For those who are not familiar with Scrapbook Steals: it is a fantastic deal-of-the-day site that features designer scrapbooking supplies, some even brand new releases, at a huge discount (hence the "steal") at 9am and 9pm MST. You have to be fast, because they often sell out quickly! There are also awesome card and layout sketch challenges, and seriously the most sweet, sincere ladies you could ever "meet" for friendship and inspiration. Can you tell how much I love it?
So, Kristy, the Mojo Mama, sent me a *TON* of ribbon to work with for this posting. Seriously. If you buy the steal today, you will *not* be disappointed. You could make about fifty bajillion super cute ribbon clips with this steal. I love how American Crafts expertly matches the colors and patterns of the ribbons to make putting them together a breeze. A Summer breeze, in fact. (amiright? ;) Here are some quickie teasers of my projects:
Another feature I enjoyed about this ribbon is that the color palette is perfectly suited to just about any summer collection you already own. If I can buy a product that allows me to use the alarming amount of paper I already have, that's a definite plus in my book. For my featured projects I used Echo Park's Summer Days collection, and it matched splendidly.
Be sure to head over to the blog to check out the rest of the pictures of the projects, and a special How To'sday tutorial on ribbon-lined hair clips. And did I mention a giveaway? Indeed, I did!
Thanks so much for visiting; be sure to stop by Scrapbook Steals and say hi!
~Jen
I, really, love the wreath you made! (I've, already, emailed SS, to try & get instructions.) Any chance, you would share how you made it? :) Thanks~Kristin
ReplyDeleteThanks, so much, Kristin! I will get another blog post together this week with a How-to on it. You might actually laugh when you read it since it was such a crazy, squished, wonky, hot mess of a wreath to assemble. :)
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ReplyDeleteSo, glad, to have found your blog. (And, not, just, for the give-away.) Your comment about 'crafting five minutes at a time', struck home, as I feel, like, I am never getting any crafting done bc I think, '"I, only, have 5-10minutes. It's not worth it." Now, I can look at those minutes, as useable crafting time. (Though, I doubt, I'll be able to do your level of projects, in little time chunks.) Thanks, for giving me a new perspective. ~Kristin(your, new follower)
And that really is so sweet of you! It's always worth it to get a couple of minutes for *you*, you deserve it! I've given up trying to complete projects in one sitting, and try to look at it as chipping away a little bit at at time. Thanks for following, and welcome!! :)
DeleteJen, your ideas for using the AC ribbon steal today are fabulous! I love the teacher gift idea and may have to steal it from you and Julie! And how easy to pretty-up some wine glasses? Duh, why didn't I think of that? :) Looking forward to your tutorial on the wreath, as I've been wantting to try making a wreath of my own sometime! And of course my daughter would love the cute clippies! Fabulous work as always!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I of course am already a follower! :)
ReplyDeleteCUTE ideas! I just couldn't pass up those bright ribbons...your projects were the kicker. I kept closing out of the sale, but then I would go back and look the projects...sigh...had to buy! ;)
ReplyDeleteCUTE ideas!!! I kept closing out of the steal because I really don't need any more ribbon...but I kept being drawn to your projects and I just had to go for it!....sigh ;) Thanks for the fun ideas!
ReplyDeleteSeriously loved all you cute projects! They are all so fantastic!
ReplyDeletei am loving that wreath! i love all that you made! gave me some awesome ribbon ideas!
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