Joyful Stars Blog Hop: Sarita Layout

Hello and welcome to the October Joyful Stars Blog Hop featuring new products from the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book. 

If you came here from Lori's Blog  you're on the right track.  It's a circular hop, so if you're starting out here  you can keep going 'round till you come back again. 

Today I'm going to share with you one of the layouts I made using the Sarita  paper pack. This was a fun pack to work with because it stretched my imagination. The patterns are very new to me trend-wise so it took a little concentration and research to design layouts I would really like. While I liked all the colors possible in this paper pack, I found I stuck with the yellows and blues because I knew I would find pictures that would work well with them.

CTMH Sarita Layout by LavendersageDesigns.blogspot.com

CTMH Hemp Twine on a Sarita layout

Fun wooden accents from CTMH

Now you're off to Cindy's blog! It's a circular hop so you can pick up anywhere but for a full list of participants, check out Joyce' blog.

Joyful Stars Blog Hop: Base & Bling

Hello and welcome to the September Joyful Stars Blog Hop featuring new products from the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book. 

If you came here from Krista's Crafty Corner you're on the right track.  It's a circular hop, so if you're starting out here  you can keep going 'round till you come back again. 

I used our new Base & Bling collection to make headbands for me to wear. I bought a pretty fall cardigan in a color I would never pick out for myself except I saw it on a friend of mine and loved it. Once I got it home I realized I had no accessories to go with it, so I headed to my scrapbooking room to solve my problem. 

I used the Chocolate Striped Ribbon, the Honey fabric from the Sarita Textiles and a glitz button from the Babycakes Assortment.

Using a needle and thread, I made a running stitch along one side of the ribbon cut to 18". Pulling both ends of the thread curled the ribbon on itself to make the flower. I tied the thread to keep it together. Then I did the same thing with the Honey fabric cut to 1" x 12". Going through my Babycakes Assortment I wanted to use a button with a Slate jewel and chocolate button but I didn't find one (or I used it on another project) so I colored the wood button with the chocolate marker. I then hot glued the ribbon, fabric and button together and let it cool. Once cool, I used an adhesive jewel dot to attach to the headband. 

All together, the project took me about 20 minutes to figure out and assemble (I'm learning the sewing stuff as I go so you'll be quicker than I was!) and it looks so adorable on! 

I'm making more, one for each outfit! It's a quick and fun way to use up my scrapbooking supplies!

Now you're off to Helen's Blog!