Celebrate with a Feminine Birthday Card

It's Tracey here to share a card with you. Birthdays are such a wonderful time to celebrate the special people in our lives. I created this card for one of our daughters who's favorite color just happens to be purple. It features fabulous ribbon and embellishments from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Products:

White Wrinkled Ribbon - 1/2"

4mm String Beads - Pearlized

July Ribbon Club Assortment (Diamond Satin)

Juliet Natural Crochet Lace - 5/8"

Candi Choc-a-Mocha

Candi Fix Foam Pads

Scor-Tape 6" x 6"

Tips and Techniques:

Dyed Ribbons ~ As you probably know, I like to dye and color my ribbons to coordinate with my papers and other embellishments. Here I dyed the White Wrinkled Ribbon with Alcohol Ink, then once dry, I decided I wanted a deeper purple and mottled colors. I rubbed Distress Ink on a craft mat, misted with water, then I pulled and scrunched the ribbon into the ink. Oooh la la, I love the dimension and texture this added to the color in my ribbon. I also colored the bright green ribbon from the July Ribbon Club Assortment by spritzing it with a golden brown glimmer mist, then inking the edges with purple. Another amazing transformation. You can find my Dying Ribbon with Alcohol Ink Tutorial here. 

Four Loop Ribbon Bow ~ I used a variation on Ginny's double loop bow to create this bow with my now colored Wrinkled Ribbon. Instead of using my fingers I used something I had on hand - the handles of my pliers. :-) You can find Ginny's Double Loop Bow Tutorial here. 

Bead Loops ~ These are so easy to create!! I snipped off short lengths of Bonnie's Pearlized String Beads, then formed a loop - kind of in the shape of a daisy petal with the two ends side by side. I crushed off the bottom bead on each side (with pliers) and glued the strings together. An easy way to add a nice touch of bling to any flower cluster. 

Handcrafted Flower ~ I used Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One to create this lovely rolled paper flower. 

Be sure to stop by the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store to check out Bonnie's amazing selection of ribbons, laces and other goodies. 

Guest Designer - Clare Buswell

Hi! It's Clare Buswell here with you today from Clare's Creations. I'm delighted to be Guest Designer here at Really Reasonable Ribbon, if you're familiar with my work you'll know I love lace and ribbon and I was sent a fabulous selection to work with! Here's what I made!

I love shabby, romantic cards and I love to indulge in pink! Here I used some fabulous 1.5" Pink Crochet Lace and I gathered it slightly on the sewing machine. 

Tucked under the row of pink buttons is some beautiful Abigail White Crochet Lace (this was my favorite lace). The little flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I tied a little bow using the Angela White Crochet Lace and distressed it slightly with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The stamped label is from Rescue Remedies by Waltzingmouse Stamps, stamped in Coffee Archival Ink. I used some more Angela White Crochet Lace across the card and I also added some Cotton Candy Baker's Twine.

For my second card I used some pretty Light Blue Wrinkled Ribbon to make a double bow and added a plain button in the centre. I loved the texture of this ribbon!

The dress I stamped using You're Lovely from Waltzingmouse Stamps onto some Melissa Frances papers. The sentiment is from Big Day - Additions from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Under the sentiment I layered two rows of Abigail White Crochet Lace over some light green card, I love layering lace over colored paper and card. All ribbons and lace of course are from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I have another card I made using some more fabulous ribbon (Lemon Satin Swiss Dots) from Really Reasonable Ribbon but you'll have to visit my blog - Clare's Creations to see it. Here's a little peek! 

I hoped you enjoyed my cards and I hope I inspired you just a little bit on how to use lace and ribbon on your cards. I'd just like to say thanks to Bonnie and Really Reasonable Ribbon for having me as Guest Designer today! I really enjoyed working with your fabulous products! 

Frilly Crochet Lace!

I have an all around frilly card for you today! What better ribbon to use on a frilly card, then some crochet ribbon. Here I have used some Abigail White Crochet Lace from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store! There are all sorts of Crochet lace to chose from in the store, so head on over and give it a look!

The wonderful Scripture and flower frame image is newly released from Our Daily Bread Designs. I colored the image with copics, cut it out with a labels 18 nestabilities, and then sprayed it with some pink glimmermist! The DP is from Basic Grey, the flowers and gems are from Zva Creative, and to finish off the card, I added a pearl stick pin.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day!

Connie

Vintage Butterflies!

Hello!! I decided to create a vintage looking card today...I sooo love the vintage look! Really Reasonable Ribbon makes it really easy to achieve this look from it's many vintage looking ribbons. I have used a few on my card today! The ribbon behind the image is a Abagail White Crochet Lace, and the ribbon on the side in front of the image is the Sheer Looped White Trim. Both are just the right touch for that vintage feel! :)


The image and sentiment is from the Faith set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I colored the image with copics and sponged the background slightly with baja breeze Stampin Up ink. The DP is from Basic Grey, and the half pearls are from Zva Creative.


Thanks so much for visiting today! For more projects with Really Reasonable Ribbons on them head on over to my blog!


Connie