A Tutorial, a Challenge and a Sneaky Peek!

Hi Everyone! Today I have a tutorial, a challenge and another Sneaky Peek of the May Kit! First, let's get to the tutorial! I get alot of requests on how to make a 3 loop bow. So today I will show you how to make them! They are easy peasy!

First, you will lay a 6-8" piece of ribbon on your table.(If it curls up, just tape the ends!) You can use a sheer ribbon or the same ribbon as your bow. This is what you will use to hold the bow together.

Next, you will take your ribbon and lay it across the sheer ribbon and make a loop. This first loop should be the size you want the bow to be.

Then, continue to make loops until you have 3 loops on each side.

Hold the bow in the center with 1 finger or if you are having trouble you can temporarily put another piece of tape in the center of the bow to hold it. Then take the sheer ribbon and tie it in the center of the bow. Cut the sheer ribbon down and then fan out the bow and trim where necessary. And there you have it! A 3-Looped Bow!

Now I want you to make a 3-Looped bow and include it on a card, LO or whatever project you would like! You have until next Wednesday, April 29th to complete it and if you do, you get 5 points towards your April Charm! (Just edit your Points Sheet and add Blog Challenge Points = # of points!) I can't wait to see your bows!!

Now onto the Sneaky Peek!! If you would like to pre-order this gorgeous May Kit, full of yummy springy papers, just email Sarah @ sarahsines@imonmail.com The price of the kit is only $21 plus S&H. You can't beat that for such a lovely kit!!

Have fun creating and have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

May sneak, a challenge, and MORE!

I have LOTS to share with you today!!!!! Make sure to read through the entire post because in the end you will find a sneak peek of our upcoming May kit. You won't want to miss out on this one!

Item #1: This week's challenge:

Yesterday the SQOTD (scrapbooking question of the day) on our forum was "Do you ever use fabric on your layouts?". I was surprised to find that not many people have ever tried this. So, I thought this was the perfect opportunity for everyone to give it a try! Fabric can give the layout a very cool texture that some paper just can't do. You can use a big piece for a background or just a little piece to create a flower. As long as there is fabric somewhere on your layout--let's see it!!!! Stop over to our forum and upload your layout in the gallery!

Here are a couple examples where I've used fabric. (I don't have very many so this challenge is also a good one for ME!!!):

In this layout I used a cool fabric flower that I bought off of etsy:
In this layout I used a piece of felt fabric to add a pop of color to the page:

Item #2: Are you ready to celebrate NSD (National Scrapbooking Day)???

Pack your bags because we are celebrating this holiday with a month long M2R celebration. We will have LOTS of fun challenges that will have us "traveling the world". Stay tuned for passport information in the next few weeks! Tell all your friends---they won't want to miss this it!!

Item #3: A sneak peek at what is coming up in our May kit!

This kit is going to be full of lots of springtime fun! We will be taking pre-orders soon. Stay tuned for more information next week! Don't forget----if you haven't picked up the April M2R kit, you can still pick one up for $20!!! That's a $3 savings! E-mail Robin directly to get this super savings: robin.nash@hotmail.com

Wednesday DT Challenge!!!

Hello!! It's Valerie again!!

We are going to start something new and exciting on the M2R blog! Every Wednesday, the DT will post a new challenge. You will have until the next Wednesday to complete the challenge. If you do complete it, you can earn 5 Diva Points to go towards your monthly charm!!

For the first challenge, it's going to be a card challenge. I want you to create a card with these 3 things: distressing, sticker(s), and ribbon.

Can't wait to see what you do!

Here's an example:

Altered Wooden Flower Vase

Hello!! This is Valerie and today I would like to guide you through how I made the wooden altered vase with the Moments To Remember April Kit, "Abbey Road."

I love making paper flowers and putting them in some sort of an arrangement. They are great for decorating your home or for giving as a gift!

The one I made with the Moments To Remember “Abbey Road” April Kit is super easy.

I found the wooden vase at Hobby Lobby. It was a bright purple color. To change the color, I first spray painted it with a Primer and then went back over it with White Spray Paint. After that was good and dry, I got to work on the rest of the arrangement.

I used a couple of flower punches…but you could also use a die cutting machine (if you have one) for the flowers…or create them yourself! There are a few flowers that I cut out from the Abbey Road Vine sheet with my Xacto knife.

After I had punched the flowers out, I layered them on top of each other and secured them with a brad.

Then, I used floral wire and glued the wire to the flowers. This will need some time to dry.

While the flowers dried, I decorated the wooden vase with the paper. I glued the Abbey Road Vine paper to the vase and then cut around it with my Xacto. Using a scallop border punch, I punched a strip of white cardstock and also of the Abbey Road Dot paper and layered them in the center of the vase. Then, I tied a ribbon around the center of the vase and attached a tag from the Abbey Road Cutouts Sheet. I cut one more flower out of the Abbey Road Vine paper and attached it to the tag…along with some of the cardstock sticker vines from the Abbey Road Combo Sticker Sheet. To finish off the look of the vase, I inked around all the edges.

Finally, I filled the inside of the vase with floral foam and making sure the glue was dry on the flower stems, I inserted them into the foam.

I finished it off with a few ribbon ties around the stems and glued a few punched out butterflies to the stems.

To hide the floral foam, I cut a few strips of the pattern paper from the kit and curled those strips around a pencil. Then, I glued the curled strips to the inside of the vase.

If you would like to make a project like this or anything else using the April "Abbey Road" kit, go to: http://moments-2-remember.com/store/

Happy Scrapping!!

APRIL KIT!!!!

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Abbey Road: