Home Sweet Home {May Arts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony}

Hello Friends!! 

Welcome to my stop today on the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Hop!

Bethney has gathered all the beautiful talented Ribbonistas together to celebrate a brand new site launch! May Arts has been working so uber hard on a brand new more interactive site and you won't believe how insanely awesome the redo is!! PLUS there's a GIANT giveaway of $1000 + -- all from your favorite companies!

Yesterday these girls all shared projects:
Christina Colón
Gini Williams Cagle
Emily Lanham
Jenifer Cowles
Jessica Kephart
Courtney Lee
Latrice Murphy
Charlene Driggs
Erin Thiem

And today it's THIS half's turn:
Candy Rosenberg
Jen Shears
Karen Baker
Lalo IK
Virginia Fynes
Rhea Weigand
Shellye McDaniel
Sandy Allnock
{{DeeDee Catron}}

And now.. I Get to share!! Today I'm sharing with you a 12x12 layout. When Bethney mentioned Ribbon Cutting Ceremony I immediately thought of big red bows being cut right in half, trimmed edges and straight up strips of ribbon. So I set out to commemorate our first home as a family with these things in mind. Needless to say the work took me in a slightly different direction, but never the less RED and RIBBON are still recognizable! 

I layered up some gorgeous ribbons ( 447-1-01 | 336-38-14 | SM08 ) to embellish this layout.

I clipped and layered my ribbons, along with 7 Dots Studio (Domestic Goddess paper and alphas,) Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps (Star, Grid Background, Striped Border Arrow, Coffee Ring,) Gauche Alchemy (Washi Tape,) UmWowStudio (Layered confetti chip, Black and Blue Flair, Chevron Lines Mask,) Pink Paislee (Luxe Alphas,) Prima (flower and leaf,) Tattered Angels (Charcoal Chalkboard,) My Mind's Eye (Epoxy brads,) Archival Ink by ranger in black, Stazon ink in red, a black pen.

Leave your glorious comments everywhere for this INSANE prize!!

Cardmaker & May Arts hop!

Hello everyone!!

Welcome to my stop on this fabulous hop full of beautiful cards!

Today I've gone the way of Valentine's Day and put together a small love card to share with you. 

I've used a roll of 1/8" silk ribbon in white by May Arts

a corrugated heart by UmWowStudio

a stamp and miracle tape by Viva Las VegaStamps!

kraft paper

a sheet of paper and brad by My Mind's Eye

ink in archival black and walnut stain by Ranger

a tag die by Sizzix

a black pen and hot glue.

Don't forget May Arts is giving out FOUR SPOOLS of ribbon to a random commenter, so leave some love and continue on the hop!

Also - become a follower of my blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a free month of the UmWowStudio handmade embellishment kit club, which regularly features May Arts Ribbons!

• Brooke Smith / Cardmaker Magazine
• Ashley N Newell
• Candy Rosenberg
• Charlene Driggs
• AJ Otto
• Sandy Allnock
  Christine Okken
• DeeDee Catron ---YOU ARE HERE---
• Emily Lanham ---GO HERE NEXT---
• Erin Thiem
• Glenda J. Wyatt
  Ivanka Lentle
• Gini Williams Cagle
• Jen Shears
• Jenifer Cowles
• Jennie Harper
  Melanie Muenchinger
• Monica Edwards
• Jingle
• Karen Baker
• Lalo IK
• Marie Otake
• Susan Lui
• Vera Yates
• Virginia Fynes

Sneak Peek...

Mid next week I'll be participating in a May Arts and Cardmaker Mag blog hop.. Here's a sneak peek of my card :) 

Vintagy pink and brown papery goodness with a crisp white ribbon, check back Wednesday to see the whole thing♥

♥DeeDee

12x12 - The Two of Us

Year 2008 for my commission :) 

products used: KnCO paper, EP alpha stickers, AC pearl brads, distress inks, burlap, eyelents, KnCO rhinestones, Pink paislee wood alphas, photo corners, faux stamen, pearls, don juan cricut cartridge

12 tags day 3!

I'm glad to be back folks ... thanks so much for your sweet sweet comments on day 1 and for all the encouragement to get my computer fixed on day 2 :) I really am having fun showing you my tags!

Each day of the hop we are using stamps from Plate #1363 -- which is also a PRIZE! for people who hop all 12 days, leave comments and become followers! 

You should have started @ Terri's Blog. if not, click the link and be sure to go in order :)

My Creation:

Quick note about the background : I used Miracle Tape from VLVS! to stripe .. then dumped embossing powder on the tag.. it sticks to the double sided tape which makes for beautiful stripes! Heat with a gun and viola!!

I have also managed to base my tags off of Linda (The Funky Junkie)'s 12 tags! So I will be linking up there each day :) Today's is linking to tag 2 -- Mostly I took inspiration from her handmade flower and the variety in textures that she used! I've got rough cardstock, plastic netting, smooth satin... it's a super fun tag to hold!

Thanks for stopping by!! You're on your way to Susan's Blog next!!!

-DeeDee

Journey to a Far-away Land

Here is the card I've submitted to the Practical Scrappers card contest.. first round "Use Pink". I'll also link up at MojoMonday and share this card on the VLVS! Blog tomorrow.. as it features one of their GORGEOUS stamps!!

Supplies used: A kraft base, walnut distress ink, tattered rose distress ink, VLVS stamp and ultra high gloss embossing powder, rayon seam binding, grundgeboard, a dymo label maker, diamond glaze and MME paper.