A rainbow of ribbons

Since ribbons are individually on sale this month with the Create The Rainbow promotion, I thought I would grab out some of my own ribbon stash and do some creating!

I had this adorable photo of my boys with their cousin, and when I found the 'cousins' title when going through my craft box I knew I had to create I layout.



I layered strips of ribbon down the side of the page to create a border- this is a great way to add pattern and interest to a layout and also use up those packs of ribbon.



Here is the title that inspired the layout- it was a wooden finish but I sponged it with White Daisy ink so that it matched the rest of the layout.



I added some vellum and Kraft accents, as well as glitter gems and black and white dots, in clusters to balance the layout.


I love the subtle hearts in the background, the pops of colour from the ribbon, but most of all the way this layout showcases the photo.

I am looking forward to finding new ways to create with ribbon- do you have any ideas for me?

A rainbow reminder

So many of my friends are going through difficult times at the moments, and I wanted to remind them not to give up.

Since we have the Create The Rainbow special on this month, I decided to create my own rainbow card using a rainbow die-cut and some of the beautiful coloured cardstocks.

I layered up each colour of cardstock to create a beautiful rainbow, and added some stamped rain to the bottom of each cloud.



I tried to get a rainbow effect with the sentiment by stamping in three different inks- I think it turned out rather cute!

I'm linking this card up with the Addicted to CAS and Happy Little Stampers challenges this week.

Taste The Rainbow!

Have you seen the amazing rainbow themed offers this month? They have inspired me to create some of my own rainbow creations using the featured products.

The Three Amigos challenge was to create a project using at least one die cut, which also happened to be an option for the Double Trouble challenge, as well as not using patterned paper and linking back to the Three Amigos hop. I also was inspired this week by the Just Add Ink challenge of splatters and spots.

There is a nearby cafe in our area selling Freak Shakes, which are epic milkshakes loaded with lollies, colours and ice-cream. Naturally, my eight year old chose this as his school holiday reward during our mother son date, and I had to create a layout to showcase the epic treat.



I used a sunburst layout and cut it using my Cricut machine, and then layered different coloured cardstock underneath each negative piece.



I added a little bit of extra interest with some ink splatters, gold glitter spots and star stickers, and I also kept the journal space relatively simple as I wanted the starburst and the photos to be the main focus of my layout.



Stay tuned for more rainbow themed projects this month- I have so many to share with you!