{RCC78} Happy Spring

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon Carousel Challenge?!  We are now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel 

to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

This month's theme is
Spring is in the air...

I've used a great new set from MFT: Inspired By The Front Porch- Spring, along with some SU sale-a-bration dp and MFT die-namics and ribbon.

For the inside I stamped the tulip pot again, this time in Kraft ink, and added the 'Happy Spring' sentiment in Sour Apple ink (both MFT). I used SU CS. The image was coloured with copics.

There are three rules to be eligible for the prize:

1.  You MUST use ribbon or twine on your creation 

2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month

3. You must add  a NEW project  to the inlinkz and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery.

You have until March 28th to add your creation to the Inlinkz. The random winner of the ribbon carousel will be announced here on the blog on Monday, April 1st!!

To link up your project, click HERE and go to the bottom of that post!    

Good luck & happy stamping!

Here is a list of MFT supplies that I've used today:

InLinkz.com

{RCC77} Love is in The Air

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon Carousel Challenge?!  We are now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel 

to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

This month's theme is

Love is in the air...

Supplies: Stamp- MFT PI Owl Costume, buttons- SU!, CS- SU! X-press It Blending Stock, Copics, 1" circle punch, TE impression plate, jute twine and twill ribbon- RC, distress ink, memento tuxedo black ink, MFT Black Licorice ink (sentiment)
Retro Sketch #51

Ready to play?! 

There are three rules to be eligible for the prize:

1.  You MUST use ribbon or twine on your creation 

2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month

3. You must add  a NEW project  to the inlinkz and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery.

You have until February 28th to add your creation to the Inlinkz. The random winner of the ribbon carousel will be announced here on the blog on Monday, March 4th!

To link up your project, click HERE and go to the bottom of that post!    

Good luck & happy stamping!

{RCC75} Sending Christmas Cheer

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon carousel Challenge?!  We are now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel 

to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

This month's theme is

The Holidays

I've used MFT's Sparkling Season a la mode,  fancy flourish Die, and bracket tab die. My 'spool' element is my favorite Ribbon Carousel jute twine in black.

I've used MFT's current weekly sketch challenge for my layout.

{RCC74} Thanks A Bunch{RCC74} Thanks A Bunch

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon carousel Challenge?!  We are now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel 

to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

This month's theme is

Giving Thanks/Fall

 I made a CAS kind of card, which isn't normally my style but I have been feeling under the weather, and like most moms I know, have not heeded my body's warnings! Yesterday I had a super hard workout at the gym (my trainer kicked my hiney!) and then cleaned my house like a crazy person getting ready for my sister in laws baby shower, which I hosted last night! So with all that, I had no energy for my initial plan (which was to use the same MFT Turkey Girl image like the AMAZING colouring goddess Wendy R! Thank goodness I ddn't colour the same thing as her- it would have been downright embarrassing;)  Plain and Simple it was!

I've used all Stampin' Up! goodies, minus my favorite natural jute twine from the Ribbon Carousel.

Ready to play?! 

There are three rules to be eligible for the prize:

1.  You MUST use ribbon or twine on your creation 

2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month

3. You must add  a NEW project  to the inlinkz below and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery.

You have until November 30th to add your creation to the link below. The random winner of the ribbon carousel will be announced here on the blog on Monday, December 3rd!

To link up your project, click HERE and go to the bottom of that post!    

Good luck!

{RCC73} TSG177- Halloween!

Have you played along yet with this month's Ribbon carousel Challenge?!  We are now doing monthly challenges with a big 'ol prize at the end for one lucky challenge participant!  

Each month we are giving away a ribbon carousel 

to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants!

I'm combining the Ribbon Carousel challenge with this weeks There She Goes challenge (TSG177), which so happens to be Halloween/Fall theme as well! Score for me!!

I've used one of my favourite Halloween sets, Hauntingly Delightful, for this card, as well as the silhouette images from Bugs & Hisses. And I heat embossed. I know. But I just knew that the silhouettes and sentiment would look so much better all black and shiny, so I bit the bullet and just did it. Gross. I hate heat embossing. Such a mess. But I do love the look, so sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do;)
I added some RC Net Ribbon in Violet. I also used Bazzill CS in Taffy.

Here's a close-up of Count Drac...

Ready to play with the Ribbon Carousel?! 

There are three rules to be eligible for the prize:

1.  You MUST use ribbon or twine on your creation 

2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month

3. You must add  a NEW project  to the inlinkz below and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery.

You have until October 30th to add your creation to the link below.

The random winner of the ribbon carousel will be announced on the Ribbon Carousel blog on Monday, November 5th!

To link up your project, click HERE and go to the bottom of that post!    

And if you would like to see some more inspiration from the TSG Trendsetters, check out the blog HERE, where you can find info on this weeks challenge, as well as our linky tool!

{RCC70} With Sympathy

 

This week our fabulous Crewmate Andrea Ewen is our hostess with the mostess and she is challenging us to make a sympathy card. 

 

I used one of my PTI sets (they just aren't getting enough use, and I recently bought a bunch more secondhand from Corinna! Ha!). I am not much of a sympathy card maker....it just seems like when you need them is not the time you want to make them! I should really make a stack (or less, that sounds plain morbid!) for when the sad occasion arrises and crafting is the last thing on the list. Anyway, I'm rambling! But I will tell you that I do like botanicals for these kinds of cards (which is completely against my grain...NOT a flower/folliage kinda gal)...this is a great set for that! I stuck with just the grass and left the flowers off....the grass was stamped in Old Olive and the sentiment in the new SU navy...

I added some MFT dienamics and gorgeous vintage seam binding in graphite and natural jute twine from the RC!

 

Check out the Ribbon Carousel Blog to see what my crewmates have created!

{RCC66} Keep it Cool

Hey there!! I am this weeks hostess over at the Ribbon Carousel and I challenge you to make a summer themed project! OMGosh- soooooo sad that it's coming to an end sooner than we think:( But hopefully the RC crew can draw out those lazy days of summer for just a little while longer!!!

I used this weeks sketch from My Favorite Things, along with one of their sweet PI images, Sprinkler Girl. The sentiment is stamped on the Say What? dienamic.  I did something new here as well. I stamped the little girl in Memento Toffee Crunch, rather than the usual black I use. You can still colour with copics, as all Memento inks are alcohol friendly:) Makes the whole card look a little bit softer, and with the pastelly colours, I thought black ink might be a bit too harsh. I used some jumbo silver brads (michaels) and jillibean soup Easter paper!! The little house strip is supposed to be chicken coops I think, but I thought that they kind of looked like raised beachhouses! The cardstock is Bazzill Card Shoppe  (Cotton Candy and Robins Egg). The silver squiggley clip is from my stash, but RC is now selling them to keep our favorite spiral clip junkie, Jessie, happy;) You can see the ones we have available HERE. I used some new Divine Twine in Peach and pink swiss dot satin ribbon.

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items,paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine,lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

We'd love for you to join us this week! Here are the details:

• Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge of the week. Any submissions made prior to the challenge date will be deleted. Be sure to include some type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool.

• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, (use the keyword RCC66) with a direct link back to THIS post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! (A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!)

• Link up your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post. Your image may take a little while to pop up, but don't worry, it will appear shortly.

• Come back the Friday after the challenge ends to see if YOU are a Top Spool!

{RCC62} Cute Bunny

This week our fabby Crewmate Danielle Lounds is on deck and she has challenged us to a color challenge! Have you noticed te that Crewmates are crazy about the new Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock? We've been converted! Danielle's color challenge is based on the new card cardstock colors. Play along with whatever cardstock you've got, but you should REALLY give the Bazzill a try! It's the bomb diggity bomb!

Here is my card, featuring Bazzill Easter grass and some delish vintage seam binding and natural jute twine from the Ribbon Carousel. The image is from My Favorite Things and is called PI Warm Fuzzies and the sentiment was a mini set from awhile back.
I used an MFT die (open scallop edge) and the buttons were from my stash. SU brads and some paper-piercing add detail. I used this weeks MFT sketch...

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items,paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine,lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

We'd love for you to join us this week! Here are the details:

• Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge of the week. Any submissions made prior to the challenge date will be deleted. Be sure to include some type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool.

• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, (use the keyword RCC62) with a direct link back to THIS post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! (A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!)

• Link up your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post. Your image may take a little while to pop up, but don't worry, it will appear shortly.

• Come back the Friday after the challenge ends to see if YOU are a Top Spool!

{RCC58} Spin My Spurs

It's time for another Ribbon Carousel Challenge and the hostest with the mostest for this week's challenge is our sweet Savannah O'Gwynn.   

Sav is challenging us to to use some metal hardware on our projects this week. Any sort of metal brad, clip, or other embellishment will do the trick!

Check out what my Crewmates have created for this week's challenge HERE on the RC blog.

I combined Sav's challenge with a sketch from My Favorite Things (MFTWSC76). You can see that sketch HERE and I think I am just under the wire for this week:)

I used one of my absolute go-to Ribbon Carousel products: JUTE TWINE! I LOVE this stuff!! Here, I've used brown and natural.

A closeup of the little metal star spurs:) And I really am not skilled with colouring fur, but with a little help from my friend Michele (she gave some tips on this post), I think I did an okay job this time! And it was really fun and easy:) And he looks like he has such a nice coat of curly bear-hair!

The MFT products I used: Fred Bear Out West, Fishtail Banner dienamic (for the sentiment anchor), and Fishtail Flags STAX dienamics (sentiment flag). 

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items,paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine,lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

We'd love for you to join us this week! Here are the details:

• Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge of the week. Any submissions made prior to the challenge date will be deleted. Be sure to include some type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool.

• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, (use the keyword RCC58) with a direct link back to THIS post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! (A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!)

• Link up your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post. Your image may take a little while to pop up, but don't worry, it will appear shortly.

{RCC54} Miss You Like Crazy

This week our fabulous Crewmate Andrea Ewen

is challenging us to make some flowers out of ribbon, fabric, felt, or burlap! (Or you can just add pretty flowers to your project!)

We would love for you to play along with us! Up for grabs is a $5 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store!

I used a few Verve sets (I know!! I am on a Verve roll!), Hope Blooms and Tag Time, as well as the Tagged Rectangle Die and Floral Circles A Cut Above Dies.
I used a Viva la Verve sketch.
I've used the Satin Scalloped Edge ribbon and Twinery bakers twine from the Ribbon Carousel store.

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items,paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine,lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

We'd love for you to join us this week! Here are the details:

• Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge of the week. Any submissions made prior to the challenge date will be deleted. Be sure to include some type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool.

• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, (use the keyword RCC54) with a direct link back to THIS post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! (A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!)

• Link up your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this RC Blog post. Your image may take a little while to pop up, but don't worry, it will appear shortly.

• Come back the Friday after the challenge ends to see if YOU are a Top Spool!

{YNS/Ribbon Carousel} CHEERS!

Welcome to a special Your Next Stamp preview day..today we are not only showing you some 'sneak peeks' of new YNS stamps that will available for purchase tomorrow in the YNS store...we are also combining YNS rubber goodness with a fabulous company that I am a huge fan of- The Ribbon Carousel! YNS is sponsoring the RC's Challenge this week and the Ribbon Carousel is giving away a $25 GC this week!

I am showing off one of the yummy cocktails from the fun new set Cheers, as well as the matching die. I used the funky martini glass and matching die and paired it up with some olive satin scalloped edge ribbon and rustic red jute twine. Looking at this card, I think it might make a good Christmas card, but that was not the intent!! I am quite sick of snow and cold and ready for the summer months;)
 Can you even believe how CAS (clean and simple) this card is?! Must be the heavy dose of Tylenol Cold & Flu that I am on (Yes, I got the dreaded spring cold)...brought out another personality in me!

Here is a close-up shot and some of the details. I stamped the crumb cake panel with the glass using the matching ink, leaving a strip bare at the bottom where I stamped my sentiment (this comes with the set) in black ink. The popped up martini's were stamped onto cream CS and coloured with copics. I then placed the die stencil I made with scrap paper where I wanted it and marked my stamped image with a paper-piercer, then removed the stencil. Using the easy to line up holes, I placed the steal die over my image and ran it through my Bigshot. I added red stickles (SU) and used a paintbrush to push around the glitter so that it would be less in places and heavier in others. I then coated the glasses in a thick layer of Crystal Effects (SU). They were popped up using dimensionals over the olive ribbon strip and hotglued the olive bow, and threaded twine button over top of the stems:)

Here is the prize up for grabs today, The cute new Ellie Loves Lattes. Just leave comments and you will have a chance at winning this new cutie patootie!

And Your Next Stamp is also offering a special disount to those participating in the Ribbon Carousel Challenge this week!

{iSSC09/YNS} ROCK ON!

Hey there! Today I am combining this weeks newest iSpy Sketch Challenge with Your Next Stamp's FUN FRIDAY! Head on over to the iSSC blog to have a look-see at the sketch and the original card that inspired the sketch!

I used a cute little rocker boy image from the YNS set Rock Star Fhinn for my card. As you all know, I love little boy images and YNS does not disappoint with their selection of masculine stamps!

Okay friends. Here is my Fun Friday tip for you today- Two-toned hair. I wanted Fhinn to have blue hair highlights ar the tips, so I used B93 and B95 and started with the lightest blue, working with a 'flicking' motion from the tips towards the base. I then did the same with the darker blue, and back over with the lighter. I then worked from the base of the hair towards the tips, using my cool grey copics. I wanted a white highlight where the light hits his hair, so I did leave some white space in between the blue and the grey. I then colored some dark grey onto my stamp block, and picked up some of the colour with my lightest blue marker brush tip, adding a bit of dark grey to those ends. Easy! A cool 'rocker-chic' look! Subtle, though effective, I think;)

The pants and guitar were paper-pieced and I added some blingage with Taylor's Tiny Twinkles. Spica pens and glaze were applied to the guitar and shoes, as well as some streaks of silver spica in the hair. I used an MFT speech bubble die for the sentiment and since I stamped it on WAY too high, I just added a row of rhinestones underneath to make my mistake look purposeful;) hehe! Some crazy zig-zag stitching adds a rough touch to this rock and roll card! I used some black netted ribbon (cut in half) and orange bakers twine from the Ribbon Carousel and changed the orientation of the sketches ribbon treatment to suit my card better:) This week's challenge at the Ribbon Carousel is ANYTHING GOES (RCC46)...

If you would like to see more Fun Friday cards from the YNS designers, head on over to the YNS blog! And I would love to see you play along with this weeks iSSC! You can upload your creation to the blog here!!