Combine May Arts, Basically Bare and some fun paper, I am in HEAVEN!  I am a ribbon lover and have to have some sort of ribbon, twine, etc. on every project I do.  May Arts is my favorite ribbon company, so call me SUPER excited when I found out that we got to partner with them.  Katrina is a happy, happy girl right here!

Our dogs had a pet modeling session with a local photographer (UTurn Studios) and I was so lucky that she gave me permission to use the pictures for my design team work and layouts to post on my blog.  We only have a couple of Jetson, because he is shy and a little scared of new situations.  I was happy to get the ones we did, so of course it was one of the first ones I wanted to work with.

I knew when I started that I wanted to used the Hearts #1 and Hearts #2 sets that Basically Bare has to alter.  That was the only plan I had going in!  I started with a chipboard heart and covered it with the hexagon pattern paper.  Then I decided it needed some dimension, so I cut out a few of the hexagons and popped them up randomly.  I love to use jute twine to accent areas, and this natural color from May Arts goes perfectly with the soft feel of the layout.  I wrapped it a few times and then tied a bow.  I did use a small glue dot behind the bow, just to hold it in place.

Next up to conquer was the canvas heart.  I really wanted to have the ribbon be the spotlight on this heart.  So, I folded it in half and then cut a heart out of the center.  I pieced together two strips of the wide ribbon that I had and then backed my canvas heart outline with it.  The ribbon color was actually a little too strong for the layout, so I misted the entire piece with Mr. Huey’s in White to tone it down a bit.  I cut another, smaller heart out of the middle that I had cut out and misted with Mr. Huey’s in Piglet.  Then I attached it to the edge.  It still needed something, so I pulled out a trusty doily and called it good!

One fun way to use ribbon to accent is to tie it under your pictures.  I just make my backing paper a little longer to accommodate the width of ribbon I am using.  And I am a bow girl, so I usually have some type of bow under there.  Knots work well too!  I like my bows to have some “umph” to them, so a lot of times I will double strand the fiber I am working with.

I have to say, this swap was fun!  Don’t be afraid to add ribbon in unusual places on your projects, I think you will see a lot of that here during the swap.  Thank you May Arts for swapping with us this week, it’s been a LOT of fun!

Hugs,

Katrina Hunt

Paper, Scissors and Glue

Paper collection-Everday Eclectic (Echo Park)