Halloween Fun

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!
Now that September is upon us, we have to start thinking about those fall holidays.  Before you can say "BOO, " we'll be carving pumpkins and cutie pie Trick or Treaters will be ringing our doorbells on Halloween.  Really Reasonable Ribbon has a great Haunted Halloween Mix in the Ribbon Club Collection this month, and as soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to pair these fabby ribbons up with Carta Bella's Trick or Treat paper collection.

This is a cute altered box filled with Halloween cards.   My black border was created with Gladys Black Crochet Lace. Doesn't it look like a spider web?  Gotta love that!.  It adds great texture to the box cover, too!  My beautiful triple bow is made with silky soft Houndstooth Black Plaid Ribbon.  This ribbon is fabulous to work with: soft, supple and easy to tie, especially with my Zutter Bow-it-All.  I topped it with an orange burlap string loopy bow.

That's a sparkly bat charm on top of the bow, and an orange foil rosette.  I punched the numbers from the paper collection and then hit them with a little Diamond Stickles, then added teeny tiny sequins to make them shimmer.

I used the spook-tacular Spider Webs on Black Grosgrain Ribbon to create a border on the bottom of the box.  I layered this same ribbon over Orange Sheer Organza with Satin Edges.  I love the way this makes those spider webs POP. I added a brad to a triple layer of scallop punched circles that I ran through an embossing folder to decorate the front of the lid.

The inside of the box is filled with 6 simple 4" square cards, each decorated with Trick or Treat papers, sequins a button and a touch of ribbon from the September Ribbon Club Collection.  I love the retro feel of this paper, don't you?

Here's a peeky at all six cards.  Wouldn't these make great party invites?  Or, you could set up a photo booth at your Halloween party, and then put the photo inside the card when you mail your thank you notes.  You could even clip them onto some ribbon or twine and use them as a banner.

Here's another photo with one of the cards open.  I finished each card the same way on the inside.  Sweet and simple!

And, if you haven't seen it yet, here's a look at the fabulous Haunted Halloween Mix in the September Ribbon Collection.

If you've always wanted to join the ribbon club, now is a great time because Really Reasonable Ribbon is having a special offer for new Domestic Ribbon Club Members. Join this month, and you get both the Haunted Halloween Mix and the Autumn Days Mix for just $17.
 
 That's a whole lotta fall fun right there! You can find all the details on this special offer HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,
Kathy

Really Reasonable Ribbon 3-Day Labor Day SALE!

  

We're rolling in with a BIG 3-Day Labor Day SALE here at 
Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

Now through midnight Eastern Time on Monday, 9/7/15 we have a terrific SALE going on. The more you buy, the more you save!! Please use the applicable code found below in the promotional code area on the first page at checkout.

The codes are good now through midnight Eastern time on Monday 9/7/15.

(Sale code is not valid on prior orders, ribbon club subscriptions, ribbon club gift subscriptions, or special order items).

  Order subtotals from $10.00 to $39.99 SAVE 10% using code LABORDAY10.

Order subtotals $40 and up SAVE 15% using code LABORDAY15.

The sale code is good on everything including SALE items. Did you know we stock a wide variety of Scor-Tape?  Be sure to take a look at our Autumn and Christmas offerings as well as all our NEW items.

We have a wide variety of beautiful Mulberry Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts in stock.

Want to try a new ribbon style?  Take a look in our ASSORTMENT Category and pick out a few that you like!

Still dreaming about a Bow-it-All V2.0 Tool??

Now is the time to grab one!

Are you a member of our 

Monthly Ribbon Club yet? 

 If not, enroll today and we'll give you the discount on your first assortment.

(All future shipments will be billed at full price.)

This September Haunted Halloween Assortment contains 9 styles and a total of 17 yards of ribbon. What a terrific way to build your ribbon stash so you always have the perfect ribbon for any project! 

Most of our orders ship same or next business day!

Happy Shopping!!

~ Bonnie ~

RRR Challenge #125 - Things with Wings and Ribbon or Trim

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 #125 is Things with Wings and 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 #125 to get you started.  All of the sample projects feature ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Kathy

Ginny

Karen

Cherry

Bonnie

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Now, let's see your Things with Wings creations! 

We will be selecting our top three favorite projects to feature, so stop back on September 18th 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 RRR125) 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 15th 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)

RRR Challenge #124 Winners!

Challenge #124 was lots of fun with our Autumn Colors theme. 

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

Our top three picks for Challenge #124 in no particular order are:

Elly's Creaties

Leeann

Cheryl Lea

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 Autumn Colors themed Challenge.  I hope to see you all back again for Challenge #125 which is now up and running.

~ Bonnie Garby ~

Vintage Halloween Banner

Hi there crafty peeps!  I am back today to share a banner I made with ribbons from the new September Ribbon Club Assortment and the Vintage Inspired Halloween Creativity Kit from Polly's Paper Studio Etsy shop.  I have to start out by explaining that Halloween is my favorite holiday after Christmas.  I just love the crisp fall weather, the pumpkins, the candy, and the fun spookiness of it all.  I was so excited to be able to create a banner to decorate with!

I cut out the banner shapes with the Stitched Party Banners Die by Lawn Fawn in black cardstock and then layered the patterned papers and cute images from the kit on top.  I inked all of the edges with Black Soot Distress ink.  I added pearls and Rhinestones in black and orange to add a bit of sparkle.  I then threaded the banners onto Black and White Houndstooth Plaid Ribbon.  I created two double layer triple loop bows with my Bow-It-All tool and some Orange Sheer Organza with Satin Edges ribbon.  I finished it off with White Gypsophilia Flowers by each hole and on the orange bows.

I hope you enjoy this banner as much as I enjoyed making it.  Make sure to head over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon store for all of your Halloween themed ribbons.  Have a wonderful day!

Friends Make Everything Better!

Hello ribbon lovers.  Summer is exiting quickly and I'm just having trouble keeping up!  I'm still loving the bi-color double-loop bow style and my card today is featuring this very bow created with my favorite ribbon styles from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I soooo wanted to use this purple bow with the gingham on this card, but I just couldn't make it work.  I thought it might with the thin purple borders on the card, but nooooo.  So, I have a purple bow in the bank for another project.  

The gorgeous bow on my card below was made with Jade Diamond Satin Ribbon and White Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon on my Bow-it-All V2.0.  You can view a video tutorial on how easy this bow is to make on my YouTube Channel HERE.

This bow adds quite a punch to finish off your card.  This is my all-time favorite bow.  It's easy to make and makes you look like a master bow-maker!

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

~ Bonnie ~

Halloween House Tag

Hey there Peeps! Happy September first! You know what that means?? Right... I get to share a fun project created with the new Ribbon Club Selection Haunted Halloween Mix.

 

I don't even have to tell you how much I love this assortment of spooktacular trimmings!!!!

 This new Black and White Houndstooth  has moved into my #1 favorite ribbon position. I'm using my Vintage Halloween Tags with Harlequin Background digital collage sheet as a focal image and layered lots of patterned papers from my holiday stash.

 

I've got some fun punched flowers topped off with Cottage Roses and Open Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

There's some additional vintagy images from my Vintage Halloween Creativity Kit.

I've added a bit of Gladys Black Crocheted Lace to the roof of the little house and topped it off with some dimensional trims.
Okay that's all for me. Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G