Floral Tea Time Card with Ribbon Accents

Hello everyone, and Happy Saturday to all!! Today I'm sharing my Floral Tea Time card I made for Really Reasonable Ribbon & The Scrapping Cottage.

On my card for today I used the Sweet CottageCutz "Teacup & Flowers" Die.  I cut it out in white and colored it with Copic markers. Next I added some of the Viva Pearl Pen for dots on the bottom and top of the cup.

The Flowers, Moss Green Leaf Trim, Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, and Seam Binding are all from Really Reasonable Ribbon and can be found there. I used Glory Blue Seam Binding for behind my bow. My bow is Satin Swiss Dots Lemon, and the leaf trim is Moss Green Leaves. Next I used the Sweetheart Blossoms Flowers, and glued them onto the trim.

The stamped Ticket is from Unity stamps, and the Design Paper is from American Crafts.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you all have a super wonderful weekend!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Vintage Inspired Halloween Cards

Hello there Ribbon Peeps! Ginny here and I'm just can't stop making Halloween projects!  I whipped up this collection of vintage inspired cards and topped them off with loads of trims from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 

Ribbon/Supplies List:

 Black Circus Dots Grosgrain, Tangerine Satin Swiss Dots, Spider Web on Black, Black Plaid.

Vintage Images and Paper .....Vintage Inspired Halloween Creativity Kit.

Black cardstock

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs

I'm wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G

Bottle Cap Embellishment Tutorial

 

Bottle Cap Embellishment Tutorial for RRR

Hello again, Ribbon Lovers! It's Kathy here with a fun tutorial to share with you. I just love all those cute bottle cap embellishments that can be found on so many projects. They are often just the right little "something" to finish a project off. But, those cute embellies can get a little pricey, so when I was cleaning up after a recent birthday party, instead of throwing the bottle caps into the trash, I set them aside and decided to figure out how to make my own. And I'm sharing that info with you in a bottle cap embellishment tutorial. Here's a fresh, fun, fall birthday card that I made with Webster's Pages Family Traditions/Harvest paper that I found while organizing my paper stash. The card is 5 1/2" square and made with just that one piece of paper and teal cardstock...and fabulous ribbon from RRR, of course!

I love the way the Brown Plaid Ribbon looks when combined with the bright, bold colors of the Apple Green Swiss Dot Ribbon. They are the perfect ribbon combo for these papers. And here's a closer look at that fabby bottle cap embellie.

Once you've made one of these, you'll want to make a hundred! It's just sooo easy.

 
Start by gathering up some bottle caps. You'll have to do the hard work of drinking the beverage all by yourself, I'm afraid.


Use a 1" punch to create a cardstock circle that will act as the new liner for your bottle cap.


Flip it over and attach some foam adhesive to make it pop up from the base of the cap. Stick it in and press firmly to secure it to the base of the bottle cap.


Now, you can use a printed paper and just add a button or flower at this point and then skip to the next step if you want. But I wanted to add an image from the paper , so I cut out this darling little birdie and added it to the mix.


I traced around the edges of the bird and just fussy cut his little wings and tail, then inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink. Put some foam dimensionals on the reverse side then add him to your bottle cap.


I treated him with a little Stickles, just to fancy him up a bit.

Then I filled the entire cap with this Clear Hold Adhesive. Glossy Accents works great, but I just happened to have this on my desk, so that is what I used. I know it looks cloudy in the photo, but I just set it aside and let it dry overnight and it was clear and shiny by morning. Then I added it to my card with my trusty hot glue gun.


This is an easel card, so he helps hold the front flap open for display. This is what the card looks like when it is closed for delivery.

I used some itty bitty Wild Orchid Craft Sweetheart Blossoms to decorate my tag, and added a few Stickles to my card focal as well. Here's a peeky at the inside:

It's vintage fresh and perfect for fall birthdays!

 I hope you enjoyed this simple bottle cap embellishment tutorial, and will find lots of uses for them in your own crafting. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

A Wee Bit Crawly...

Well my boy started his junior year yesterday.  School's in session.  WOW.  Can't quite wrap my mind around that.  I can however, wrap my creative mind around the holidays.  Layers of vintage Halloween goodness to take my mind off of time unraveling (and me along with it).    I created this spunky little pumpkin wand using RRR Orange Seam Binding, Halloween Baker's Twine, and Black Gingham.  I also used some Silver Spiral Stamens for fun.  LOVE these....added just the right amount of sparkle and whimsy!  Other than that, a stamped kraft tag, foam spider web layered with a chipboard star, and a wee bit of crawly with a glitter spider.  Enjoy and happy Wednesday!  Cherry

Happy Halloween and Fun New Ribbon Club Assortment for September!

Hi everyone and Happy September.  This is my FAVORITE time of the year for crafting.  There is a chill in the air, and I just adore the beautiful colors of Autumn and Halloween.

RRR has a great new Halloween Themed Ribbon Club Assortment for September.  This assortment contains 9 styles and 17 yards of ribbon and trim.

Not a member yet?  What are you waiting for!!  Sign up today and get a fun new color or holiday themed assortment each month.  What a great way to build your ribbon stash.

Today I will share my first Halloween card of the season.

My bow is a double-loop bow made on my Bow-it-All V2.0 using the Black Delicate Stitched Satin from the September Ribbon Club Assortment.  I also wrapped some fun Halloween Baker's Twine around the center band of the card.  The Halloween sentiment is a digital stamp from Create with TLC.

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

~ Bonnie ~

RRR Challenge #102 - Autumn Colors with Ribbon or Trim Theme

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge here at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Please scroll down to the next post for the winners of the last challenge.

The theme for Challenge #102 is Autumn Colors with Ribbon or Trim.  Create a card, layout, multi media piece, tag, ATC, hair bow, you name it. Just be sure to follow the theme above and use ribbon/lace or trim somewhere on your project.

  

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Here is a little inspiration from our design team for challenge #102 to get you started.  All of the sample projects feature ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Kathy

Carolyn

Teresa

Ginny

Bonnie

Jenn

Cheryl

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Now, let's see your Autumn Colors creations! 

We will be selecting our top three favorite projects to feature, so stop back on September 15th to see our picks along with our next challenge theme. 

Here's what you need to do:

* Create a new project using the posted theme. A layout, card, ATC, home decor item, hair bow, or anything you can think of.

* You may enter up to 6 projects, but you're asked to provide newly designed projects. No back-linking please.

* All projects must also include some sort of ribbon, lace or trim.
* A maximum of 6 entries per person per challenge please.

* Post your project on your blog or an online gallery (using code RRR102) and link it here with the Inlinkz tool below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.

* You have until September 12th at 11:59 PM Eastern time to enter your projects. Thanks so much for playing and good luck.

 

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RRR Challenge #101 Winners!

Challenge #101 was lots of fun with our Pets theme. 

We saw a wide variety of wonderful projects this time around. Many thanks to all who participated.

Our top three picks for Challenge #101 in no particular order are:

Nikki Stalker

Louise

Gail L

Congratulations to our top 3 for a job well done. Grab your "I made the RRR Top 3" badge (located on the right column of the blog, near the bottom) and display it with pride. You ladies did a fantastic job!

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Thanks again to everyone who played along with us on our Pets themed Challenge.  I hope to see you all back again for Challenge #102 which is now up and running.

~ Bonnie Garby ~