Best Wishes

Hello, again everyone! It is Gloria with you again! I had a bit of fun with the hot, tropical, June Ribbon Club - Jungle Fun Assortment! 

I was going to put this ribbon assortment away, but then I decided that I would make one more card with it before I moved on to the July Ribbon Club. I had a few short bits of the Watermelon Delicate Stitched Satin and the Toucan on White Satin that were not long enough to make a bow, but too long to feel good about tossing in the trash. I really don't like keeping every bit and scrap because I have so much ribbon! But I do hate to toss those 6"-10" bits!

I also had on my desk two cards that I had made a long time ago using some paper strips. I thought...hey, why not remake one of those cards, but using ribbon instead of strips of paper?!?

I created a 5" x 6" card from black cardstock. Then, I cut a piece of kraft cardstock to slightly smaller than 5" x 5" and added some Scor-tape to the back so that I could wrap short lengths of ribbon around the cardstock panel and secure them. I just alternated the ribbons: Watermelon Delicate Stitched Satin, Toucan on White Satin, Turftan Taffeta, Iguana on Branch White Satin, Watermelon Delicate Stitched Satin, Yellow Gold Plaid, Toucan on White Satin, and Moss Plaid. (And I wish I had eliminated the brown ribbon, but, oh well.)

Once all the ribbon was attached, I added more Scor-tape and attached the whole panel to the card front. I then cut another piece of the kraft cardstock to slightly smaller than 1" x 5" and stamped the sentiment with black ink onto the left edge. 

I created a bow from the Moss Plaid and added lots of flowers (see list of flowers below). The leaves are hand colored with water-based markers! I used the White Paper Leaves and colorized them! To color the leaves, I first spritzed each leaf with a bit of water. Then I scribbled on them with various water markers. Once I had lots of color, I used a water brush to smoosh the color around. I dried the leaves with a heat tool. 

I finished the card by adding a few enamel dots here and there. I think this a great way to use leftover bits of ribbon! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:

Watermelon Delicate Stitched Satin

Toucan on White Satin

Turftan Taffeta

Iguana on Branch White Satin

Yellow Gold Plaid

Moss Plaid

40mm White Mulberry Paper Leaves

Mixed Pastel Magnolias

15mm Yellow Open Roses

Mixed White/Orange Cosmos Daisies

Mixed Peach/Orange Rosebuds

Bow-it-All Tool 

Other Supplies Used: Black and Kraft Cardstock, stamps, ink, enamel dots, water markers and water brush

Cake Celebration Slimline Card

 

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  The best part about birthdays is the cake!  Especially when you dress the cake up with pretty Island Blue Diamond Satin Ribbon, White Chrysanthemums, Cosmos Daisies and Pink Cottage Roses from Really Reasonable Ribbon!  

I was introduced to Island Blue Diamond Satin Ribbon in the June 2022 Ribbon Club Assortment.  This bold, cheerful ribbon was the perfect shade of blue to add a pop of color to this slimline birthday card. I like to use 1/2" Scor-Tape to secure my ribbon to the card base because it really holds everything fast.  It also makes a beautiful border along the bottom edge of the card front.  A touch of Iridescent Metallic String adds just the right amount of shimmer and shine to this bodacious bow cluster!

Here's a quick peek at the inside of this cheery card.  There's a pocket inside the little card insert so you can easily add a gift card here.

I hope you all have a joyful and creative day!

kathy

Sweet Strawberry Picnic Basket /Video

Hello crafty friends and happy Thursday to you all! Today's sweet Picnic basket was designed for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the beautiful ribbons and flowers that Bonnie carries in the shop. Love making these and will have a video tutorial on how to make this basket box. Below I have a short video showing how I decorated it, and its been a long long time since Ive really done video's and I'm currently wanting to get back into them. Please let me know what you think! thank you

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I made this box for a friend for her birthday next month. I'm going to add her gift inside, as it will fit perfectly! Love making these, and adding all the beautiful flowers from RRR , I will add links below for easy finding. Hope you enjoy my short video, and my project today!

Really Reasonable Ribbon:

Rose Buds green , red, and yellow

Sweetheart blossoms

Apple Blossoms

Open Roses Red and white

Chrysanthemums white 

Embellishment Daisy flower beads

Delicate Stitched Ribbon Daffodil 

1/4" chevron Twill red and white Ribbon

others: paper is american crafts, swirl greenery is cheerylyn, gnome is a die , paint pen, stampinup punch tag thick card stock is papertemptress.

Hope you enjoyed my video today and thank you for stopping by!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

A Sweet Thank You

The thing I love SO MUCH about Really Reasonable Ribbon is that I can always count on them to have the perfect trims, ribbons, twine, flowers and lovelies to adorn all my art projects.  It doesn't matter what I'm working on; Really Reasonable Ribbon will always have the most perfect products to help me make something pretty and creative.

This sweet little thank you card started with a piece of corrugated cardboard.  I used the Crimped Frames Dies from The Greetery to cut my pieces.  The (thanks) sentiment is a die-cut from Poppy Stamps that I cut from the back side of the corrugated cardboard so that it would match.  The one piece I cut is kraft tissue paper.  I ran a cute border sticker and a piece of Rosemary Crochet Lace across my card, and I attached a m iniature paperclip.

I bundled up some Green Burlap String and placed it in the lower left corner of my card that I topped with several pretty Double Head Stamens and a few Miniature Pastel Sweetheart Blossoms.  The heart was cut from wool felt using a heart die from PTI that I hand-stitched with DMC floss.

There are so many beautiful things waiting for you at Really Reasonable Ribbon that will allow you add fabulous new textures and dimensions to your cards and projects.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and be sure to visit us here often for lots of great inspiration and information about special sales and promotions.  Happy crafting.....wrapped in ribbons and lace!

Blessings,

Karen

I Like You a Latte Greeting Card

 Hey there friends and crafty peeps! Ginny here with a card I created with trims from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

I recently picked up a new die set and I've been having loads of fun creating cards with different themes. You might think of these cups for use on holiday cards ( and I have made those as well) but they are perfect for every day occasions. 

I chose some perfectly coordinating trims to coordinate with the papers and die cuts. 

~Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Stitched Satin Bluebird Ribbon, Ivory Burlap String, Double Headed Gold Stamens.

Wishing everyone a happy and productive day : ) G

RRR June Blog Hop Winner!

Thank you so much for hopping along with us this month on the Really Reasonable Ribbon 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.

Now, on to our winner who will receive the June Ribbon Club Assortment from 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 US shipping address.

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: 

Result:

9
Min: 1, Max: 13
2022-06-16 17:36:15 UTC

Congratulations Gail!

9. Gail6/14/22, 9:49 AM

Crafty time is every week with me - usually - unless we are on vacation - so recently I have been working on cards using new die sets gifted to me by my husband - well I selected them -- it was a great hop with lots of cool makes and ideas - have a blessed week!

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.

 

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