Vday Ribbonista Hop!

Hello! Welcome to my stop today on the May Arts Ribbonista Hop :D

Today's Ribbonistas include:

Virginia Fynes
Karen Baker
Lalo IK
DeeDee Catron

Vera Yates

I have a HUGE love for tags, and love putting all sorts of them together. So today I bring you a Love Story tag:

The two May Arts ribbons utilized in this beauty include

Sheer Box Pleat in Ivory

and

White Crinkle

It's made from Echo Park's for the record cardstock and cardstock stickers. I also used Prima flowers, a My Mind's Eye brad, tissue tape from Teresa Collins, a stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps!, and a black pen.

Here's a closeup of the box pleat:

Now head on over to Vera Yates's blog to see what she's sharing today!

Don't forget... comment on all the blogs for a chance at four rolls of ribbon, YOUR CHOICE! :)

CropChocolate DT Blog Hop!!

Hello!! Welcome to my stop on this wonderful hop introducing this season's cast of Design Team Members!!

I'm super stoked and honored to have been selected to serve with these fabulously creative girls. I can't wait to represent and support CropChocolate in all it's creative deal striving goodness!

My name is DeeDee and I go by D² on the CC boards :)

Here are the projects that I applied with:

an altered frame from globecraft memories using EP's This n That Charming. It screams me by being about my son, by being distressed and by being layered! 

a 12x12 layout and counts as my out of the box. The layout is totally "my style", the mixing of products is totally "my style", but the subject is definitely out of my comfort zone. I always scrap my husband and my kidzilla, or somewhere we've been, something we've done.. but I NEVER scrapbook just me. This layout is titled "Feed your soul" and has just a picture of me on a regular day. Which I'm trying to tell myself is "ok". scrapbook more about what I want, what my dreams are, what I'd love to see or where I'd love to go.. it doesn't always have to be about someone else.

Five fun facts about me eh? Here goes!:

1) I'm a total David Bowie fan girl.
2) My favorite color changes about as often as I change socks (thank goodness that's frequent! lol)
3) I don't like cooked apples
4) I actually PREFER ice water to other beverages
5) I'm a softy.. I cry in almost every single movie. seriously. :D

Here is the list of participants, keep on hopping and meet the amazing team!

Amber - http://ambaju.blogspot.com/ --start here!--

Jenni - http://wishiwasscrappin.blogspot.com/

Kathy - http://upinthenightwithkat.blogspot.com/

Jasmine - http://wildflowerford.blogspot.com/

Mary - http://mkbugs.blogspot.com/

Nina - http://ninastimeout.blogspot.ca/

Polly - http://pazasproductions.blogspot.com/ --you came from here--

DeeDee - www.umwowstudio.com --you are HERE--

Miwa - http://miwannascrap.blogspot.com/--go HERE next--

Chris - http://thriftysisters-chris.blogspot.com/

Corrie - http://corriescrafts.blogspot.com/

Karen - http://karey2005.blogspot.com/

Julie - http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/

Becky - http://onceuponadelight.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://lauraannsbreakfastpizza.blogspot.com/

Michele - http://stuffbybelle.blogspot.com/

P.S. GIVEAWAY!!! Become a follower and leave a comment to earn your chance at an UmWowStudio prize bundle!! 

A boy and his daddy♥

This layout is over on the Viva Las VegaStamps! blog today 

Using the Chicken Wire stamp, May Arts ribbon, Prima goodies, UmWowStudio flowers, Silks paints by Luminarte, a stencil by Creative Imagintions, Paper by BoBunny and Echo Park, Distress ink, a brad, eyelets, and floral beads.

A Candy Dish!

Here's a project I had on the May Arts blog yesterday!

Check out the full post here including a DIY video on making the cute 3D Pumpkins :)

Supplies used:

• May Arts: BY16 Green Vine Leaves, SM08 Burlap string, 420-33 Paper Cord
• UmWowStudio Gothic Frame from the Midnight Spell Resin Kit
• Viva Las VegaStamps! 31 stamp
• Viva Las VegaStamps! Horned Owl Stamp
• Echo Park Paper Chillingsworth Manor Collection Pack
• Spellbinders Labels Four die set
• Scissors, glue, kraft cardstock, vintage buttons, various circle style punches, Archival Ink in black, distress ink in Walnut stain, score board

I was just made aware that I was one of the top three winners for the EP Chillingsworth Manor contest!! Check that out HERE.

The Color Room #127 - Feed Your Soul

I've just entered my first color room challenge.. I'm VERY excited!!

I felt like I was working "out of my comfort zone" the whole time but holy wowza at the end it sure is beautiful!!!

I love the background especially.. I used a huge dry brush to get the effect... run it across your distress stain ink pad (In this case it's the festive berries seasonal one) and spritz the brush ever so lightly with water, just to give yourself some fluidity. Then stroke the paper! After it was dried I also puddled up a bit of the ink and splattered it up the top at an angle from the paint brush strokes and across the bottom left corner. 

One of the prompts in the color room is black and white chevron.. which I don't have in any form.. so I created some using an arrow stamp from Viva Las VegaStamps!. 

Supplies used include:

Paper: Echo Park paper from Winterland and For the Record

Stamps: Viva Las VegaStamps! Butterfly Spotted, Feed Your Soul, Chicken Wire and Arrow

Ink: Memento Black Tuxedo, Festive Berries Distress Ink

Other: Floral Beads, Spellbinders floral die, circle punch, American Crafts brad, Globecraft Memories chipboard piece, Miracle Tape by VLVS!, black pen

Linking up to PaperIssues on 1/16/13

So Charming --

It's my first post over at the Hobby Baby blog today!! Be sure to check it out for all the details on this baby:

I'll also be entering the CropChocolate challenge from NSD "Altering" =D

Made with GlobeCraft Memorie's products, This and That Charming by Echo Park, + coordinating brads, distress ink in vintage photo, black tuxedo memento ink, hot glue, pop dots.

New tape @ Viva Las Vegastamps!

Have you guys seen the new tape that VLVS! is carrying.. EXCLUSIVELY?!

it's pretty amazing stuff.. they have four kinds..

The HINGE tape

The O-RING tape

The STRAP tape

and...

The TOWER BOLT tape

I have the pleasure of owning ALL FOUR tapes -- and get to show you today a project I made with the Strap tape!!!

I also used a selection of VLVS! Rubber stamps from the POSTAL section of rubber including the:

Lindberg Postage Stamp 1 3/4 x 1 3/4

and the:

Panama Postoid 1 1/2 x 1 3/4

among others... I also used Memento Tuxedo black ink for my stamps and Miracle tape to secure my Echo Park paper down.

Check out the store for this FAB stuff! -DeeDee