Attention Ribbonistas! It's a Blog Swap Week with May Arts!

 

We are thrilled to bring you another blog swap week with our friends at May Arts! We had so much fun playing with their lovely ribbons last year, we just had to do it again! So all week long, we'll be featuring projects from the Once Upon a Christmas collection, as well as gorgeous coordinating ribbons from May Arts. And as usual - we encourage you to leave a comment every day for your chance to win some fabulous goodies from the Once Upon a Christmas collection plus May Arts' fabulous ribbons! At the end of this blog post, click the link to see more great projects from May Arts' uber-talented designers, and, of course, more chances to win!

 

First up for LYB is Biker Chick Robbie Herring with an adorable layout. I just love this page! Here's Robbie!

 

I have to admit that I'm a ribbon fanatic.  Seldom do I make a page that doesn't include a bow or at least a strip of ribbon.  Teaming with May Arts is perfect for me!  Between the ribbon and all the beautiful trims that May Arts makes, I couldn't be happier!

This is a sweet picture of a friend's daughter that was taken at Christmas time.  Her little black and white outfit goes beautifully with both the houndstooth paper and the black accents.  I used some of the tiny pom-pom trim from May Arts to border the inside square shape to further accent and ground the layout with more black.  Using a strong adhesive tape to hold it in place worked well without causing the paper to potentially buckle by using wet glue.  If you take a closer look, you can see that I placed it so that you can see mostly the pom-poms.

A few medium sized bows can make a big impact on your  page.  If you take a closer look at the ribbon that I used for the bows, you will see that the green and red ribbons have a touch of black woven in to add a touch of sheen and the high quality and you can see that these ribbons couldn't go any more beautifully with the elegance of the Once Upon a Christmas papers and embellishments.  

For balance, I put more bows at the bottom of the page.  On this side, I chose to continue the look of hanging the ornaments.  Using such a large amount of ribbon led to the decision to keep the rest of the layout design relatively simple.  It also means that this layout can be completed quickly and easily! 

 

The sentiment was added using Little Yellow Bicycle's DejaViews clear stickers.  Don't forget these stickers when designing!  There are so many different ones and they are so easy to use.  I really like how so many of them use different sizes and fonts for sentiments and titles.  Not to mention, they stay stuck! 

Supply List:

OC-106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth

OC-108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth

OC-111 Holly Berry/Green Carols

OC-107 Holly Bird/Brown Carols

OC-279 Chipboard Shapes - with foil (29 pieces)

 

Thanks Robbie! What a beautiful, elegant layout for the holidays! 

Now hop on over to the May Arts blog, to see what their designers have crafted up for you! Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win, and I'll be back tomorrow with more fun projects from Little Yellow Bicycle and May Arts!

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[beatrice lawson]

1.

Gorgeous classic layout. It's so pretty and well balanced and the ornaments with the big bows are just lovely.

[Denise Bryant]

2.

Gorgeous page! I love the sweet picture and the ornaments hanging from the yummy ribbons! Great papers!
DeniseB

[Lori Poffenroth]

3.

This layout is gorgeous. I lve how the ornaments hanging on the ribbon frames that adorable photo.

[Lillian Child]

4.

Just look at that sweet little cherub in the photo. The ribbon in her hair and the bows on the page - perfect pairing!

[Wendy Crowe]

5.

This is absolutely gorgeous! You created a stunning page with the beautiful ribbons! I love this!

[Audrey Pettit]

6.

Beautiful! So love how Robbie framed the layout in the pom pom, and those hanging ornaments with the bows are stunning, too!

[Beverly Jordan]

7.

That is the most gorgeous little baby!! Oh, and loved the layout too!! LOL!

[Lee]

8.

Fabulouse layout! I adore the ribbons!

[Becky D]

9.

LOVE this layout! Such an adorable photo and I love the ornaments hanging from ribbon! That paper collection is stunning!

[Carol B]

10.

Beautiful layout and a real cute picture!

Carol B

ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

[Amanda Parham-Hall]

11.

Adorable LO w/ a precious baby;) Thanx~prhmangel(at)gmail(dot)com

[Ange]

12.

Super cute! Love the little bows!!

[Jeanne Kelly]

13.

This layout is truly stunning!! Hope you don't mind if I borrow the design!!

[Mary - Big Mamma]

14.

What an awesome layout. The ribbon and bows are so perfect.

[{vicki}]

15.

great layout

[scrappymo!]

16.

Stunning. I can see that this layout would go fairly fast once the ribbon was all glued down and the gorgeous bows were tied!

[Charlene]

17.

Sweetness...love the little ribbon bows!

[Connie L. Riley]

18.

What an absolutely striking layout. I love the hanging ornament idea coupled with the lovely bows. they really frame the picture, setting it off quite nicely! Great paper and wonderful choice of ribbons.

[MaryLouH]

19.

Beautiful is the only word to describe the layout. It really speaks Christmas.

[Nikki C]

20.

Holy Smokes this looks stunning I love all the colours and ribbons you've used and the way all the ornaments are just hanging there with all those pretty bows :)

[Marcia Scantlin]

21.

I love these traditional colors - so classic.

[Ava g]

22.

Great opening layout for the hop. That is one cute layout and well designed. Showcasing the bike and the ribbon is perfect.
ava g

[Carol B]

23.

Beautiful layout, I love all the detail!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

[Pam Sohan]

24.

Lovely LO ! Love the bows!

[Kim H]

25.

love the layout, beautiful color combos, so rich looking. thank you for sharing.

[Beverly Lane]

26.

I love the layout, and the ornaments hanging from the ribbons. Gotta scraplift!

[Beverly Lane]

27.

I love the layout, and the ornaments hanging from the ribbons. Gotta scraplift!

[Virginia Fynes]

28.

what a beautiful idea!

[Jackie H]

29.

The ribbons and paper go so good with each other. Beautiful layout!!

[Carla Hundley]

30.

Lovely layout. Love the use of the ribbons.

Carla from Utah

[Jean A Marmo]

31.

LOVE this!

[Tona]

32.

Love the use of the ribbon on this layout! It's just perfect.

[Robin Buchholz]

33.

I love this layout, it's beautiful!

[Sue D]

34.

Gorgeous layout--love the bows with the ornaments.

[Cathy Caines]

35.

So excited for nother blog hop!! Thanks!

[KellyG]

36.

Beautiful layout! Love how you used the ribbon!

[heaney]

37.

what a beautiful layout...baby is sooo..cute...!

[angela]

38.

Wonderful layout. Especially love the details with the bows

[Miriam Prantner]

39.

Beautiful layout! The ribbon is perfect for hanging those ornaments!

[Lisa P]

40.

Love the look of the hanging ornaments. Super layout.

[Sharon Callis]

41.

Absolutely beautiful layout, stunning

[wendyp81]

42.

Gorgeous! Love the way you've used the ribbon to hang the ornaments on the layout!

[SuZeQ]

43.

Ohhhhhhhh, I just love this layout!

[Jennie Wheeler]

44.

This LO is beautiful! I love the way you used the ribbon and pom-poms.

[Cheryl Hutcherson]

45.

Robbie's layout is gorgeous!

[Jamie Greene]

46.

Really beautiful layout!

[Marcia Dehn-Nix]

47.

I love how you used the ribbon on the ornaments. Beautiful layout.

[Monique]

48.

What a beautiful layout! and I love how you used the ribbons!

[Donna Woods]

49.

This is STUNNING!!

[Angie]

50.

Cute idea for a christmas layout.