The Ribbon Resource:: Snowmen Gift Cards

Decorate a gift card holder for those last minute Christmas gifts! I've made three different holders using May Arts Ribbon. One for the gals, one for the guys, and one for the kids... Check out the different ways on The Ribbon Resource Blog!

The Ribbon Resource:: Christmas Gift Wrap Hop

The Ribbonistas from The Ribbon Resource, the May Arts Ribbon Retail Store, are hopping every Friday until Christmas to give you inspiration and chances to win some fabulous May Arts ribbon!

Today we are showcasing Christmas Gift Wrap!

I like to make homeade goodies for the holidays to give as gifts. I've learned to save plastic fruit containers throughout the year as an inexpensive alternative to the typical "Christmas Tin".

I packaged up some sliced banana bread in one of the containers (using a coffee filter as a liner) and then decorated them with different ribbon available at The Ribbon Resource and some holiday tags.

For the container above, I used 2" Olive Webbed Woven Ribbon and Kraft Baker's Twine.  

For this gift, I wrapped the container in 2" Natural Cotton/Burlap Blend Ribbon

and tied the tag with a bow made from Kraft Baker's Twine.

 

I thought adding two beautiful Ivory Faux Suede Leaves finished the look off nicely.

I'm the last stop on today's hop, but here's the complete line-up.

• Emily Lanham
• Jenifer Cowles
• Gini Williams Cagle
• Mallika Kejriwal
• Karen Baker

Head on over to the Ribbon Resource to enter for your chance to with two 5 yard rolls

of Christmas Ribbon-winner's choice!

The Ribbon Resource:: Kid's Craft Hop

The Ribbonistas from The Ribbon Resource, the May Arts Ribbon Retail Store, are hopping every Friday until Christmas to give you inspiration and chances to win some fabulous May Arts ribbon!

Today we are showcasing Crafting with Kids!

I "borrowed" my cousin's little girl to help with this project, and had a lot of fun! We used the 5/8" red, turquoise, and light pink elastic ribbon available at The Ribbon Resource to make custom, festive hair ties. We used about 7" of elastic ribbon for each tie.

These elastic hair ties are still popular and are super easy to make with children so that they feel a sense of pride when giving them as gifts to their friends. We simply chose some small stamps and inked the elastic ribbon with permanent ink. We tied the ends together and added them on a cute tag strung with Red and White Baker's Twine.

These are the Ribbonistas participating today:

 Lori Williams

Karen Baker

Jen Shear

Latrice Murphy
Karen Hanson

  

Head on over to the Ribbon Resource to enter for your chance to with two 5 yard rolls

of Christmas Ribbon-winner's choice

LID:: December 2015 Release:: Day 3

Welcome back to the third and final day of the Lil' Inker Designs December Release! As usual, we have a fabulous hop for you featuring innovative stamps and dies, I hope you enjoyed this amazing release! You should have arrived from Jennifer Carter's Blog!

I have four cards today showcasing the Keep it Sassy Stamp Set! Why four? Well, the sentiments are fabulous and they coordinate so well with other Lil' Inker Designs products! It made for a great card pack as well.

I paired the first card (above) with a lip embossed in red from Smooches Stamp Set.

The one above I paired with a blue embossed elephant from the Party Pachyderms Stamp Set.

For this beauty I embossed the large diamond from the Girl's Best Friend Stamp Set and paired it with one of the fun sentiments from Keep it Sassy Stamps.

My last card features a red embossed heart balloon from the new So Prickly Stamp Set and a super cute, and sassy, stamp from Keep it Sassy Stamps.
Your next stop today is Lisa Henke!!

Don't forget to comment along the hops, as there are three $15 gift certificates up for grabs to the Lil' Inker Designs Store!

LID:: December 2015 Release:: Day 2

Welcome back to the second day of the Lil' Inker Designs December Release! As usual, we have a fabulous hop for you featuring innovative stamps and dies! You should have arrived from Chrissy Larson's Blog!

Today I'm featuring the super adorable So Prickly Stamp Set. This first card had a cactus stamped onto a white tag die cut from the Dual Dotted Tag Dies, and the sentiment is from the new Keep it Sassy Stamp Set. I then ran a strip of one of the many designer papers from the new super cute So Prickly Paper Pack onto a white card base. The cute tag was adhered to the card base with a staple and a little May Arts Silk Ribbon.

This next card also features a cute catci set from So Prickly Stamp Set as well as a sentiment from the same set. I stamped these onto a die cut made from the Dual Dotted Circles Die Set and finished the card with some strips of the cute So Prickly Paper Pack and a scalloped ribbon trim available at The Ribbon Resource.

One more card for today!

Here I backed a white card base with some papers from So Prickly Paper Pack and then created a focal tag using the previously released Pinking Edge Sentiment Flag Die Set and then a die cut from the new Boxed Up Thank You Greeting Die. I finished the card with a little fussy cutting of a potted cactus from the So Prickly Paper Pack.

Super cute, right? 

Your next stop is Sarah Jay!

Don't forget to comment along the hops, as there are three $15 gift certificates up for grabs to the Lil' Inker Designs Store!

LID:: December 2015 Release:: Day 1

 

It's the first day of the Lil' Inker Designs December Release and we have so many follow-ups to your favorites to showcase during this release! I love the new products, and I am pretty sure that you will too. As usual, we have a fabulous hop for you featuring innovative stamps and dies! You should have arrived from Maureen Merritt's Blog!

I'm showcasing so many new products with a few cards today. The first is the stamp set called Inky Flowers. So beautiful, so versatile! For the above card, I stamped many flowers in white on kraft cardstock and colored a few in with colored pencils. I then die cut the beautiful corresponding sentiment with the With Gratitude Greeting Die in white cardstock. I finished the card with May Arts Burlap.

This next card also features Inky Flowers. I first stamped some of the flowers and then outlined them with marker. I then added a background for my focal point using a mask made out of the fun Dual Dotted Oval Dies. I outlined the dots and the oval with black marker for a bit of extra pop. I finished the card with a die cut sentiment from the corresponding With Sympathy Greeting Die.

I made this card by embossing (instead of die cutting) the new Diamond Lace Cover Up Die onto blue cardstock. I then added a die cut white sentiment from the With Sympathy Greeting Die and an additional word from Inky Flowers Stamp Set. I finished the card with a stamped and die cut flower from Lil' Inker's Sketched Floral Stamp Set and corresponding Sketched Floral Die Cut.

I have one last card to feature! Here I stamped and colors some flowers from the Inky Flowers Stamp Set onto a white die cut circle from the new Dual Dotted Circles Dies. I then added a stamped sentiment from the Inky Flowers Stamp Set and then adhered this to a card base that has been covered with Lil' Inkers Dip Dyed Ombre Papers. I finished the card with a bow made from May Arts Silk Ribbon.

Your next stop is Lea Lawson!

Don't forget to comment along the hops, as there are three $15 gift certificates up for grabs to the Lil' Inker Designs Store!

The Ribbon Resource:: DCWV Christmas Craft Ideas Hop

What better combination is there than the ubercool DCWV patterned paper packs and beautiful May Arts Ribbon?! None, I say! So glad you could join me for The Ribbon Resource & DCWV Christmas Craft Ideas Blog Hop. Of course, my "idea" is cards, so I have three to show you today that feature May Arts Ribbon available at The Ribbon Resource, and the DCWV Oh What Fun Stack.

This card pairs a text filled card front with a strip of Gold Glitter Trim and Ivory Burlap String tied in a bow.

This card features some fun and funky skiing polar bears and coordinating tags, with a big bow of 1.5" Red Faux Linen and small bow of Ivory Burlap String.

My last card features an angled mat stack of the funky polar bears and coordinating patterned red paper, along with tag from the same paper stack tied with 3/16"" Green Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and bow tied from Ivory Burlap String.

I hope you enjoy the hop, there are great prizes up for grabs! There are 3 sets of prize packs: each prize pack consists of two Christmas DCWV paper stacks and two 5 yard bundles of Christmas ribbons - winners choice! There are a couple of ways to enter: through Rafflecopter or a comment on the blog, facebook likes for DCWV and/or The Ribbon Resource, or share the post on Facebook!

Please be sure to stop by The Ribbon Resource Blog for full hop details.

Here's the complete hop list:

Monday

• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jen Shears
• Jenifer Cowles

Tuesday

• Jennifer Davey
• Karen Baker

Wednesday

• Karen Hanson
• Latrice Murphy
• Lori Williams

Thursday

• Mallika Kejriwal
• Marielle LeBlanc

Friday

• Michele Kosciolek
• Tracy McLennon
• Terri Burson

The Ribbon Resource:: Halloween Hop

Halloween is such a fun time of year! There are so many cute products out there to decorate and craft with, and The Ribbon Resource has some perfect accessories for you! Welcome to The Ribbon Resource Halloween Hop! You should have arrived from Jennifer Davey's Blog if you are following the Hop, otherwise you can start at The Ribbon Resource!

I made three cards for the Hop, all featuring the cut-out ribbon available at the store, and all perfectly designed for Halloween. The first card started with a white cardstock base that had been stamped with a Halloween Sentiment. I then ran a line of 1/4" Black Adhesive Scalloped Border Ribbon on the bottom third, and adhered a strip of the 3/4" Pumpkin Cut-outs. I finished the card with some "grass", a tied bow from the 1/8" silk ribbon in Moss.

The next card started with a purple cardstock base and I stamped a cute sentiment in black ink. I added a row of the 1/4" Black Adhesive Scalloped Border Ribbon and adhered a line of the super cute 3/4" Ghost Cut-outs. I finished wiht a black 1/8" silk bow.

 

My last card is one to give to your honey on Halloween. I started with a white cardbase that had been stamped with a punny sentiment. I added a single 1.25" red Sequin Adhesive Heart and then adhered a line of the 3/4" black Bat Cut-outs.

That's it for me! Make sure to leave a comment here and at The Ribbon Resource Blog for your chance to win one of two $20 gift cards to The Ribbon Resource! The Ribbon Resource is a perfect place to shop for ribbon for card makers, as they offer your favorite May Arts Ribbon and trims in small bundles!

Here's the complete line-up for today and tomorrow.

Thursday

• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jen Shears
• Jenifer Cowles
• Jennifer Davey
• Karen Baker
• Karen Hanson

Friday

• Latrice Murphy
• Lori Williams
• Michele Kosciolek
• Tracy McLennon
• Terri Burson
• Emily Lanham

LID:: October 2015 Release:: Day 3

 

Welcome back to the third and final day of the Lil' Inker Designs October Release! As usual, we have a fabulous hop for you featuring innovative stamps and dies, I hope you enjoyed this amazing release! You should have arrived from Amy Kolling's Blog!

I have three more holiday cards today to show you. The first I just love. I started with a white card base matted in a textured bright blue paper. I then die cut the beautiful Merry & Bright Holiday Greeting Die from a white panel and adhered it over the blue paper. I finished the card with a bow from May Arts Sheer Ribbon in Silver.

My next card features the coordinating Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set and Ornamental Christmas Dies. These two new release items will be super handy when it comes to making quick holiday cards! I adhered a patterned paper panel to a white card base and looped some May Arts Burlap String onto the card. I topped this embellishment with a gold sentiment star stamped from Ornamental Christmas Stamp Set with and die cut from the Ornamental Christmas Dies. So easy!

My last card also features some coordinating products (that could be stand-alone as well)! I started by stamping a sentiment from All the Christmas You'll Need Stamp Set in silver onto a die cut ornament from Oh My Ornaments Dies. I then die cut a few snowflakes from the beautiful Snowflake Dies and the ornament topper from the Oh My Ornaments Dies from silver cardstock and adhered these all to a piece of patterned paper. I finished by affixing this to a card base and stamping the ornament string from All the Christmas You'll Need Stamp Set.

Your next stop today is Laura Williams!!

Don't forget to comment along the hops, as there are three $15 gift certificates up for grabs to the Lil' Inker Designs Store!