Scrappin' with Ribbon!

Good Morning Everyone!  And Happy Thursday!!!  We are almost to the weekend!  YAY!And..we are still in our "Summertime/Picnic" theme week...so Guess what you get from me....Yep!  I did a summertime scrapbook layout with ribbon!
In this house...we love popsicles, we devour ice cream {Blue Bell}...but when it comes down to it, our  ABSOLUTE FAVORITEsummertime treat is Watermelon! Yeah Baby!!!And with five kids, THIS Mama gets a boatload of fantastic photo ops! Here is "YUMMY".....

I used the loops on the die cut paper to my advantage...I laced my red gingham ribbon through like shoe laces and tied it all up. Then, I weaved the green leaves through the loops to give it the feeling of a watermelon vine.  The larger yellow flowers are handmade.

For this layout, I used:7/8 inch red gingham ribbonlime green leaves ribbonAnd all papers are from My Minds Eye.
I hear all the time that people do not know how to creatively use ribbon on their layouts...well, I just showed you TWO creative ways!!So...those of you who have a TON of ribbon but no idea what to do with it...put it into your next layout!  It is  a LOT of fun and a super easy way to add focal interestwithout distracting the eye from the photos.
Oh...and OF COURSE I can't send you awaywithout a hair pretty!!!I used that same watermelon theme with7/8 inch red gingham ribbon with 1/4 apple green grosgrainand I mounted it on a rectangular snap clip.

*****BACK VIEW*****

And here is my Gorgeous Model, Aubrie.  She is my 10 year old daughter***who will be 11 in 3 weeks!!! AGH!***She was very willing to not only model these clippies...but asked could she have them!  Ummmmm....Of course!I think they look marvelous in her beautiful red hair...don't you?

Well, I hope I have given you some "Sweet Summertime" inspiration today!I don't know about you all...But I am ready for a nice big piece of Watermelon!!!!
Have a Fantabulous Day!!!Thanks for Dropping by!