Roxybonds Creates

Welcome to the final week of the Artbooking in August Blog Hop . Last week's artwork was so amazing and this week over 35 creative consultants are at it again! Their challenge was to create  4 different projects using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge and any CTMH paper pack.  Their mission was to design each of the following: 1. 2 page layout  2. Card 3. Mini Book  4. Home decor or 'giftable' item They were able to choose what to make and when to post it. AND if they wanted to add stamps to their designs, that was OK.  This week they will add another great design to the challenge and I am anxious to see what everyone has created!   If you have arrived here from Vickie's Blog you're on the right path.  Your next stop will be Linda's Blog. Remember this is a circular blog hop and if you get lost or confused along the way, the list is posted on Adeline's blog here. ____________________________________________________...

As a mom of a daughter with beautiful curly hair, it is essential that we have a large stash of bows.  As she's getting bigger, so is her hair, so the bows need to be bigger.  Most of the hair bows she has are made of ribbon- all bought by other people.  Then she has some awesome felt clippies- made by my talented cousin Pamela (check out her out HERE ), and most recently from my friend Jayma (check out her shop HERE ).   But I wanted her to have some flower bows and some BIG bows too.  So I searched and searched through my large collection of flowers and here's what I came up with.  I secured the layers of flowers either with a brad or with hot glue, then hot glued it to an alligator clip.  Voila!  Cheap (because I had all that stuff) and EASY!   The red white and black one is my favorite and she'll wear it with her Christmas outfit!

For the next 5 days, I will be sharing some home made gifts that I have been giving for Christmas. Family Name Frames: I originally got this idea from my friend Erica .  I then created one for myself: I took a 10x20 frame, some large cardstock (in the framing section) and cut it to size.  Then I cut out "Patrick"  and all the other little shapes using the Storybook font and used my cuttlebug to emboss it.  "family" was cut with Opposites Attract.  I added a little bling and voila! We get SOOOOOO many compliments on this! Then, I thought these would make great gifts.... so I made one for my brother and his wife:   I am making one for a gift this year, but I cannot reveal who its for.... AND I take special orders for these.  Email me if you are interested :)  roxybonds@gmail.com Stay tuned for tomorrow's 5 days of gifts! Linking to: Lil'Luna Tatertots & Jello