Really Reasonable Ribbon December Blog Hop!

Hello and happy holidays! It's the 13th and that means it's time for the RRR December Blog Hop! If you're already hopping, then you should be arriving to me from KATHY'S amazing blog feeling super inspired by her marvelous creation! If not, head over to the RRR Blog to start the hop!

This month, we are showcasing projects that beat the winter blues using the beautiful December Ribbon Club Assortment! It's filled with stunning blues, grays, silver and a touch of delicate white lace. It is just perfect for all your winter creations! And guess what? You could win it! Just comment on each of the blogs along the hop including the RRR blog for your chance to win this Winter Blues Assortment!

I made a really cute gift bag for the holidays. This gift bag is super special because of the big, puffy triple-ribbon bow that adorns the top! I love how this color combo of blue and bright melon along with black/white really makes the gift bag pop! It's so festive and fun, don't you think? 

This ribbon assortment is great for getting you through the winter. The colors are so lovely and perfect for so many occasions. My fancy bow also has a sparkly White Bead Berry Cluster Spray in the center of it and an array of blue sequins were added as well. 

And that's all for me! I hope you like my flurries of fun gift bag and feel inspired to create something pretty with ribbons today! Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous CHERRY! Yep, she's back and amazing as ever!!! Have a great day--happy hopping, happy crafting and happy holidays!

Shabby and Distressed Gift Bag... but don't despair!

Happy Monday friends, hope you had a great weekend! Did my title throw you? It sounds like I was gettin ready to show you a pretty sad little gift bag, haha. But really, I was in a vintage-type mood today anyway so when I saw the  The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge--do not stress, distress! I was inspired and decided to make a shabby-chic style gift bag w/ coordinating tissue paper and a perfect sized vanilla candle to fit inside. Distressing takes away any need for perfection and I love it! I stamped this toile background stamp from Unity Stamp Co in Blush Blossom on the white gift bag (12 for $1 at Dollar Tree) and tissue paper, then embellished with Prima roses (I get my Prima flowers at Scrapbooking.com because they seem to be the cheapest!),  ivory lace trim from Fancy Pants and a white heart pin from my friend Lee :)

 Vintage image and sentiment from Crafty Secrets stamp set called Sweet Kids and they are so sweet!

I will be entering my gift bag into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog- Girly But No Pink

(I hope this qualifies!...even though I used peach, I did not use any pink)

ABC Challenge Blog- N is for Neutral

Simon Says Stamp and Show Vintage Challenge Blog- Anything Goes

Thank you so very much for stopping by, it means a lot to me! Hugs and happy crafting!

TCP Tuesday Challenge FUN!

Hello sweet people! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and is all geared up for the holidays---it's coming, ready or not! :) I'm trying to finish my Christmas cards so I will actually send them off early enough for people to enjoy for more than a couple days this year, haha! I only have a few stamps from The Cat's Pajamas, but I always love inking them up and have recently found that the TCP Tuesday challenges over at SCS are perfect inspiration for my weekly dose of meowy goodness! You don't even have to use TCP stamps, so if you wanna play too you can find all of the TCP Tuesday challenges HERE.
Below I made a card using their color challenge of RED-MARIGOLD-CHOCOLATE and I took their sketch challenge and used it for inspiration on my gift bag. Details on bag dimensions provided below for anyone interested in making their own gift bags with 2 pieces of 12x12 patterned paper.

Gift Bag Dimensions: 2 pieces 12x12 patterned paper. Trim 1" off one side of each piece of paper, then score each at 3" to form a 3" base and 8" in height.  Turn and score both pieces at 5 1/2" and 8 1/2", trim bottom pieces to make base, then tape both pieces securely and evenly together with a double sided adhesive.  You can use the 2 1" trimmed pieces for a bag handle if you wish. Then decorate as desired!

Thanks for visiting me today and I hope you will join My Creative Time's 12 Days of Christmas beginning on Wednesday, December 1st at wonderful Miss Emma's blog! As always, she will be having tons of inspiration and lots of fun and giveaways--lots of winners and lots of Christmas goodness!!! I can't wait!