What's Cooking? Retro Style Recipe Folio

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  January seems to be a month when we all take a little time to get things organized.  So it seemed like the perfect month to make this cute retro-styled recipe folio with the Poppy Red Taffeta from the January Ribbon Club Assortment.  

Red and Aqua are a perfect retro color palette for this 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 1" folio.  You can see that I had a fun time decorating with Sheer Cherry Red Organza Ribbon and lots of fun embellishments from my stash. 

The interior is designed with twin waterfall folios.  These are topped with a string tie envelope flap and more cute retro designs.

Even the recipe cards have that fun retro styling!  Sometimes I look like the gal in this photo when I'm trying to get dinner made in a hurry!

Each side of the folio has 3 pocket pages with 2 recipe cards tucked inside.  But there's room for quite a few more cards in each pocket.  

The page at the back of each waterfall has a pocket and folio combination to hold even more recipes or photos.

This would make a nice spot to store heritage recipes, or be a fun gift at a bridal shower.  Each guest could add her favorite "never fail" recipe and then gift it to the bride to be.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Friendship Teacups Card

 Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Valentine's Day is not just for lovers, it's for friends, too!  So I created this sweet tea-themed friendship Valentine, then dolled it up with ribbons from the January Ribbon Club Assortment.  

First, I created a ribbon belly band by layering Poppy Red Diamond Satin with the Geometric Print Satin Ribbon.  Checkerboard White Satin Ribbon pops behind some deep red flowers in the main bow cluster.

It's amazing to me to see how well this Geometric Print Satin Ribbon goes with the geometric lines in this paper collection.  It's always so neat when that happens!

I put ribbon to work inside the card, too!  It makes a great tag topper for the goodies I tucked inside the pocket.  

What's your favorite ribbon from this month's assortment?  I'd love to hear about it in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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

Shake a Little Love

Hello ribbon lovers!  Let's shake it up a bit this Valentine's Day.  Why not create this sweet shaker of love to give to yourself or someone special?

I created this sweet salt shaker photo holder using beautiful ribbons from the January Ribbon Assortment, Bakers Twine Cherry and the Pearl Heart Ribbon Sliders.  

I filled the salt shaker with red glass glitter and then wrapped it with the ribbon and added the slider.  Next I used wire to create the photo/image holder. 

To complete it, I tied the tag on and added glitter glue to the ribbons and images for extra shimmer.

This is a simple project that is easily created in a few minutes.  

So create a few to keep and give away!

Sheila

Red Ribbons and Pink Flamingos and Valentines Day

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Some Valentines are deeply romantic.  Others are shabby chic.  There are masculine Valentines and Retro Valentines and Valentines for kids.  And then.....then there are Valentines that make you laugh and those are the ones I love the best! To meet that end, I've combined Red Ribbons with Pink Flamingos in this fun little Valentines Day mini folder.

Is this a hoot or what?  It reminds me of the pink plastic flamingos that flanked the bird bath in my great grandmother's flower bed.  I used to want to pull them up out of the ground and dance with them!  And they didn't even wear fancy black fedoras like this fine feathered friend!    

The January Ribbon Club Assortment is the source for all these fabby ribbons.  I created a tie closure by layering Red Chevron Striped Grosgrain over Red Swirls on White Satin Ribbon.  An itty bitty White Taffeta Bow is used to anchor my red flowers.  And a bold and beautiful 5/8"  Red Satin with Grosgrain Edge double loop bow is the perfect finishing touch.

Want to take a peek inside?

There are two cute little pockets filled to the brim with Valentines Day goodies.

I wrapped my paper spool with Random Heart and Confetti Dots Grosgrain Ribbon and then secured it to the vintage button card with Black Burlap String and a couple of stick pins. 

Although this has a Valentine Vibe, I think it would be a great birthday card or Just Because card or Get Well Soon card.  Whatever it's used for....I think those pink flamingoes are sure to make the recipient smile.

Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy

If Kisses Were Snowflakes Valentine

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Here we are in January and from what I can see on the weather map, snow is flying in many parts of the country.  I was leafing through Authentique's Wintery paper collection looking for a little inspiration, when I found this great sentiment: "If kisses were snowflakes, I'd send you a blizzard."  How perfect for Valentine's Day!

The gorgeous Sweetheart Mix ( January Ribbon Club ) works perfectly with these papers.  I created a belly band by layering Random Hearts and Confetti Dots Grograin over White Crochet lace. This adds great texture and a lovely pop of color to the background layers.

 Have you tried the taffeta ribbons yet?  Oooh-la-la!  It makes such a lovely, crisp bow.  I used the White Taffeta Ribbon from the Sweetheart Mix here.   I had a little snip of the Red Bold Diamond Print Satin ribbon on my work desk and used it to make a couple of little banner flags to go beneath the sentiment.  This doesn't just look pretty, it helps draw the eye to the sentiment panel.

I thought it would be loads of fun to tuck a packet of Cup-a-Soup into the inside pocket.  I practically lived on this stuff way back when I was in my college dorm.  And, the packet is red and white...so it really works for Valentine's Day!

Have you started working on your Valentines yet?  I hope I've shared an idea or two that inspired you!

Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy