; Prima Marketing - pink rose

Challenges Entered:

ARTastic Challenge Blog: April Inspiration - Let's get inspired again

PDE Linky Party: Ch #120 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #107

Craft for the Craic: Anything but a Card

Crafting with Friends: Challenge19

A Vintage Journey: #40 Spring Is In The Air

Crafty Calendar Challenge: April Challenge

A Beautiful Mess: Challenge #1 - Always Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge #195 Anything Goes

Thank you all for stopping by and hope you were inspired by my project today. Please leave some love here and visit some of my teamies posts over at the Crafty Card Gallery and leave some love for them too. They are all so talented. 

Wishing you a fantastic week and

Stay Crafty! 

Deborah xxx

Love Is In The Air

Good Morning all,

Wow!! Can you believe it's February already? It's amazing time is going by so fast. And with a before Valentine's Day we have a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes with 
"Love Is In The Air", yep that's our new theme.

So here is my take on the theme.  I used an image from the Stitchy Bear Stamps Shop, by Stitchy Bear - Love .  I also used some of the items I received from Scraps Of Elegance January Kit. I just love their kits, they are so fun and filled with beautiful paper and goodies.

I cut out the frame first with Spellbinders die - majestic labels twenty-five, leaving a

little tab that is folded down behind the frame. I cut out the design paper to the fit the 

size of my card/frame and adhered the design paper on the back of the tab. 

This is what gave me framed look of the around my image.

I fussy cut the hanging hearts from the paper and used stickles around the hearts and envelope.

The little blue flowers are from Heartfelt Creations - Stripped Sun Kiss colored with

light blue gelatos and filled with white prills.

For my image I layered it twice. I printed off on regular white cardstock and then

I printed it off on the pink patterned paper. 

The design paper I used is from Blue Fern - Blush paper collection, the two sheets

 I used to make this card is Enamored & Sweetheart.

Once I cut and colored everything I layed out my image and used pop dots

to give it a 3D effect.

 Here I colored with my copic markers. I used white flower soft

to achieve a fur look to her coat. It reminded

me of the old vintage coats that had fur on them. 

I also printed the man & woman image a third time

to enlarged the size so it would match the same 

size of the Love sentiment. 

Our Sponsor is Stitchy Bear Stamp Shop

Supplies:

Stamps: Stitchy Bear Stamps Shop, by Stitchy Bear - Love ; Heartfelt Creations - Stripped Sun Kiss (small blue flower)

Paper: Blue Fern - Blush Collection; Red cardstock 

Inks:Copics; light blue gelatos 

Accessories: Stickles - mercury gold; Heart button by Buttons Galore; Flower soft - white; Prills - white; pop dots

Dies - Spellbinders - Majestic Labels Twenty-Five;

Challenges entered:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog:6 February Challenge 116: anything goes with a twist...Love

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge Blog: #50: Anything Goes - cards only

A Gem of A Challenge: Challenge #162 "Love is in the Air"

Crafty Calendar Challenge: February Challenge - "Love is in the Air"

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: All you need is Love

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: SoSS #52 K is for Kiss

My Time To Craft!: Challenge#314 - Love is all around

Dies R Us Challenge: Challenge #42 - Love

DL.ART: DL.ART February Linky Party & introducing the DT 2016

Creative Corner Challenges: Team Jess - Happy Valentine's Day/Love

QKR Stampede: QKR Stampede Challenge #177 Valentine Cards

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge: Challenge 119

The Stamping Boutique: Challenge Time! Challenge to use - die cuts, punches or etc.

I hope you all click on over to One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes with Love Is In The Air challenge. When you visit please leave some love for my DT sisters, they have created some very inspiring items for Valentine's Day. 

Don't forget to enter our Monthly FaceBook Challenge for February. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a beautiful day. 

Hugs, 

Deborah xxx