Ribbon Storage

Really Reasonable Ribbon has been talking about ribbon storage. and someone just emailed me about my post on the CK blog storage discussion asking for a photo, AND this is my favorite thing to look at in my studio, so I thought I would share a photo of my ribbon storage here. My husband says I am a little brave, because this shelf is right above my head, but these vases from the dollar tree fit perfectly on it. And they are the perfect size because I can just fit my hand down inside (and I have large hands). although, as you can see here, I am running out of space in some of them, so I am going to need to come up with an alternative. So far I have separated out the 'really special' trims - like the ones that have all the ribbon roses on them, and my wide silk ones. The purple you see here is actually flowers. I have the purple, white and black ribbon stored elsewhere, because I had a very small amount of purple and a very large amount of black and white. Now that I am looking at this though, I think I need to get some more pink!

Happy Birthday Chick card

oh, I kind of adore how this card turned out! I used a sassy designs digi stamp and a bunch of challenges as a sort of recipe.

I added the sentiment digitally before printing. and since I lack those cool nestabilities dies, I cut my own ovals and created the scalloped border using a bunch of small circles.

This is for the really reasonable ribbon green theme challenge, and I was thrilled to break open my first order from them for this green grosgrain ribbon. It came in a delightful assortment pack, which I normally wouldn't buy, but I was running REALLY low on green ribbons and I never think to buy them. It was perfect! I got a yellow pack too and love it too!

There were lots of challenges out there all about green this week because of saint patty's day. I thought I was going to have to forgo all of them, thinking that mostly green wouldn't work for anything else, and I dont really do saint patty's day, but this turned out lovely! The crafty creations blog had a geen and blue feminine birthday challenge, and that is what inspired me. The sassy studios challenge this week was to use green also. Flourishes also had a green challenge as their timeless tuesday challenge this week.

Bee Crafty and Cute Card thursday and Lollipop crafts added in the spring and florals theme.

Robyns fetish asked for punches of dies, which I already had from the scallops. And digi tuesday requested celebrations as the theme, which gave me the type of card - birthday.

The sketch came from the tuesday morning challenge blog.

GDT challenge at NVS

We're looking for our first-ever Guest Designers to share their takes to our fabulous inspiration collages along with our Nerdy Girls. To get our search started we want you to take this ultra fab inspiration collage supplied by our Nerd Ally and create whatever you are inspired to create with it.

Then, link up your creations on the 7th when we post what our Nerdy Girls did with it and show us what you're all about. Make sure to leave a comment letting us know if you'd like to be considered for a Guest spot on Envious and also email us (nvsgirls@hotmail.com) with your contact info and blog address.

more info HERE

I won Crowned!

I just found out that I won the Crown at the crowned competition over at Scrapdango! And seriously, it could not have come at a better time. If you have not checked out Scrapdango, you need to (this means you Sandy!) I have been playing over there all month and am totally loving it! This month they just started a new contest all about using up your stash to make room for the new CHA stuff.

I will be posting some of my Crowned creations in a couple of days. I am so proud of all of them, and since I held them back for the duration of the contest, I submitted most of them to publications.

Project 12 February page

Oh how I am adoring these new My Mind's Eye papers! This is the page that I completed for the Scrapbook and Cards today Project 12, using the sketch below by Becky Fleck. I normally am not a huge fan of double page layouts but I think this one turned out pretty well. I love how crisp the navy looks with the white stitching and yellow accents.

ACOT March challenges are up

Here is my layout for the trends and techniques challenge. This month I challenge you to use one of these rose ribbons that seem to be everywhere these days. I used Websters Pages Bloomers but there are lots of other companies that make similar products Bo Bunny, Making Memories and American Crafts to name a few. Check out all of the challenges HERE.

I totally stole this from Traci Hudson, but I really like it.

listening - to the silence of the office
eating - just born jelly beans
drinking - water and coffee
wearing - not your daughter's jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt.
feeling - content
weather - the same
wanting - to spend the day creating
needing - to get a lot of work done
thinking - of moving to savannah
enjoying - that there is only one more day left in my work week
wondering - if seth will get into South University.

March Pagemaps is up and I'm in it!

I am a contributor to Pagemaps this month with this layout that I created using the Feb My Scrapbook Nook kit featuring Webster's Pages.

Here is the March pagemaps link.