Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Hello Ribbon Lovers!  Have you started working on your Christmas cards yet?  I got totally inspired to get mine going when I received the Traditional Christmas Mix in this month's Ribbon Club Assortment. To my absolute delight, these ribbons are the perfect playmates for Graphic 45's Saint Nicholas collection.

Just look at how yummy this Bold Red Check Plaid ribbon is with these pretty papers!  

 

My Zutter Bow it All Tool is my extra set of hands whenever I need to tie a big poufy bow.  This one is topped with Natural Jute String and a pretty floral pick.

Inside, I created a little treat pocket that's just the right size for a mini chocolate or two.

I'm curious...when do you start making your Christmas cards?  I'm usually a last minute kind of gal, but I'm trying to do better this year.  I'll keep you posted on how that goes!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Grungy Jute Rope and Burlap Flower Tutorials by Tracey Sabella

It's Tracey here to share a double tutorial for you. I love coming up with grungy masculine flowers I can use on my guy pages and want to share a couple with you today featuring natural fibers from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store seen on this layout I recently created for Donna Salazar Designs.

"My Hero"

Really Reasonable Ribbon Products:

Burlap Woven Ribbon - Natural
Jute Rope - Natural
Jute Ribbon - Natural 1.5 inches

Grungy Jute Rope and Burlap Flower Tutorials

I created two similar flowers made from two different natural fiber products from RRR.

Supplies

Supplies:

Burlap Woven Ribbon - Natural

Jute Rope - Natural

Circle punches

Cardstock coordinating with fiber of choice

Helmar Fabric Glue

Mix'd Media Inx CHOX Midnight (Not pictured)

Vintage screws, washers, and hex nuts (Not pictured)

Grungy Coiled Jute Rope Flower Tutorial

Step 1. Punch one circle for each flower from coordinating cardstock. For this natural color jute rope, I used kraft cardstock. For the jute rope flower I used a 1 inch circle.

Step 2. Apply Fabric Glue to top of cardstock circle.

Step 3. Coil the jute rope in your fingers until it is approximately the same diameter as your 1 inch circle.

Step 4. Lay the coil on the glue covered cardstock circle.

Step 5. Wrap the end to the back and glue in place.

Step 6. Add small screw or other embellishment to center of flower. 

Step 7. Apply black ink to flower.

Completed flower

Grungy Rolled Burlap Flower Tutorial

Step 1. Punch one circle for each flower from coordinating cardstock. For this natural color 
Burlap Woven Ribbon, I used kraft cardstock punched with a 1.5 inch circle.

Step 2. Glue the end of the Burlap Woven Ribbon to the center of the cardstock circle.

Step 3. Twist the burlap ribbon and coil around the center, gluing down as you go.

Step 4. Continue to twist, coil and glue until the entire cardstock circle is covered.

Step 5. Wrap the end to the back and glue in place.

Step 6. Add small vintage nuts and washers or other embellishments to center of flower. 

Step 7. Apply black ink to flower.

Completed Flower

Thanks for stopping by for my tutorial!! I hope you'll give these grungy guy flowers a try. For more details and close-ups for "My Hero" including a tutorial for the Grungy Gear Flowers you can go here. 

~ Blessings ~

Tracey

Altered wooden bag or make a $1 piece an altered beauty

 

Hello, my dear crafty friends!

My name is Irit Shalom and I'm thrilled to be the Really Reasonable Ribbon  guest designer for January. 

As a shabby/vintage artist who adores altering, my first project is an altered wooden bag you can buy in any $1 store, maybe even 2 pieces for $1. It came with this ugly green ribbon as its handle and fortunately the holes were big enough to add different pretty handles after all.



First I covered it with Bo Bunny patterned papers and it was very easy as you just need a few straight cuts. Then I added a strip of 1.5'' Jute Ribbon Natural (almost not seen after all) and tied a piece of Burlap Woven Ribbon Ivory trim around the box.

A piece of Black Crochet lace was glued over the front part and now for the fun: my ribbon flowers!

I made two of them. The first was done with Sheer Ruffle Edge Aqua trim, stitched and pulled to make this fancy flower. I added a small ribbon flower I made ages ago from an unknown blue satin ribbon.

My second flower was made with 1.5'' Champagne Netting base, stitched and pulled to make this flower base. The white flower was made with Cheer Box Pleats White ribbon and there was no sewing, I just glued it to make the circle. The flower center here is Prima center.



I also added 3 resin small flowers on the top to add a bit more colors as this project was almost monochromatic.

The handles were made with Jute Ribbon Natural trim and secured with very old brads (great way to use 4 of them as we all have a lot and never use any).

This box can be used as another gift packaging or even as a gift itself.

Hope you liked my project for today and see you next time with more crafty ribbon projects!

Product list:

Ribbons:

 1.5" Jute Ribbon Natural

Burlap Woven Ribbon Ivory

1.5" Champagne Netting

Sheer Box Pleats White

1.5" Black Crochet Lace (000390)

Jute Ribbon Natural (000475)

Sheer Ruffle Edge Aqua (800550)

Other products:

$ Store wooden bag

Patterned paper: Bo Bunny

Resins: Handmade Halo shop

Flower center: Prima

Brads





  See you again with more RRR projects!

Double Gate 3x3

Today I want to share with you a little card I call Double Gate 3x3 card. They are fast and easy to do, and make great little gift enclosures.

Here are the instructions on how to make this:
You will need a scoring tool (I used my Scor Buddy), a double-sided piece of 6x6 designer paper, and whatever you want to embellish the front.

1. Score your 6x6 paper at 1 1/2" and 4 1/2". Fold to the center as a gate fold.
2. Turn your paper sideways and score again at 1 1/2" and 4 1/2". Fold to the center, as a double gate fold.
3. Open up and you have a grid of nine different-sized squares. Prepare the inside as you wish, but keep it fairly flat. I used a piece of cardstock, designer paper and another piece of cardstock for my sentiment.
4. Embellish A SEPARATE little design for the front. This piece needs to be unattached to the folded 3x3. Attach with a clip to keep closed. Easy peasy!

Here is a photo of the front design separate with the "card" opened.

My images are from Rubbernecker Stamps: Giraffe and Top to Bottom. The sentiment is cut out with a Spellbinders Circle die and then pierced around the edge. I added some Natural Jute Ribbon and Orange/White Hemptique Baker's Twine from RRR and held it all together with a little orange paper clip. Try it out!

Ephemera keepsake box

We are teaming up this week with our friends over at the Scor-Pal Blog to show our favorite crafty tools and products from Scor-Pal and Really Reasonable Ribbon. Head on over to the Scor-Pal Blog when you are done here and see what they are up to. Leave them some love and tell 'em we sent ya!!

Be sure to leave a comment on each post on the RRR blog beginning with our July 4th post and ending with our July Blog Hop on July 13th. I will be selecting several random winners from our Scor-Pal/RRR posts on these days to receive some fun ribbon assortments from Really Reasonable Ribbon. You've gotta be in it to win it!! There will also be some fun prizes over at the Scor-Pal Blog, so don't forget to visit them too!!


 

Hi everyone, this is Sandee waving to you from the beautiful hills of North Carolina :)

Where it is hot, hot, HOT!

 I have really been enjoying all the wonderful projects that RRR DT has been showing us and I am in love with that Stay Put Craft Mat, and I think I need it! How about you? Yes? I thought so! Me too!!

I would love to share one of my favorite places to visit, which is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. I love walking the grounds and taking plenty of pictures, and what better way to display a current favorite picture and a place to store my Biltmore ephemera than an Easel Picture Box!

I also love texture, and burlap just makes me happy when creating any nature project. I used the Burlap Woven Ribbon Natural to make a handle pull on the drawer and as a stop for the easel frame. I love how the end of burlap just frays for that rustic look!

My Scor-buddy really helped in creating nice sharp edges for my box, but this was first time using the Scor Pal tape, and I love how well it worked! You can read more about making a Picture Frame easel box and how I cheated making it, on my blog.   ;) Yes, I admit to my cheats! :)

It has to do with the drawer:

other products:

Creative Imaginations and Scraps and Scribble paper

Copics

Maya Road Velvet Blossoms

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Close to My Heart ink

Thank you~

Sandee