We loved everyone’s photos this week! We had a truly difficult time choosing a winner. So, we separated the submissions in to categories: paper crafts, gift & notions, creating 3 winners as fairly as possible.
Beverly, congratulations to you! We were blown away by the beauty of your wrapping & the amount of pictures you had sent over to us. We wish we could have posted more! . Our second winner is Sharon of Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:
Sharon, congratulations to you too! We always love your work and can’t wait to see what you have in store for us in the future! .
Congratulations Carol! Your designs are stunning & we always look forward to posting them!
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Ladies, please forward your shipping information & your ribbon selections to sales@mayarts.com. For those of you who did not win, check out our latest contest – Renewed With Ribbon – for another chance to win a full spool of May Arts Ribbon!
The cold & snow of this winter season has all of us here at May Arts thinking one thing…spring! Spring has always been a perfect time for cleaning & freshening up your home. Which brings us to this week’s contest. Ribbon is the perfect embellishment to help make something old look new again, without the expense! We want to know how you have used ribbon in your home décor to renew your surroundings!
Details are listed below:
To enter: Post a comment &/or send us a photo of your ‘renewed’ designs. If you choose to send in a photo, our email address is sales@mayarts.com. They will promptly be posted on the blog. **It is not required that the ribbon be May Arts** We will also gladly include a link to your own site, if you like!
Start date: Monday, January 25th, 2010.
Deadline: Sunday February 7th, 2010.
The prize: 1 Full Spool of May Arts Ribbon! Your choice!
We will select one entry. The winner’s name will be posted on Monday February 8th, 2010.
The winner will have 2 weeks to contact us & claim their prize.
. "After the holiday decorations are safely tucked away, I am always looking for ways to capture the magic that goes with them. I find adding little embellishments with ribbon helps give life to my weary winter home. Photos of a valance I created in my powder room using May Arts KC ribbon to cover the top of the blinds & also a soft bow & a paper rose with sheer ribbon tucked in a painted heart bird basket help bridge the gap between winter & spring. I also embellished inexpensive towels with a beautiful floral jacquard ribbon & coordinating fringe for a fresh look. My last photos are of a simple heart twig wreath that I added one of my papier mache heART creations to embellished with lace & double-face satin ribbon. A tea-stained heart doily & a crocheted heart by my mother-in-law adds a little nostalgia to my unique Valentine wreath."
. Yes. It is true. There is ribbon in the bathroom of my home. In my daughter’s room, of course, ribbon decorates her pillows and curtains. In the kitchen I have been known to tie a ribbon on a jar or add ribbon to a handmade recipe book. But in the bathroom? Yep, I even have ribbon in the loo. A sign that read “WASH” was the impetus to my artistic endeavor. Unable to find any paintings that matched the sign, yet able to find the perfect May Arts ribbon…I decided to create a little bathroom art. (And you can too!) .
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. Art instructions:
Paint canvas with acrylic paint and gesso. Mix the colors and experiment.
Mod Podge decorative paper on top of canvas. Sand the edges.
Create dots by using texture paint with a writer tip.
For writing-use an artist pen that works on canvas, I used a Faber Castell PITT Artist Pen.
Lastly, adhere May Arts ribbon! I used Fabri-Tac adhesive.
. RIBBON USED: 342-15-46 BLUE/GREEN/LIME GREEN 1.5"X25y GROSGRAIN/HORIZONTAL STRIPES
This Valentine’s Day, make sure you use May Arts ribbon to package your sweet treats! Packaging can make all the difference and today’s post will give you some ideas for containing your confections. . BEFORE:
Cellophane bags are available in all sizes and a few different shapes. Fill your bag up with the candy of your choice, tie the top with wire string. Fold a 5 inch strip of satin shape ribbon and secure with a glue dot. Tie small tag and wrap ends of wire string around a chop stick or a pencil to create spirals. You have a fun, easy party favor!
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Boxes of Candy
Ribbons: AX14 - Red Heart, KN26 - Solid / Two Tone, BB08 - Satin Center Dot. NE01L - Red Lips
Materials: Patterned Cardstock
Print out the box template onto patterned cardstock. Score and cut out box. Fold into shape and glue sides. Add ribbons of your choice to embellish the mini box. Fill with candy! (many free templates on line. I used one from PackageTech.com)
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Envelopes to hold Candy
Ribbons: 347 - Sheer / Satin Stitch Center, NE01L - Red Lips, NP01 - Crochet
Materials: Cardstock, felt sticker
Use home cutting system or an accucut machine from a local craft store and cut out envelope template. Glue side to secure envelope. Decorate with trim. Place small candy bars inside envelope and seal. (Individually wrapped cookies also fit nicely.)
Our first challenge entry is here! This card was sent to us by Merlyn Bost:
"I have completed the valentine challenge using the widest grosgrain ric-rac ribbon (ER22) in fuchsia and of course, the pearl wire/ ribbon (FY09). The card is 5x7. I glued the grosgrain ribbon horizontally across the face of the blank card. Using 2 fuchsia hearts cut from mat board, I attached the larger heart on top of the card and ribbon. The smaller heart I wrapped in the pearl wire/ribbon, then attached it atop the bottom heart. I am attracted to the dimensional aspect of the wired pearls and what girl doesn't have a soft spot in her heart for oodles of pearls? Happy Valentine's Day!" - Merlyn Bost
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This card was sent to us from Jackie Vargas:
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This Valentine Album was sent to us by Maria Moore:
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This Glitter Light Box was sent to us by Denise Szuch:
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These Valentine Cards were sent to us by Jenifer Cowles:
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This canvas sign was sent to us by Katt Harrington:
"Here is my entry for the contest. It is a
11x14 canvas. I painted it black, covered it with the red web ribbon, and
bordered it with the red/white loop ribbon. Cut out heart and 'love' from
Cricut Home Accents cart, added some flock to the heart and finished off with
some blingy brads."
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This heart decoration & page layout was sent to us by Teri of Scrapbook Unique:
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This Romantic Noticeboard was sent in by Susan Ikin:
**This one came with a wonderful 'how-to', so stay tuned...**
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These flip flops were sent to us by Ebony Butler Cumby:
"Flip flops made with love, but in bright spring colors. Add or switch out a variety of charms in the middle for all occasions!"
These cards & tin box was sent to us by Jennifer Hadder:
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This album was sent to us by Amy Kmieciak:
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These scrapbook pages were sent in to us by Lauren Shiflett:
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This gift bag & other projects were sent to us by Syeda Quadri:
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Thes cards were sent to us by Denise Bryant:
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This mini album was sent to us by Henva Bhola:
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from one sheet of cardstock paper, the "i (heart) you" mini album has
tons of places for pictures as well as tags and journaling blocks (not
pictured) for you to write your love notes! It is small enough
to fit in your purse as a brag book, or given to your sweetheart filled with
sweet pictures of the both of you!"
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This table runner was sent to us by Kristen Perschon:
. These next photos were sent to us from Jenifer Cowles:
. This next photo was sent to us by Jan Jenitis:
"This tag was inspired by Tim Holtz’s 12 days of Christmas Tag Tutorials. Wired ribbon crinkled on the ends of the scarf gives the illusion of the blowing cold winds." - Jan Jenitis .
Ribbons and Valentines Day cards are the perfect combination. For the Valentine projects shown, I focused on using May Arts 347 series-Sheer Satin Stitch Center ribbons and XA Solid/Pom-Pom Edge Wired ribbons. These ribbons are essential for all your Valentine paper crafts. The 347 and XA ribbons are easy to work with, come in many beautiful colors and they are simply gorgeous. .
PURE JOY TAG
Ribbons: 347-15-47 violet, QA31 silver Embroidery/Satin Materials: K and Co. Paper and Embellishments, Jeni Bowlin heart, Prima jewels, paint. .
From time to time, we have readers send in photos of their work to us. It has always been on my mind to post them up on the blog. This was the inspiration for this contest!
We have included below, photos that three different people have sent in! We loved seeing what our readers are doing & hope all of you feel the same!
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The photo below was sent to us from Rebecca Ednie. It even includes a fun tutorial to try out yourself!
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The next set of photos were sent to us from Samantha Sibbet:
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These last photos were sent to us by Merlyn Bost:
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For this contest, we want you to send in photos of your past work!
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Details are listed below:
To enter: Send in a photo of your previous gift-wrapping / scrapbook / craft project! As long as it includes ribbon! **On this contest, it is not required that the ribbon be May Arts** The email address is sales@mayarts.com. They will promptly be posted on the blog. We will also gladly include a link to your own site, if you like!
Start date: Monday, January 11th, 2010.
Deadline: Sunday January 24th, 2010.
The prize: 1 Full Spool of May Arts Ribbon! Your choice!
We will select one entry. The winner’s name will be posted on Monday January 25th, 2010.
The winner will have 2 weeks to contact us & claim their prize.
Thank you all for entering this week’s contest! It is so fun for us to read your responses, we always love input from our May Arts Ribbon fans! We hope you all have enjoyed it as well!
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Our winner for this challenge is Merlyn Bost:
"It has been said that "Diamonds are a girl's best friend", but for me, it is PEARLS! I have found remarkable uses for the May Arts Pearl wire/ribbon. I have wrapped it around anything and everything from the neck of a decorative bottle to light fixtures, candlesticks, & gifted wine bottles. My favorite project over the holiday was wrapping curly willow branches with pearls. It was astounding! Will try to post photo."
Merlyn, congratulations! We loved your photo! So much, in fact, it became the inspiration for our next contest! So, for all of you who want to check out Merlyn’s work, click here & be sure to enter our next challenge!
There is something about a crafty handmade calendar that can brighten your day. The options I am going to show you are reproducible, inexpensive, and simple to make.
For one type of calender I went to Kwernerdesign.com and purchased a downloadable calendar template, printed the pages on white cardstock, embellished with May Arts ribbon, then displayed on a CD case.
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Using white thread I sewed strips of ribbon to make a border. Ribbons used are solid/iridescent BS series.
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One small piece of the sheer ribbon can really make a statement. QT sheer/butterflies/wired and TZ flowers/pearl center/wired.
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For a masculine calendar I went with the brown and turquoise color scheme. I used a WK grosgrain stripe in turquoise and brown and TS solid stitched center in light brown.
. . Many free templates are available and I used one from Mycalendarmaker.com for the next project.
I printed the yearly calendar onto patterned cardstock, and trimmed the edges.
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Then matted the calender on coordinating paper, added ribbon borders and a paper flower. Ribbons used: NPblack crochet, EX flower satin cutouts, QA black and champagne embroidery/satin.
