Wishing You a Very Happy Birthday Card

Today I am sharing a pretty birthday card I created for my daughter-in-law.  I embellished the card with some pretty ribbons and flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

I created a 4-1/2″ x 6-1/4" card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of garden rose Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon across the middle of the card under the sentiment panel and topped it off with a piece of raspberry swirl Plaid Ribbon.  I finished my card off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow and below the sentiment I have added some pretty 2-tone pink with deep pink center Open Roses.

The sentiment on the front of my card is from my Birthday Greetings 3 Digi Stamp Bundle. The interior sentiment is from the Birthday Sentiments 3 for the Inside Digi Stamp Bundle.  The background was created with my Layered Circle in Square on Point Overlay SVG Bundle. All my designs can be found on my Bonnie Garby Designs Etsy shop.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the digital stamp bundles I used on my card today. 

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using garden rose and pearl pink Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon.  I topped off the center of the bow with a pretty heart shaped pearl embellishment.

For a video tutorial on how to create this fun bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Happy Birthday to You card

 Hello friends.  Today I'm sharing a pretty birthday card that's embellished with some pretty ribbons and mulberry flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon along with some great new Digital Stamps from Bonnie Garby Designs.

I created a 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from our sister company Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of kiwi green Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon topped with Purple/Green Confetti dot grosgrain ribbon across the center of the card.  I topped it off with a pretty bi-color bow using two colors of Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon and below the sentiment I have added some two-tone green Sweetheart Blossoms.  

The sentiments I used on my card today came from the Bold Birthday Greetings Digital Stamp Bundle and the More Birthday Sentiments 'for the Inside' Digital Stamp Bundle.  The gorgeous background is the Layered Rounded Square on Point SVG set.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the sets I used on my card today.  

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using two colors of Delicate Stitched Satin ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The center of the bow is finished off with a pretty Acrylic Heart Shaped bead.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Sending Birthday Hugs Card

 Hello friends.  Today I'm sharing a birthday card that you can easily mail in a regular envelope while still adding a little touch of ribbon.  This one fits the bill and it's embellished with some pretty ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I created a 4-3/4" x 6-1/2" top fold card with minimal layers. My digital sentiment from our sister company Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of Charcoal Diamond Satin topped with our NEW Metallic Baker's Twine in yellow across the center of the card.  This is a great way to use up all those ribbon and trim 'bits and bobs'.

I finished of the inside of my card with the Birthday Greetings 2 'For the Inside' Digital Stamp Bundle.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the two sets I used on my card today.  

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Make a Wish Slimline Birthday Card

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Have you been making lots of Valentines with your January Ribbon Club Assortment?  Well, these ribbons also work beautifully with the retro aqua and red color palette of this Make a Wish Slimline Birthday card! 

I love the way the Random Hearts Red Grosgrain ribbon looks when it is layered over Poppy Red Satin Ribbon.  It really makes the black and white focal image pop, too. 

Tie little random heart grosgrain bows in the corners of this card to help anchor the design.

Then tie the aqua and red color palette together with a bit of Aqua Baker's Twine. 

The inside of the card has more designer papers and sentiment panel where you can write your own birthday greeting.

I hope you're having as much fun with this month's ribbon club as I am!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Masculine Milestone Birthday Card

 

Hello, Friends!  Here's a whimsical masculine milestone birthday card that I made for our youngest son's upcoming birthday.  Since it's fall, I wanted to use warm fall colors.  Because it's his 30th, I wanted to work with a fun theme.  So I paired up Brown and Cream Gingham Ribbon with patterns and an image from Authentique Paper's Masquerade collection.  I think a party on the crescent moon in top hats and tails is worthy of a 30th birthday celebration, don' t you?

The ribbon color flows well with the copper foil die cut accents and the orange hues of this Halloween collection.  Unlike my usual "poufy" bows, this plaid bow is topped simply with a button that reminds me of a cuff link.

TIP: Fussy cut the image twice, then layer together with foam adhesive sandwiched between.  This creates lots of dimension and makes the focal image pop. 

If using ribbon on a masculine card makes you nervous, check out the gingham and plaid ribbon section at Really Reasonable Ribbon.  You'll find loads of great ribbons that look like they came from the haberdashery round the corner.  

Here's a peek at the inside of the card.

I hope I've shared some tips and tricks you can use the next time you need to make a masculine card.  Wishing you all a joyful and creative day!

Cheerio,

kathy

Milestone Birthday Card Folio

Hello, Friends!  How do you feel about the color purple?  It's one of those colors that people are rarely neutral about.  You either really love it or you don't.  I've grown to really love the rich hues and saturated tones of this color.  And I used a ton of it on this vintage style milestone birthday card. 

The 3/8" Grape Plaid Ribbon from the April Ribbon Club adds the perfect finishing touch to this box style card.  One of the things I love about 3/8" ribbon is that it's great for tying bows with multiple loops.  The Zutter Bow it All Tool makes this task extra easy.  I honestly don't know what I would do without it in my studio! 

I love the way the ribbon picked up on the lighter shades of purple in this paper and brightened up the dark hues.

This box style pocket on the inside of the card has room for lots of treats.  

When you have this much goodness stuffed inside a card, the card becomes the gift.

Milestone birthdays should be captured on film, so I created a little accordion style folio to tuck inside the pocket.

You can tie more of that pretty Grape Plaid ribbon around the photo album to hold it closed, too.

I hope I've shared some ideas and inspiration that you can use in your next crafty adventure.  Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Autumn Birthday Greetings

Hi there fellow ribbon lovers.  I'm sneaking in with one more Autumn themed card before things  switch over to all Winter/Christmas.  I don't know about your neck of the woods, but Autumn hardly happened here in the New York.  We literally went from a/c one week to heat the next.  Don't even get me started on how we missed out on the autumn colors .  But, there's always next year.....

So this birthday card is sporting some fun autumn colors and it features some pretty ribbons and mulberry flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  My Mom's birthday is in mid-October, so this color combo was perfect for her card.

Of course I waited until the last minute to make it (what else is new...) so this was a pretty simple card.  It has some layers of course, but they take no time to cut.  Instead of making flowers, this time I hit my stash of mulberry flowers and selected some Red Cottage Roses to add below the sentiment.  These pre-made mulberry flowers are a great time saver and great to have on hand.  They are also very inexpensive.  Be sure to take a look at all the options in the Mulberry Flower section at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I finished my card off with my signature bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 with two colors of Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon.  This ribbon is my absolute favorite ribbon for bow making.  It's a dream to work with.  I also ran a piece of 5/8" Kiwi Diamond Satin Ribbon across the middle of the card under the sentiment and topped that with 3/8" Maize Honeycomb Print Satin Ribbon.

For a video tutorial on how to make this pretty bow, please click HERE.

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

It's Cupcake Day Birthday Card

Hi ribbon lovers.  Bonnie here today with a pretty birthday card I created for my niece using some pretty ribbon and embellishments from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

My sentiment and cupcake image is from the Sprinkled with Love set from Graciellie Design.

My background is a left over piece of Distress Ink paper I made a while ago topped with the Alpine Flourish Doily from Cheery Lynn Designs die cut in white.  This was layered on purple and turquoise cardstock and then wrapped a piece of 5/8" Turquoise Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon topped with 3/8" Geranium and Hyacinth Diamond Print Grograin Ribbon.  I then added a torn layer of white mulberry paper at the bottom.  This was then adhered to my A2 card base.

I printed my sentiment and image on white cardstock and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  I layered this panel on purple cardstock and then adhered it to the center of my card.

My card was finished off with a pretty bi-color bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using 5/8" Hot Pink and Delphinium Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon.  I added a pretty Heart Shaped Pearl Embellishment to the center of the bow.

For a video tutorial on how I created this pretty bow, please click HERE.

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