May Arts 2014-15 DT Final Round Projects~Journal & Note Card Box

Hi Friends! Today's post is all about my projects for the May Arts 2014-15 Final Round DT Call. I am beyond excited and nervous all at the same time BUT I am really excited to share my projects with you that I created using the yummy May Arts Ribbons & Trims. 

My original idea that I submitted to Bethney was to create a journal from some vintage paper and chipboard...I ended making not only that but also a note card box that coordinates with the journal. 

I also have a video tutorial that shows you how I created the cover of the journal using the Cotton Blend Burlap in Neutral along with a few other elements...

Here are some photos of the completed projects....

I LOVE how the cover looks with the Cotton/Burlap ribbon. 

I made a simple but cute bookmark along with some mini tags that can also be used to mark special places within the journal...

For the back cover, I wanted to use the Velvet & Crochet trim as it has such a nice feel to it and I like to feel the texture when I'm holding my journals...

 
I wanted to create an additional item to go along with this project so I altered a small box and turned it into a note card box that has a stack of the left over pieces of the vintage paper I used in the journal...

I created two flowers using the Lace/Pearl center ribbon and some of purple crochet lace trim...

I wrapped some of the Twisted Burlap Ribbon around the box to give it a rustic sort of feel and look...

And I tied it around the stack of vintage paper on the inside....

I love how these two projects turned out and how well they go together by simply tying in the same ribbons and trims....

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and for checking out another ScrappinAbby project. I hope I was able to inspire you to use your MA Ribbons/Trims in some fun and different ways for your projects.

I want to give a HUGE thanks to Bethney aka The Ribbon Lady for allowing me the privilege to participate in the Final Round for her DT Call. I had so much fun creating these two projects and you all know how much I LOVE May Arts ribbons and trims so getting to play with them AND be in the final round is beyond amazing. Being on the May Arts Design Team and being a Ribbonista would be such an honor, so keep your fingers and toes crossed for me : )

Happy Crafting!!

Nature~Share The Beauty

Hi Friends! Today I have a quick tag project to share with all of you using one of the fabulous feather canvas pieces from Linnie Blooms.

I wanted to add some texture to the canvas feather so I grabbed some Matte Medium and an old dress pattern...

I put a thin coat of the Matte Medium over the canvas feather...

To give it some added texture I scrunched the dress pattern paper when I placed it on top of the feather...

I used my craft knife to cut the paper away from the feather. You can use scissors or even tear it if you wish....

I used my distress tool to add some extra fraying and texture to the edge of the feather...

I wanted to play with some of my alcohol inks and sprays so the next few photos show you how I "painted" my feather once the dress pattern paper was dry....

The last photo above was taken while the feather was drying. I love how it turned out once it was all dry. The inks and sprays crept into the wrinkles on the dress pattern and soaked into the canvas feather and it looks so cool. 

This was my first time to play with the canvas feathers and I'm hooked. There are so many ways you can alter the canvas pieces and this is just one example of how you can use your inks and sprays and even some dress patterns to create textures and layers. You can find the feather canvas pieces in the Flutter Canvas Shapes at the Linnie Blooms store.


Thanks for stopping by my blog today and for checking out another ScrappinAbby project. You can also see this post over at the Linnie Blooms blog.


Have a great day and Happy Crafting!!

May Arts 2014-15 Design Team Call Submission

Hi Friends! Today's post is all about my projects I'm submitting for the May Arts 2014-15 Design Team call..Whoop Whoop!!! I have quite a few projects to share along with a tutorial so let's get started : )

My first project is an altered linen mini book which is also my tutorial for the DT Call. So be sure to watch for the additional projects below the tutorial and video.

I also have a tutorial video that shows you how I made several elements within this project using different May Arts Ribbons & Trims...

Since I go over in detail all of the ways I used the May Arts trim, I'm just going to show you a photo of how I used Item No.364-15-12 and turned the ribbon into some fish tail banners for the project...

I stamped an image on the ribbon, traced it with my Distress Marker and cut it out. I then used my distress tool and frayed the edges. Loved how this turned out and it looks great in the mini. 

Here are some photos of the completed project:

Altered Linen Mini Book

Project No.2 Altered Clock & Mini

Project No.3 Vintage Book Album

Click HERE to see a slide show of all the pages

 

Project No.4 Altered Tin Cans

Project No.5 Mixed Media Card

Project No.6 Bucket of Spring Flowers

Wow..that's quite the list of projects...I appreciate you sticking with me through all of the photos : )

 

As you can tell I LOVE to use ribbon in my projects in as many different ways as I can...and for the record...there is quite a lot of May Arts ribbons & trims in the projects above...I can't help but reach for this yummy ribbon when working on my projects. 

 

I will have a link to the videos I've created for each project above at the end of the post, this way you can see them up close and have a little more detail as to how I created each one if you're interested. 

 

Please keep your fingers & toes crossed for me...I made it to the Second Round last year for the Video DT spot so this year I'm hoping to get that far again and actually make the team...that would be the ULTIMATE and is on my crafty Bucket List for sure. 

 

Thanks again for stopping by my blog and for looking through my May Arts 2014-15 DT Call submission projects.

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Links to videos:

Altered Clock & Mini: http://youtu.be/2ITz_3r8atg

Vintage Book Album:http://youtu.be/DdPzfRREXsg

Altered Tin Cans:http://youtu.be/qQL6u0ramVA

Mixed Media Card:http://youtu.be/Qo-cyNx03GI

Bucket of Spring Flowers:http://youtu.be/A9GvTIh2TLA