{Nikki Sivils/RC} Blog Hop!

The Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are teaming up with the talented designers from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker to bring you a blog hop jam packed with crafty eye candy and some prizes to sweeten the pot at the end of the rainbow!

Here is a little bit about Nikki Sivils:

At Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, we create distinctive and original designs. Our designs are based upon two core beliefs which also serve as the foundation for our company and everything we do to support it.

We believe that scrapbooking, card making and crafting are always:

• Authentic artistic expressions
• Created with love

Our designs are driven by imagination; we strive to be different, not for the sake of being different, but to inspire you to express yourself in meaningful and fun ways. We mix elements from different sources, including styles, colors and materials. Our designs are genuinely eclectic. Our papers use vibrant colors with unique patterns and often contain irresistible characters. We are authentic in intention, action and results. We have achieved our goal if you are inspired (and tickled) when you see our paper.

I've used paper and a few elements from the kit Exit Here, which has a travel/ road trip kind of vibe, but I like to have alot of options when I buy scrap kits. I really found that the paper punchouts, letters and designer paper didn't get me 'stuck' in the intended theme...there was lots of room for wandering!

I also used one of my fave new stamps sets from There She Goes, Oh Crop. I remember my crewmate Jessie did a fabby pigs flying card when this set was released and I've had those little piggies on my mind ever since!

I used one of the flower punchouts for my sun, adding a yellow button (OA Cakewalk, find them at the RC HERE) and tied it off with a Divine Twine double bow in one of the new colours, Peach.

The little punchout sentiment is so sweet and it's actually what made me dig for my TSG piggie's:) I topped it off with another button and Baker's Twine bow in green, along with some wraps around the card front with the same green twine.

Now, lets talk prizes!

The Ribbon Carousel will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store and Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker will be giving away a scrapbooking kit (winner's choice!) Enjoy the hop andbe sure to leave some blog love along your way to be eligible for the prizes! Winners will be announced Saturday night at 8:00 PM EST.