Meet our new RRR Design Team

 

  It's hard to believe that it's time to announce our new Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Design Team. Where did the last 6 months go??   First I want to thank our retiring design team members. We will miss them. Vivan and Trudy will be leaving us at the end of April. They did a fantastic job and gave us tons of great ideas and inspiration. I encourage you all to visit their blogs and become a follower so you can continue to be inspired by their fantastic work.   I also want to thank everyone who applied for our new design team positions. There were so many awesome entries that it was very hard to select just a couple new people. You'll find some familiar faces below and several brand new ones too.   So without further delay, please meet our new Really Reasonable Ribbon Design Team.     Tammy Louise Cunliffe - NEW MEMBER http://handmadebytlc.blogspot.com/  

 

 

Tracey Sabella - NEW MEMBER http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

Jenn Cochran - NEW MEMBER http://jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/ 

 

 

Ginny Nemchak http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com/

Heather Hudson http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/

 

 

Judy Rozema http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/

 

 

Cheryl Walker http://sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com/

 

 

Misty Willis http://mommyof5kidz.blogspot.com/

Cherry Nelson http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     And now for our Special Events Designers who will join us for Monthly Blog Hops and some other fun activities.     Gloria Stengel http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

 

 

Heidi Blankenship http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

 

 

Jeanne Streiff http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

 

 

Bonnie Garby

http://www.maketime2craft.com/

 

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Isn't our new design team fabulous?? They will begin posting on May 2nd. I hope you'll stop in each day to see what they create for us. You're in for a real treat!  

Happy Birthday Card

Hello Friends!! Happy Thursday!! Heather here and today I would like to share with you a card that I made for a friend of mine who will be having a birthday soon.

I used an image from a collage sheet that I designed and some patterned paper from my  BFF's store.  I inked the edges with Ranger's Vintage Photo. Here are a couple of close ups so you can see the fabulous Ribbons and trims that I used from  Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Above you can see the darling little buttons from the Latte collection, as well as the  Raspberry baker's twine and light celery crochet lace.

Above you can see the pink leaves, light blue crochet lace, Fantasy rose glitter ribbon, and blue iridescent organza.

Couple more buttons and baker's twine.

Above you can see the lavender leaves. I hope you have a wonderful day!! Thank you for visiting!! Hugs Heather

RRR April Blog Hop Winner

 

This is the second post of the day. Be sure to scroll down to see the beautiful project that Cheryl has made for us today.

 

 

Thank you so much for hopping along with us this month on the Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Blog Hop. We had so much fun and we hope you did too!! We'll be hopping on the 13th of each month, so be sure to mark your calendars and join us again next month.

It seems that quite a few of you like the apple/turquoise color combo that we featured in the April Ribbon Club Assortment.  That's awesome!!  We will be hitting on many of the other colors in upcoming assortments, so stay tuned!

Now, on to our winner who will receive the April Ribbon Club Assortment along with the other fun goodies shown here which are all available at Really Reasonable Ribbon.
 

The winner will have 48 hours to contact me by clicking on the contact button at the top of the blog and sending me your full name and shipping address.

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:  24
Timestamp: 2013-04-17 13:10:06 UTC
 
Congratulations D-!

D-said... 24

I love tropic colors for summer crafting.
The blues and greens here fit in perfectly.
Thanks for the fun hop.
Everyone did a wonderful job on their projects.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
D-
http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

Now if you didn't win, don't worry!! We will be 'hopping' each month so you'll have another chance to win soon! We hope you stop by and visit our blog often.

Be sure to check out our current challenge here. We'd love to have you play along with us. Have a super day!

~ Bonnie Garby ~ 

Vintage Whimsy/Video

Today I wanted to share a Layout I made using Really Reasonable Ribbon. I have been on a Layout kick lately. I go through these spurts once in awhile....lol 

Anyways on to my Layout!!

I love Really Reasonable Ribbon's Crocheted Lace, and Bonnie has some NEW colors in stock too!!! Be sure to check those out HERE :) 

I ran the Lace down the side, to give it that Vintage Whimsy look, like the paper has. I then ran my flowers up the side, as you can see they are covering part of the lace. I really love the look of the lace under the flowers. 

Next I used RRR Textured Two-Toned Light Blue and White Ribbon to create 2 floppy bows. I did them like this so I could tuck them under the flowers. This ribbon works perfect for doing this as its light in weight. Love that you can curl the leftover strands too.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Used:

Textured Two-Toned Light Blue and White Ribbon

1.5" Crocheted Lace in White

The design paper is one of my FAV's its "Vintage Whimsy" by The girls' Paperie' and I distressed all the pieces to give it that Vintage look.

I also used lots of Prima Flowers, of course I normally hoard these, but ive been trying to get some old photo's done on layouts to be framed, and this is going to be 1 :)

Lastly I added some wedding stems, ribbon roses(OLD) and a sweet butterfly to complete my layout!

Floppy Bow Video

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Double Loop Bow-torial

  Hi all it's Ginny here : )  I'm overwhelmed by the number of requests I received for a tutorial for the bows I tied for mine and my BFF Heather's blog hop projects. So great to get that kind of feedback : ) I had another tutorial lined up....but since I love all you RRR Peeps I'll jump this one to the front of the list! I will warn you in advance....there are a lot of pictures here....but the bows are so easy to tie that you'll be doing them in your sleep.  I'll also say that we are in the midst of several home improvement projects before my sons graduation....so a manicure was out of the question. lol. Okay...on to the bow-torial.   First start with a length of ribbon around 14 inches. Less for narrower ribbon...more for wider....but not too wide or you can't get it tied tight enough to stay.

If you're right handed like me..hold the ribbon in your left had between your thumb and middle finger....leaving a bit of a tail. If you're left handed...I'm guessing you would do the opposite???? Next wrap the ribbon over the top of your index finger.

Now you'll want to weave the ribbon through your two extended fingers...so the ribbon is now over the middle finger.

Wrap the ribbon around your middle finger and weave it back through between your fingers.Your ribbon should now be wrapping over your index finger again.

Wrap the ribbon under your middle finger one more time.

Remember your still using your left thumb to hold the tail. Now pull the ribbon though the v of your fingers...closest to your palm.

Now pull the trim around the back so it's coming straight up between your fingers. Remember the trim should still be behind.

Pull the trim over to the front side.

And tuck it behind the the last crossover that was made when you brought the trim to the back.

Pull the trim straight up.

Now pull the ribbon up and down....tightening the center knot.

Now you've got the center tight enough to slip the bow off your fingers : ) Not too tight that you're stuck lol. Go ahead and clean up the tails with a nice diagonal cut so they won't fray.

You'll want to practice a few times to get the hang of it...but trust me...it's easy peasy. I tried it with twine too and it worked perfectly...I was even able to get a few more loops on with the thinner trim. 

If you'd like to see the bows on my finished project please click HERE. Any Really Reasonable Ribbon trim will work great...as long as it's not too wide and thick. I used my favorite Scor-Tape to attach the bows to my project.

Okay...that's enough bow-torial for one day lol...sorry for so many pictures! I hope you all have a happy and productive day and find some time to be creative...Huggs Ginny

RRR Challenge #70 'Mother's Day & Ribbon' Theme

For the RRR April Blog Hop, click HERE.

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 #70 is Mother's Day & Ribbon. 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 #70 to get you started. All of the sample projects feature ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

 

Cherry

 

Vivian

 

 

Cheryl

 

 

Heather

 

 

Gloria

 

 

Misty

 

 

Judy

 

 

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Now, let's see your Mother's Day creations! We will be selecting our top three favorite projects along with a random winner from all the entries to win a $10 gift certificate to Really Reasonable Ribbon. How cool is that!!! We will be announcing the winners on May 1st.

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 your can think of.

* You may enter as many times as you like, but you're asked to provide newly designed projects. No back-linking please.

* All projects must also include some sort of ribbon/lace/trim.

* Post your project on your blog or an online gallery (using code RRR70) and link it here with the Inlinkz tool below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.

* You have until April 28th at 11:59 PM Eastern time to enter your projects. Thanks so much for playing and good luck.

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We love to visit your blogs and leave comments on all the terrific entries, but the word verification really slows us down. :o)