I decided to pull out an old photo do to a layout for this fun collaboration with Creative Imaginations!  The rich papers worked so well with some of the GORGEOUS ribbon choices from May Arts!

Supplies:

• May Arts 1/4” silk in Cranberry
• May Arts 1.5” Silky Crush in Purple
• May Arts Elastic/Sequin Trim in Copper
• May Arts Sheer Frayed Flowers Wired in Cream
• May Arts Baker’s Twine Yellow/White
• Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph Marakesh Papers
• Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph Marakesh Stickers
• Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph Marakesh Die Cuts
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist – Cranberry Zing
• Stampendous! Foliate Quad Cube Stamp
• Studio Calico Letter Stickers
• Rhinestone Brads
• Kraft cardstock
• CTMH ink – Cranberry
• White Pen

To begin this layout I chose my papers, cut them into various sized strips, and began laying them out how I thought I would want them.

Once I had an arrangement I liked, I went ahead and adhered the strips to one another and set the block aside.  I then decided to add some mist to my background.  I used a rag to smear the ink a bit on the background.  After it was dry, I adhered the block of strips over the background.
The next step was to pull out LOTS of ribbon and start making decisions!  I chose a few that I felt worked well with the photo and the papers and adhered them to my background.  I used my Tiny Attacher to attach the silk ribbon so it could remain fluid and loose.

I added my photo and a couple of die cuts to accent it.  The photo is popped up with foam tape so it fits nicely over the layers of ribbon.

Next came the title.  I added the letter stickers and decided they needed just a little something to make them pop.  I stitched the twine over them by hand (I did remove a few strands from the twine to make the stitching easier) and then highlighted the letters with a white pen.

Finally, a few sequins fell off the elastic strip as I worked and I like that, so I glued them where they landed and then added a few more.  I used stickers and die cuts to embellish around the layout, stamped a few leafy blocks, and popped in some gemstone brads to finish it all off!

I love how the ribbon and the Christine Adolph collection work SO well together!  Thanks for stopping by!

Blog post by: Jingle

Winner

We have a winner!  Congratulations to:

Kristie Maynard
Wonderful layout.  I love the idea of the baker’s twine as the sun rays.  Fabulous idea

Kristie, email me at [email protected] with your shipping address to claim your prize!

**All winners have 2 weeks to claim their prize**

Giveaway!

Today’s giveaway is a gift package from Christine Adolph’s Sakura Collection:

All you have to do is comment on any post today!  Tomorrow I will annouce a winner and a new prize pack to give away! 

And be sure to stop on by the Creative Imaginations blog to win some M/A Ribbon!

Happy hopping & good luck to all!

xoxo!

The Ribbon Lady