Wishing You a Very Happy Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a pretty birthday card I created for my daughter-in-law.  I embellished the card with some pretty ribbons and flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

I created a 4-1/2″ x 6-1/4" card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of garden rose Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon across the middle of the card under the sentiment panel and topped it off with a piece of raspberry swirl Plaid Ribbon.  I finished my card off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow and below the sentiment I have added some pretty 2-tone pink with deep pink center Open Roses.

The sentiment on the front of my card is from my Birthday Greetings 3 Digi Stamp Bundle. The interior sentiment is from the Birthday Sentiments 3 for the Inside Digi Stamp Bundle.  The background was created with my Layered Circle in Square on Point Overlay SVG Bundle. All my designs can be found on my Bonnie Garby Designs Etsy shop.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the digital stamp bundles I used on my card today. 

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using garden rose and pearl pink Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon.  I topped off the center of the bow with a pretty heart shaped pearl embellishment.

For a video tutorial on how to create this fun bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Sending Love on Valentine's Day Card for a Friend

Today I am sharing a pretty Valentine's Day card for a friend, or should I say 'Galentine's Day card??  I actually didn't know what Galentine's Day was until recently, buy hey, why not celebrate friendship on Valentine's Day?!

I embellished the card with some pretty ribbons and flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

I created a 4-3/4″ x 6-1/2″ card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of dark pink cardstock across the middle of the card topped with Random Mixed Pink Stars on White Grosgrain Ribbon across the center of the card.  I topped it off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow and below the sentiment I have added some pretty 15 and 20mm white Open Roses.

The sentiment on the front of my card is from my Clean and Simple Valentine Sentiments Digi Stamp Bundle. The interior Sentiment is from the Valentine Sentiments for Friends for the Inside Digital Stamp Bundle. The background was created with the Hearts in Line Overlay SVG Bundle. All my designs can be found on my Bonnie Garby Designs Etsy shop.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the digital stamp bundles I used on my card today. 

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using shocking pink Plaid Ribbon and hot pink Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon Ribbon. 

For a video tutorial on how to create this fun bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Sweet Strawberry Card

Good Morning and Happy Monday to you! 

Misty (@Mommyofkidz) here with you today sharing a cute and easy card that I made over the iNSD weekend.  To be honest,   after a very LONG week of torrential downpours and extreme flash flooding here in my area, I am very thankful to be able to share anything with you all! While I was not affected by the flood waters, I do have several friends and family members that were.

PLEASE keep them in your thoughts as the recovery process begins. I will be going to the hospital today to visit my Aunt who broke her leg while beginning the clean up process yesterday from the 4 feet of water in her own home. 

Anyway...before all the chaos began,

I was enjoying the preparation of a few cards (which I do not EVER make) to start giving handmade cards as opposed to store bought ones.  While this is not the card that I will take with me to the hospital today, this is one of my favorites from the weekend.

For this card, I pulled out some OLD favorites of mine...

My Creative Memories punches.  

I paired the punches with the perfect ribbon and Burlap String Combo from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and...well...

When I combined my creations...

It made a perfectly SWEET strawberry vine! 

As you can see, the final results were nothing 

short of adorable, but it did not start out that way! 

Every perfect project begins

 with a not so perfect construction phase.  

Here is a photo to show you the deconstructed view of this card:

Of course, once I added in the tag with the super cute pink plaid ribbon, it started pulling the vine together. I topped that off with a length of

Ivory Burlap String, and the card was complete. 

"SWEET" Victory!! 

Isn't is satisfying to see how a project comes together and the 

final results are better than you expected? 

Yes, that is exactly how this felt...

Like a victory! 

 Since I am not really a card maker, I am pretty proud of how this came together!  I will have to figure something out that will be appropriate for my Aunt so that I can make a card for her.

I am quite sure that she would appreciate the beauty of a homemade card! Any suggestion for a design would be truly appreciated! Leave them in the comments section below! 

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Decorating with Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hello everyone and Happy Friday to you all! Today I'm sharing these darling little pieces my mom embroidered for me.  Aren't they super cute?? She gave me the houses and umbrellas, and then I added the sticks, and decorated them. They are little decorations you can add to a stick and put into flowers. I thought how fun they would be to add some ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the darling little flower embellishments. Super fun! 

These are so cute, and I think would be fun little gifts to give. I love how it looks in the flowers. I added the darling Plaid Ribbon 3/16" ribbon from RRR to create bows and then tied a bow around the stick part.  Super fun! Lastly I did add the darling little flower to the the birdhouse bow, and then one to the bow on the umbrella. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and hope you have a lovely day.

Hugs, 

Cheryl 

Happy Father's Day!

Hello, again Ribbon Friends! I am back with a few cards. This time I have two simple, masculine cards to share!

I do not like to add bows or flowers to masculine cards because I don't have any men in my life that appreciate the "frou-frou frilly" type cards! {smile} So, adding ribbon and trims to masculine cards is really difficult for me!

I sorted through my paper stash and my ribbon stash, and came up with this card, which measures 6" x 5". I love the gray tones of the Authentique Mister paper. I have a lot of the Plaid Gray ribbon, so I used some of that for this card. 

I wrapped the brick panel with a strip of the ribbon, then I added a little "tab" of ribbon to the right side of the sentiment panel. I tied a bit of  Natural Burlap String to a metal button and glued the button to the ribbon tab. Not a frou-frou or frill in sight! 

The second card is a standard A2 size (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") using the same paper collection. The collection has some rust colors in it, which I also love! 

This time I wrapped a length of  Copper and Cream Plaid around the paper to hide the seam between the two paper prints. (I used the 5/8" ribbon, which is out of stock, but the 3/8" is still available.) I added a skinny sentiment and a large, metal button to the top of the ribbon. I tied Natural Burlap String to the button. 

I hope you are inspired to use a little ribbon and whip up a few Father's Day cards for the dads in your life! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:

Gray Plaid ribbon

Copper and Cream Plaid ribbon

Natural Burlap String

Other Supplies Used: Black, gray, and white Cardstock, Authentique Mister paper, stamps, buttons

Happy Harvest with Lilybean!

Hello everyone.  Today I'm excited to share this sweet harvest card I made for Really Reasonable Ribbon and My Makers Movement using the darling Home For the Holidays stamp set and Matching Die set.  I absolutely LOVE these! I also used the beautiful ribbons and adhesives from RRR!  

On my card below I used the beautiful ivory brown and copper plaid ribbon to create my bow.

To start with, I chose my design papers.  I have tons of these sheets, so I started with a 6 x 6 card base, then cut the brown in 5 3/4" x 5 3/4", then layered the design paper on that (5 1/2" x 5 1/2") the next layer was done.

The truck was stamped and colored using Copic markers.  I then used the coordinating die to cut it out, and then finished coloring it up, so no white edges showed. I stamped the sweet sentiment on the truck door using my mini misty tool. The pumpkins I did the same.

The greenery was cut using the fall pumpkin die, and cut in a green card stock, then I dusted it using the Tim Holtz peeled paint Distress Ink, and the Judykins duster. The rims, and bumper were colored in a grey metallic marker and then I added glossy accents to them.

Happy Harvest is from the same stamp set and was stamped using vintage photo.

Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon

and foam squares and tape runner refill as well!

And that sweet face you see, well that is our dear Lilybean (Lily) she is our newest member to the Walker family and is a Persian Kitten, and she is so SWEEET! 

Supplies Used:

My Makers Movement Home for the Holidays Stamp Set

My Makers Movement Home for the Holidays Dies

Cheery Lynn Fall Pumpkin Patch dies

Cheery Lynn frame

Really Reasonable Ribbon 

Gel pen

Foam Squares black

Scotch Tape refill

Crossover II machine

design papers American Crafts

thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs
Cheryl

*NEW* July Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hello there ribbon lovers!  It's July 1st (ALREADY!!) and we have the NEW Sizzlin' Summer July Ribbon Club Assortment available for you today from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Not a Ribbon Club Member yet?

JOIN TODAY!

The July Ribbon Club Assortment is a sizzling summer themed collection of ribbon.  It contains 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon.  Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed collection of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

This color palette just SCREAMS Summer, doesn't it?

Once again I've used some pretty Open Rose Mulberry Flowers under my sentiment panel.  Really Reasonable Ribbon has a full line of Mulberry Flowers in lots of colors and styles.  Head on over and take a look today!

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double-loop bow created on my Bow-it-All Tool using two of the ribbons from the July Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I also used two other ribbons from the assortment across the center of the card under my sentiment.

For a video tutorial on how to create this pretty bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more information on the other products used on my card, please visit my Make Time to Craft Blog.  Have a crafty weekend!

Merry Christmas from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hi friends.  I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

Today I'm sharing the holiday card that I've sent out to my family and friends.  Each year I make one design which I mass produce.  This works best for me.  Since I LOVE the holiday Plaid Ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon, that is what I've used this year.

I decided to go with traditional Christmas colors for my card and I LOVE cardinals, so this is what I came up with.

I ran a strip of Plaid Christmas Red/Green/Gold Ribbon across the middle of the card under the sentiment.  I also could not resist a layer of white mulberry paper under my layers.

In order to keep things flat for mailing, rather than a bow I simply took a piece of ribbon, tied a knot in the middle and then dove-tailed the ribbon ends.  This is a flat enough embellishment for mailing in a regular envelope with no additional postage.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more information on the other items used on my card, visit my Make Time to Craft blog.  Happy crafting!

Stocking Ornament with Cherry

     Hello crafty peeps! Cherry here, so excited to be designing for RRR again!  Today I am sharing a fun ornament.  I used a gorgeous large chipboard piece and embossed it.  I then covered it in plaid papers.  I used the Snowflakes in Red Satin for it to hang from. 

 From there I created my center piece for the ornament.  A cute stocking covered in pattern papers.  I added several ribbons including Red Seam Binding, Baker's Twine in Cherry, and Plaid Ribbon in Christmas Red and Green.

I added some other goodies "inside" the stocking and added some handmade paper fringe and ric rac and that completed my ornament. 

Enjoy my friends!!!   Cherry

If Friends Were Flowers Card

 Hello everyone and Happy Friday to you all! Today's sweet Queen Bee card was designed for Really Reasonable Ribbon and also for a sweet friend of mine who loves crowns, so I thought this would be super cute to give to her as a thank you card. I used Really Reasonable Ribbon's beautiful ribbons and embellishments on this one, along with some adhesives as well. I will list everything below. All dies used are Cheery Lynn's darling dies, just LOVE them and of course had to use them again to create this sweet card.

Whimsical Bee B800- cut in black, and then added Daffodil Satin Ribbon behind for the yellow and white swirl, love the look it gives to the die cut. super fun and cute! For the crown on the bee I used Cheery Lynn's Ornate crowns B891, and then painted using perfect pearls for the shimmer, and Stickles for the glitz.  Of course I had to add a sweet RRR flower to the left lower corner of the crown. On the bee I also added a Heart Embellishment from RRR.  The bee is placed on a white  Flourish frame.
Daisy Strip B259- daisy flowers were cut in white and then dabbed with yellow ink and I added some black dots to the edges of each petal. Next I hot glued the little flower to the center of the daisy.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:
Crosshatch Peony Satin Ribbon
Black Plaid ribbon
white pearl daisy flowers(centers of daisies and corners of card)
Heart Embellishment
Resin Pink Flowers
Daffodil Satin Ribbon
Foam Squares
Scotch Adhesive Refill ATG tape

 This card was so much fun to create.  I made this one using some of the leftover design papers from my other Bee card I posted at the beginning of this week. I just added some pink and of course changed the layout and design a little, but used all the same dies, except the crown was added. I LOVE the way this one turned out, and hope she loves it too!

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl