Recipe: Denim with Ribbon or Twine AND Buttons or Brads

Paula here again.  Thanks so much to everyone who played in my Bling Bling with Nature challenge last week!  We were so thrilled to see so many gorgeous entries.  Be sure to check back on Wednesday to see who we have chosen as the Top Talent.

And now on to this week's challenge...I'm an Arkansan. We wear jeans all the time... work, church, play, even weddings. You name it, we can make the denim work. So dress it up or dress it down but use 3 ribbons or twine, 3 buttons or brads, and some denim (either real or faux via printed paper or a technique) on a project.

Guest Designer- Mitra Pratt.
(Denim, ribbon and brad.)

Paula McClane - Scrap Addict's Attic
(Denim, twine and buttons)

 Lisa Minckler - You Made Me Ink!

(Denim, Twine and Buttons)

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Susan Butler-scrumplescrunch

(Denim Butterfly, Buttons and Twine.)

Kim Price - Inkognito

(Denim pants, Buttons and Ribbons)

Christina Barnes - www.dotdotstamping.com

Liliana Inguanti - Stampin' From Home

(two stitched satin ribbons, one piece of twine, three buttons, and denim pennant)

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Denim frame and flower, ribbons and buttons

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis - love, life and crafts

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

(flower is made up of 3 separate brads, 2 ribbons and 1 twine)

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

(stitched ribbon, seam binding, bakers twine, one button and two brads, with denim ruffle)

Holly Kean - Kean On Paper

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne 

(denim scallop trim, denim ribbon flowers, more ribbon, baker's twine and three buttons)

Winner - Color Challenge with a Twist

I'm here to announce the winner of our color challenge with a twist (using fabric and/or circles). Thanks to everyone who joined in the challenge - it sounds like you all enjoyed the color combo, which makes me happy, and I know we were all happy to see what you came up with! Without further ado, the winner is...

Lynn Put of The Queen's Scene! This card shows all the best of clean and simple style, with a fabulous graphic look and wonderful use of the challenge colors. The button circles make a great statement and those poppies are simply gorgeous! Congratulations to Lynn and thanks again to everyone who played. It's not too late to check out our current "Bling + Nature" challenge - we hope you'll join us!

Bling Bling and an Item from Nature.

Hello All and Welcome Back to those who played along with us last week! Wasn't that a great challenge? I loved the colors, so bright & cheerful! So this is Paula here, one of the newbies to the Design Team, I'm so excited to be on the team! Let's get to it then, my first challenge! I am not a girly girl, I'm mostly found wearing a tee shirt and capris or jeans. But sometimes you just gotta whip out the shiny sparkly stuff & make it dazzle! Use rhinestones, stickles, glitter, etc along with items found in nature (plants, animals, etc)! A bit of bling mixed with nature... my wedding & engagement rings

I cannot believe the awesomeness the other Design Team members came up with... scroll thru them all, my jaw hit the floor!

Paula McClane - Scrap Addict's Attic

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Lisa Minckler - You Made Me Ink!
(Nature Items - Butterflies and Flowers)

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Christina Barnes - Dot Dot Stamping Designs

Kim Price - Inkognito

Susan Butler-scrumplescrunch

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Liliana Inguanti - Stampin' From Home

Irena Kowalczyk/Rudlis - love, life and crafts

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

What Not to Stamp winner!

I'm happy to announce our winner for the What Not to Stamp card makeover challenge. Thanks to everyone who played with us - we loved seeing your remade creations. Your transformations were outstanding! For the winner I chose this beautiful card by Jenny Engelke:

Everything about this card is so stunning - the makeover really transformed the original into a gorgeous creation. The elements Jenny changed or added brought this card up to outstanding! Not to mention her fabulous coloring, creative layout, and beautiful bow. Congratulations Jenny and please grab our top talent badge to display on your blog!

Don't forget to play along with this week's Color Challenge with a Twist challenge - we are loving what we've seen so far, so get your fabric and/or circles and your thinking cap and join us!

Color Challenge with a twist

Several weeks ago we introduced the new design team members and now it is time to say a sad goodbye to the team members who are leaving us. We have so enjoyed all their individual contributions to our weekly mojo inspiration. We will sorely miss these wonderful artists. We thank them and wish all the best to:

Vicki Burdick

Anita Houston

Tui Nathan

Kristin Tierney

So let's wipe our tears and get on to this week's challenge! I'm Lori Rider, back to host again this week. Thanks to everyone who played along with last week's makeover challenge - it was fun to see you join in the transformation process! This week we will be doing a color challenge with a bit of a twist:

I loved these fun round fabric buttons (I found them on Pinterest but the link to the original source was broken) so I thought it would be a great challenge to use the colors with either fabric or circles - or both, if you wish! (By fabric I mean actual fabric, not ribbon or other fibers. Sorry for any confusion.) Let's move on to our team samples:

Lori Rider - The Diva Stamper

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Paula McClane - Scrap Addicts Attic

Kim Price - Inkognito

Meihsia Liu - Simply Paper Crafts

Lisa Minckler - You Made Me Ink!

Susan Butler-scrumplescrunch

Christina Barnes - Dot Dot Stamping Design

Anita Houston - The Artful Maven Haven

Liliana Inguanti - Stampin' From Home

Irena Kowalczyk/ Rudlis - love, life and crafts

Tui Nathan - Stampin Time

Wendy Janson - It's All About Stamping

Holly Kean - Kean On Paper

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Anne Marie Hile - Stampin' Anne

Sharon Wheet - Designs by Sharon

 

Color Challenge Top Talent

Welcome to our challenge site, and we are always happy and thrilled to have you visit and participate with our weekly challenges.  We are especially glad that you have stopped by today, to see who are Top Talent goes to in our previous color challenge.  We asked that you use Navy, Pink, and any color of your choose, just not a neutral (black, white, brown, or cream).  We were excited to see all the entries and the creative color combos.  But, we were just blown away by the attention to detail and creativity by LeAnne @ WEEinklings.  Congratulations!

LeAnne, created a sympathy card with elements of love, and peace.  To stamp the frame and sentiment right onto the pattern paper was both creative and bold.  We loved the fussy cut images and that crinkled seam binding.   What a truly gorgeous card, and a wonderful color choice: Rose Red.  Here is your Top Talent badge, and we hope you display it on your blog.  Thank you for participating in our weekly challenge!

It is not too late to participate in our current weekly challenge: What Not to Stamp; a card make-over challenge.  There is still time to WOW us, and show us just how far you have come in your creative paper talents!  So, create, and participate!  It will provide us with an opportunity to visit your blog and see your talents!