Ribbon bauble for a baby girl

Time for another challenge at the Hobby House! The challenge was added at the start of the month and it is now time for my contribution. We have the fun theme of Ribbons! As I always make cards, I thought I’d give a go at making something else entirely and stumbled upon this tutorial. I didn’t follow it exactly. My bauble base is 10cm diameter and I have used 9 different ribbons, or was it 10? I have definitely lost count of how many pins I used for it! I’ve actually had so much fun making this that I’m already planning on making another one, heh.

All the ribbon I have used in this project are from The Hobby House. They are such pretty ribbons!

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This has been entered into the following challenge:

Divas by Design – Use Ribbons

Wintery wedding

Just finished packing for another trip. Flying off to Senegal in a couple of hours so squeezing in a quick update before I go!

A friend of mine asked me to make a wedding card. The wedding was yesterday, so I can now put it up here! As it is a winter wedding, I had to use snowflakes and a wintery green, while still making it look like a wedding card.

The topper and green pearls are from The Hobby House, the flowers, white pearls, thin ribbon and bow are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The thicker ribbon on the box is from The Ribbon Girl. The big snowflakes are made with a Martha Stewart puncher.

All the best to Paul and Lisa! 🙂

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I’ve entered it into the Hobby House’s Special Christmas Event

Picking up the post

My first inspirational post as a design team member for the Hobby House! How exciting! This month the challenge is pretty much ‘whatever’ as long as a Hobby House pre-coloured topper has been used. It doesn’t even have to be a new creation! My creation, however, is new! And I’m quite happy with how it turned out 🙂 . You can find the challenge here.

The paper is from a Papermania pad, the doily from Dovecraft, the three different punches are all Martha Stewart, the sentiment stamp is from Lili of the Valley and the rosebuds are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have used a few Hobby House products for this: the open roses in pink and beige, the adorable pre-coloured topper and the pearls.

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Thailand wedding

First I have a slight announcement. The Hobby House is having a fun challenge this month where you can enter both old and new creations. All that is required is that you use one of their toppers on your creation! What’s great is that even us on the design team get to enter! Another reason for me to get my stuff added to the blog this month, hehe. Their toppers really are quite fantastic and I have loved using them over the past year, long before I asked to join their team. Check out the challenge here and the toppers here!

The reason I went to Thailand last month was because a friend of mine was getting married there. The wedding was absolutely beautiful! When I got back home I made her this card and the matching box for it.

The card is made with various bits from my stash as well as a Hobby House topper and pearls, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and various punches by Martha Stewart. The tiny little jar was bought at a crafting faire last year and inside I put sand I brought with me from the beach the wedding was held on, in Hua Hin.

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The box is made with flowers and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts. A bigger jar of sand from the beach with a tiny little bow made from a hanging strap on one of my jumpers; it was the only one I cound find that was thin enough, heh. The punches are from Martha Stewart, the paper from Pion, the dies are spellbinders and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

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Here is a photo of the card in the box. The ribbon around the edge of the box is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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This has been entered into the following challenges:

The Hobby House – Special Christmas Event
Cute Card Thursday – Celebrations
Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations – Anything Goes

Designing for The Hobby House

I am so excited to be a part of The Hobby House’s Design Team! I was very much surprised to be asked as I had been on an extended break from blogging, and as I had already gotten back into crafting there was no way I could turn it down! Here is a small selection of cards I have made using The Hobby House card toppers in particular. I love those! They also have gorgeous flowers I will soon be using as well as some ribbons and pearls I have used on cards previously. These are just a few of their products, though. Take a look for youself 🙂 .

As I barely have any of their Christmas themed toppers (mostly because I am running well behind this year, I am definitely buying some to use next year!), I will mostly be showcasing more of their toppers in the new year.

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