Ribbon Carousel and Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker hop--GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends:)

**Be sure to leave some love for your chance to win--giveaway details below:) 

Today the Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are teaming up with the talented designers from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker to bring you a blog hop along with some prizes:) 

At Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, we create distinctive and original designs. Our designs are based upon two core beliefs which also serve as the foundation for our company and everything we do to support it.

We believe that scrapbooking, card making and crafting are always:

• Authentic artistic expressions
• Created with love

Our designs are driven by imagination; we strive to be different, not for the sake of being different, but to inspire you to express yourself in meaningful and fun ways. We mix elements from different sources, including styles, colors and materials. Our designs are genuinely eclectic. Our papers use vibrant colors with unique patterns and often contain irresistible characters. We are authentic in intention, action and results. We have achieved our goal if you are inspired (and tickled) when you see our paper.

I've created a super fun Thank You card using some of my FAVORITE twine {available HERE and HERE from the Ribbon Carousel} as well as the Messages papers from NS. This was an easy card to put together- layering lots of elements from this paper pack and adding twine. FUN!!! The pocket works so you can pull out that message and add a small note on it! LOOOOOOOVE it! 

That's it for me today. Be sure to stop by the RC blog for more details and more inspiration! And don't forget about the giveaways! Here's how to win: 

The Ribbon Carousel will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store and Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker will be giving away a scrapbooking kit (winner's choice!)  Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave some blog love along your way to be eligible for the prizes!  Winners will be announced Saturday night at 8:00 PM EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Be blessed:}

PDCC #85

Hello, friends:}


Hoooooray for another fun day over at the Play Date Cafe! We are starting another color story today--dusty pink, blueberry, and cream! I instantly thought of vintage--since the inspiration photo looks vintage!

I created something really simple--something to remember what my family has been doing this month. We had a family photo taken a couple weeks back, and it looked like it had a hint of blueberry and pink in it--so I paired that with some notebook paper and stamps. Love how this turned out--I do wish the blue was more blueberry--but I love it:}

That's it for me...but be sure to stop by the PDCC blog for complete details and prize information! The PDCC sponsor this week is Nikki Sivils. And our Guest Designer is Anya Schrier. And don't forget to stop by all the other Play Date Cafe DT members' blogs---F-U-N!!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Be blessed:}

Recipe:

Stamps: Unity, Pink Paislee

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Inks: Dew Drops, Ranger

Gems: Reflections

Die: Spellbinders

EIC #134 {Think Fast Designs}

Hello, friends:}

This week the EtsyInspired challenge has an amazing featured store--Think Fast Designs. Kim Kesti {Paper Crafts magazine Go-To-Gal!!!!} is the owner of this fabulous store!! I just loooove Kim!! She is super amazing! So creative! 

And our sponsor this week is Nikki Sivils. WOW! Another fabulous lady!! Nikki designs and manufactures scrapbooking paper and embellishments. 

I love that Kim sews...and she made this super cute green bag. I love green, so I used it as my inspiration for my rice and lavender heat bag. I had a customer order one, and I just love how it turned out. It is about 17" x 6". It has a muslin bag inside this green outer bag {with overlapping closure}. The inside bag has three compartments for the rice and lavender--it fits better around your shoulder or neck this way. I love my green fabric [although, I love love love Kim's better!]! 

I love sharing my non-card projects! Anything can be made for our EIC challenges! LOVE that:}

For my next project, I made this birthday card based on this beautiful and colorful quilt. OH MY! I just love those purples, greens, oranges, and yellows! The colors reminded me of my new Pebbles papers--and I just love the sketch of this card. I used the following Unity stamps for this card: Happy Everything [butterflies], This Is the Time [sentiment], To The Moon & Back [sentiment]. LOVE LOVE LOVE this card!

That's it for me today! But wait--the EIC DT have created some AMAZING creations for you to check out! Head over to their blogs now:) And the amazing Kim Kesti is joining our team this week as our Special Guest Designer! 

Kim Kesti {Special Guest DT}

Ashley

Carole

Angie

De

Emily B.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Kimme Leach {April Guest DT}

Virginia

Ruby 

Sherry

And don't forget to head over to the EtsyInspired blog for more deets! Link up your creations by Friday, April 15th at noon to be eligible for the two prizes!! And there is a discount for Think Fast Designs!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Love sharing and visiting with you! Be blessed:}