May Arts Ribbon DT Call 2013

Hi Friends! Boy do I have an exciting post for all of you today. I have been waiting since last year for the May Arts DT Call to come around and it's here...squeal!! Be prepared for lots of photos..this is your warning lol : )

I have 5 projects to share with you today, two I created specifically for this DT Call and the other three you have seen on my blog within the past few months. Here's a photo of all the projects I'm sharing with you today...if you look real close you'll see my baby girl Bella sunbathing : )

Per the DT Call guidelines I do have a tutorial for you in the form of a video. I share with with you how I created the flowers I made using some May Arts trim for my CREATE banner. I also have a short video that shows you each of the projects up close. I wanted to focus more on the photos in this post so in the video I walk you through each of the projects and explain my use of ribbon for each one :)

I want to share with you a project that has been in my mind for a very long time. In addition to crafting, I love to bake and decorate cakes so I thought why not transfer this into paper crafting..so I did...(watch for a surprise with the cake)

I made this topsy turvy cake from scratch using nothing but some 12x12 corrugated card stock (I designed the template for this & cut it out by hand), ribbons/trims, flowers and some bling. I LOVE how this turned out : )

Ready for the surprise???

There's a mini inside : )

For my next project I made a CREATE banner for my craft room...

 I'm so pleased with how this banner turned out and I can't wait to hang it in my craft room. 

Next up are some projects that I have featured on my blog before but wanted to share them with you for this DT call and I really feel they show some creative ways to use ribbon...

Grunge Chic Paper Cones...

 Shabby Topiary...

I Like Your Style Dress Form Card...

One last look at all of my projects...

I hope you enjoyed my list of projects that I'm sharing with you today. I know there were a ton of photos and I appreciate you sticking with me : )

I have to say that my favorite project is the topsy turvy cake and mini. I absolutely LOVE how this turned out. I've had this idea in my mind for quite some time so what better time to bring it to life than for the May Arts DT Call : )

To Bethney the Ribbon Lady....THANK YOU so much for taking the time to review my projects and videos. I had an absolute blast creating these projects for your DT Call, especially the cake.

Happy Craftin : )

 

Handmade Flowers

Hi Friends! Wow I didn't realize it's been over a week since my last post..yikes!! I've been super busy with work, the school year is winding down, end of the year stuff with my kids and we're getting ready for a huge garage sale this Saturday. I've been busy with some DT projects and a mini swap I'm doing with a fellow crafting friend on YouTube who lives in Belgium...but more on that in another post : )

I've been doing lots of videos on my YouTube Channel and today's post is all about some handmade flowers my daughter and I did together.



 

Didn't Kaley do an amazing job on her pink flower? I love it!!

Kaley and I did a video together on making the crepe paper flowers, her's is the large pink one we did during the tutorial and my two are the purple w/lace & the white one.

I had a blast doing this with her...she loves to craft and is so very creative so it was fun sharing this passion I have for crafting with her : )

Here are some additional photos of the lace & ribbon flowers I made....

 

Here's the video on how I created the above flowers....

There are some great companies who put out gorgeous flowers but I think it's so cool when you make your own. You can customize them to your colors, size, materials for whatever project you may be working on. The bonus for me doing these was working with my daughter & spending some time with her which is so very precious to me.

Thanks for checking out another scrappy post. Be sure to check back as I have some super exciting projects to share with all of you that have been in the works but I couldn't share just yet : )

Happy craftin!!