Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A few bits of randomness!!!

My mom was off last week on spring break, and we were very busy. Lots of shopping and things to do. One of my favorite stops was the Ribbon Factory!!! Yes less than an hour away a ribbon factory, could a girl get more lucky! The best part is the five dollar bag... you get a clear bag for 5 bucks and shove it full with as much ribbon as you can get in there. It comes from this big bin of ends as they call it. I just wanted to climb inside and lay down. Here is part of the bin.

And another view of all the ribbon... ahhh. I was lucky this time they are remodeling the front sales room so this box is back in the actual factory! The rows and rows of ribbon are sooo beautiful and I forgot to take a picture of them.


And this beauty was in the box.. have you ever seen a ribbon spool so big... if I could have found a way to get it in a bag for five bucks I'd have brought it home! Just to have it! If anyone wants to go let me know... just come on over and we'll head out!And then I was asked to cut some letters for a bulletin board at church! Well I couldn't leave well enough alone and did up the whole thing. Isn't it pretty? I just love my cricut, things like this wouldn't be possible without him!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Serendipity's Second March challenge was to make a card that could go through the mail! And boy did I have fun with this one. I just love this stamp Floral frame Stamp (695L) I colored it in with water color crayons, and I'm very pleased with the look it gave! I stamped the sentiment Quick Note Vertical (241D) in the middle after cutting out the frame and backing it with another piece of cardstock! Then on the back I used Serendipity's Postcard (330F) stamp.



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Anya's Blog

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

As Easy as 1, 2, 3 with Serendipities March Challenge

Hello and Welcome to the first Serendipity Challenge for March! 1, 2, 3... That was our challenge this time... One button, two ribbons, three layers. So let's get started:

I used the Serendipity Stamp Button Mushrooms Cling Set (987QCL)! Stamped it on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers, I just love the bright tones they give. Then inked the edges of all my layers in black... used pop dots to adhere the mushrooms onto layer two the cute birdy paper from American Crafts Blue Skies line! Layer three is the green cardstock base from the same line. Three layers: Check! Adhere the blue and pink ribbon or what ever you like, I just used scraps from my ribbon drawer. Two Ribbons: Check! I found that huge button in my stash too, and threaded it up with some of the pink ribbon. One Button: Check!


Then I used the sentiment stamp from the set and matted it using the same papers for the inside. How happy are those mushrooms? I just love them!


Now onto more fun ideas from the rest of the Design Team:


Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

Jennifer's Blog


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