If you haven't heard...

Yesterday morning I got a bit of GREAT news....

I've been chosen as one of the May Arts Ribbonistas!!! YAHOO!!

Here's the list ;)

Prima Ribbonistas

Written:

• Candy Rosenberg
• Charlene Driggs
• Christina Colón
• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jen Shears
• Jennifer Ingle
• Karen Baker
• Monica Edwards
• Nicole Martel
• Virginia Fynes

Video:

• Alexcia Patterson – Schroll
• Erika Taylor
• Kendra Wiggins
• Leah Farrar-White
• Sandy Allnock

Cameo Ribbonistas

Written:

• Erin Thiem
• Jenifer Cowles
• Johanna Descoins
• Lalo IK
• Marie Otake
• Montina Burt
• Vera Wirianta Yates

Video:

• Ashley N Newell
• DeeDee Catron
• Susan Lui

I'm very excited to be working for May Arts and all their gorgeous ribbons! Can't wait to do my first (or second..) video! :) 

Big prima giveaway by Ingvild Bolme!

Miss Ingvilde is having a ginormous prima giveaway to celebrate the new look of her fabulous blog! 

Something I'm working on...

First off I just noticed...... THIS: 39999 pageviews

WOW WOW WOW..

Thank you all! Thank you for your sweet comments, and encouragement, your continued reading and your support :) 

I recently had a request for some resin clouds.. and as I've been pulling them out of the mold I couldn't help but mess around with a couple... check this out:

available in the etsy shop this weekend :)

Full Reveal of the WOW Piece (AT CHAAAAAAAAAA!)

I just saw THIS POST showing WOW's CHA booth! CAN YOU SPOT THE PIECE?!?

I'm not even on their DT.. or really affiliated.. I'm just so GIDDY about having projects @ CHA, again!!

Products used: WOW embossing powder, Bobunny vintage double dot, kraft paper, Basically Bare oh so minis, pennant pieces and fanciful frames 2, Tattered Angels glimmer mist and glimmer glaze, half pearls, UmWowStudio resin owl, UmWowStudio Peony, UmWowStudio July Kit floral spray, gesso, baker's twine, various glues

CHA Bound Sneak Peek! and a July Kit Project

Being on Design Teams really presents you with some wonderful opportunities.. and in this case it was way out of left field.. 

WOW embossing powder needed some booth fillers, and they asked the Basically Bare DT to help them out :) 

So here is a sneak peek of a piece that will be in the WOW booth - and yes... that IS part of the UmWowStudio July Kit :) -- though I doubt that will be mentioned at CHA ... lol. 

Dear Child - Let your creativity SOAR tag

I recently got the chance to work with some fabulous Gauche Alchemy pieces.. they put together vintage and ephemera kits. Super fun!! I teamed up the VLVS! DT with the GA DT and fun was had by all :)

here is my finished piece for the team up:

p.s... yes.. that is my Goobaloo bent down coloring with chalk :) he loves it so!!

I used the Bird In Flight stamp from VLVS! and I used a star punchinella from GA as a mask. I also used some beads from a trim they sent me to form my clouds. Which by the way are held together using Gel Medium! What a super neat effect it is has so thick and "gloopy".

I also used Distress Ink in walnut stain, broken china, and pine needles, the TH ray embossing folder, TH soar alphas and bubbles, TH tags die, memento ink, white cardstock, an american crafts pen, turquoise wire, water, crystal lacquer, pop dots, hot glue and recycled packaging.

I'll be entering this in the Layered challenge @ SimonSaysStampandShow as well as the pastels with a pop of color challenge @CropChocolate.com 

How do YOU Measure Success?

In being happy with yourself?

By the amount of work you get done?

by reaching end goals in general?

I think today success means to me... having five projects attend CHA for 2 different booths :) 

Four in the HobbyBaby/Globecraft Memories Booth - and one in the WOW Embossing Powder booth!

I'll share sneak peeks throughout the week and let you know where you can find such goodies :)