Lemon Twist Mini Album Cover

Hello, everyone! It is Gloria with you today. I started working on a 20-page mini album the other day and thought I would share the cover with you for my ribbon post this week! It will probably take me quite a while to finish the full album, but so far...I am loving the cover and the first few pages! 

The base album is a Simple Stories 4x6 Sn@p! Flipbook (Speckle Dots). The actual album is really 4 5/8" x 7 7/8". The inside of the album is supposed to contain photo sleeves, but I really don't like those, so I cut black cardstock for my inside pages. (I will explain more about that once the full album is finished.) For now, let's just talk about the front cover!

Does this make you think of summer days in the countryside, next to a lemonade stand?! It is so cute!

The paper collection is Simple Stories Simple Vintage: Lemon Twist. I purchased this project as a kit in September 2022, but as always, I don't usually follow the kit instructions very well. Since I received full packs of the paper, I am able to cut it myself and just do what I like, using the original instructions (by Sue Kendall) as a guide. 

The focal saying was originally a sticker, but the lettering was in a pale yellow and did not stand out very well. So I recreated the saying using my own fonts, in my own style, and printed it in black onto white cardstock. I cut the word art out with a stitched die and matted it with black cardstock. Much more striking!

I used lots of paper layers as well as the Squeeze the Day Page Pieces and Lemon Twist Decorative Brads. Funny thing, the "brads" are now flat-back with adhesive on them rather than actual brads! I love that change from Simple Stories! 

For the AMAZING gingham bow I used 5/8" Bold Black Check ribbon. I wrapped a length of the ribbon around the edge of the front cover, then tied a bow with three long loops. I glued the bow to the cover, making sure that the size was the full height of the cover. 

I tied a small loopy bow with Black Licorice Baker's Twine and glued that to the gingham bow. I used the die cut bee page piece from the paper collection to add a "topper" to the bows, which also hides a glue blob! (It happens!)

I also added a Miniature White Gardenia to the lemon cluster on the paper strip decoration. 

For the inside of the front cover I added a layered series of banners cut from various papers. You can see how I wrapped the 5/8" Bold Black Check ribbon around the cover. I love the plaid and polka dots together!

I added a few paper flowers. I confess that those paper flowers have been in my stash for about 15 years or longer! I placed another bow made from the Black Licorice Baker's Twine to the sticker element. 

Thanks for joining me today! Come and visit my personal blog in a month or so to see the finished mini! I am super excited to work on it this summer! 

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:

5/8" Bold Black Check ribbon

Black Licorice Baker's Twine

Miniature White Gardenia

1/2" and 1/4" Scor-tape

1/4" ATG tape

Bow-It-All Tool

Other Supplies Used: black cardstock, Simple Stories Lemon Twist collection, hot glue, stitched dies, hole punch, corner rounder

Homemade with Love Mini Album Page 1(inside view)

Hello everyone and Happy Monday to you all. Todays Mini Album Page was designed for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the gorgeous ribbons that Bonnie carries in the shop. This is the inside of my page 1 , to see the front of this page, you can visit my blog here.

Todays project is the inside of page one of my mini album I'm currently working on. I designed it using Really Reasonable Ribbon for the borders on this, love how it looks. I showed the outside of this page the other day, and worked on the inside to share with you all. I did cut the borders and add them to the envelope style pocket, and then ran the satin ribbon along both of them. the Ribbon is Satin Crosshatch Nile blue 3/8". Next I used the Delicate Stitch Aqua 5/8" for the tag, and the other is an oldie that is from RRR in a red. the design paper is from Echo park and is HomeMade with Love by Carta Bella. Love this design paper kit. the little bunny is from KaDoodle Bug Designs and is Cherry Cupcake Bunny, isn't she darling? And the sweet mixer is from KaDoodle bug designs and is from the set called Baked with love. Lastly I used RRR flower embellishment and it can be found here.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day! To see the front cover of this page you can visit my blog post here

Hugs to all, Cheryl
 

Bundle of Joy Page 4

Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday to you all. Today's page was designed for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the gorgeous Pink satin ribbons and flowers on my page. I also used the Darling baby girl panda SVG from KaDoodle Bug Designs. I am having a lot of fun designing these pages for my Baby Girl Mini album.

I've been slowly working on this round mini album with a pull out page for the photos. This one here has some fun as I left room for another slide out behind the baby layer. The panda in her crib is on acetate and is a pocket. Love this page and all the flowers and ribbon. Ribbon is Satin and the flowers I used are all Open roses, Rose buds, Sweetheart Blossoms. I also used lots of score tape and foam tabs on this page.

Really Reasonable Ribbon 

• Satin Pink
• Open Roses 
• Pale PInk 15mm   also used white
• Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
• Rose Buds Pink and white 
• Sweetheart Blossoms
• cottage rose 
• Foam Tabs
• Scor- Tape

SVG KaDooodle Bug Designs Baby Girl Panda.

All dies are old dies from Cheery Lynn Designs and CottageCutz , round album is an oldie and not sure where its from.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Hugs to all, Cheryl

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

Time to flourish Page 2 Mini album

Hello everyone, today I have another fun interactive mini album page I designed using the beautiful ribbons, flowers, and embellishments from Really Reasonable Ribbon. This is the second page for the album im slowly working on...hehehehe

On this page I chose to use Really Reasonable Ribbons Satin and Delicate Stitched ribbons. I used the Green for the underneath the bow, and then the delicate stitched for the bow. Next I chose the beautiful Moss Green Satin Ribbon and then placed all my flowers and embellishments on. Each flap is magnetic to help keep the pages closed.

on the inside I chose to create a pocket to hold the tag and photos. Love this design paper, its so pretty! I did add sewing to most of the pieces. also added some brads I had.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies used:
Moss Green Satin
Delicate Stitched Ribbon Mineral Ice
Bronze Leaves
white flower embellishments
Rose buds
scotch advanced tape refill
scor-tape in 1/2" and 1" 
Cherry Blossoms mixed red and white

thank you so much for stopping by , hope you have a lovely day!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Celebrate Christmas Mini Album

Hi there ribbon lovers.  It's a new month and time for a new Ribbon Club Assortment at Really Reasonable Ribbon.  

I'm still loving my October assortment which I used on my mini album that I'm sharing today and if you didn't get a chance to head over and grab one, it's not too late!!

This month we have a great deal for US residents. 

You can get the October and November assortments together for a special low introductory price of just $17.00!

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The October Ribbon Club Assortment is a collection of Christmas solids and prints.  It contains 9 styles and a total of 17 yards of ribbon and crochet lace.  The November Ribbon Club Assortment is a glitzy holiday themed assortment with 9 styles and a total of 17 yards of ribbon and crochet lace.  Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed collection of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

Mini albums are a great place to use up those short ribbon pieces that are too nice to part with!

I'm really interested in the construction aspect of mini albums and I love making them, but I don't have a lot of experience.  I did some book binding many years ago, so the cover construction is familiar, but there is so much to learn as far as making fun and interactive pages.  I find the best learning method is to go to YouTube and watch what others are doing, try to replicate it and then use what you learn to create your own style.  There are a LOT of great album makers out there, and so much to learn.

Since it's hard to photograph a mini album so you can see the details, I created a 'flip through' video.

'Celebrate Christmas' Mini Album Flip Through Video

To view this video on YouTube, please click HERE.

If you liked this video, please click the YouTube icon and head to YouTube to give the video a thumbs up.  While you are there, be sure to subscribe to my channel so you will be notified when I add new videos.

I embellished the front of my mini album a little with some round and heart shaped embellishments.  RRR had a large selection of embellishments for every occasion.  Check out the high quality, low cost embellishment offerings HERE.

I finished off the front cover of my mini album with my signature bi-color double-loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool.

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 used to create this album, please visit my Make Time to Craft Blog.  Happy crafting!

Ribbons and Flowers and Shakers, Oh My!

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  It's Kathy popping in today with a sweet little gardening themed folio.  This one has ribbons and flowers and a shaker element, too!  Oh, My!

This is one of my fun card folio designs.  The side fold folio measures 7" x 5" and it's filled to the brim with interactive elements.  I love the way this Capri Blue Taffeta Ribbon pops against the primary colors in Graphic 45's Mother Goose Collection.  I've used the taffeta ribbon in the bow cluster along with a little Natural Burlap String Bow.  It also serves as the closure mechanism for the folio.

The shaker element is surrounded by a combination of handmade flowers and Red Sweetheart Blossoms.

We are enjoying our tiny summer garden, and that inspired me to make this garden themed folio.  I've combined papers from Mother Goose and Home Sweet Home on the album interior.

I've included lots of flaps and pockets for loads of interactive fun.

I even managed to fit in a waterfall feature so I can take photos of my proud hubby's heirloom tomatoes when they start coming in.

To help you see how all these interactive mechanisms work, I've created a little YouTube video tour. Enjoy!

I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful summer with plenty of time for family, gardening, travel, crafting or whatever pursuits help you to relax.  Summer is gone too soon, so make the most of it and remember to capture those memories!

Cheerio,
kathy

Summer Themed Mini Album

Hello there ribbon lovers!  Bonnie here today sharing a pretty beach theme mini album I made.  This has been in the works for a while and I finally finished up so I could share.  Mini albums and Ribbon Club Assortments from Really Reasonable Ribbon are a perfect combination since the ribbons are all coordinated to work perfectly together!

This mini album was made using the ribbons and lace from the April Ribbon Club assortment.  Since I didn't finish the album in a timely manner and the assortment is no longer available in the Ribbon Club category, I will offer it in the assortment category for the rest of June.  You can find it HERE.

Since Ribbon Club Assortments work so well for mini's (and lots of other projects!), why not subscribe today!!  I can envision lots of fun projects with these assortments.

Subscribe Today and begin with these two assortments for the

 low price of $17 if you are located in the USA.

Each monthly assortment is a holiday or color themed assortment of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles!

I love some nice coordinating ribbons to top the pull out tags in my mini albums along with embellishing the front and sometimes the spine.  I'm a little rusty and I forgot to plan ahead to add the ribbon to the spine on this one, but I won't make that mistake again.  The spine looks a little plain without ribbon embellishments other than the strip around the bottom.

Below are some photos of the inner pages and flip outs.

I have decided to follow some YouTube tutorials to create pages for a while until I'm back in the swing of how things go and what the possibilities are.  I'm finding the videos from Scrapbook Maven to be very good and in the style I like if you want to check out that channel.

I also added some small ribbon tabs as pulls for the flip up pages.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you are having a crafty Tuesday!

For more information on the other products used on this mini album, please visit my Make Time to Craft Blog.

Autumn Art Journal Page

Art journals are a fun and easy way to create smaller pieces of artwork.  Journals are packed with  creativity, but small in space.  It is easy to add dimension and softness with ribbons and flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 I added one of my favorite ribbons, the Champagne Silky Crush Ribbon to the top of the page.  

Next I added the White Magnolia  and tucked bows made with the Ivory Burlap String underneath.

Sticking with the cream tones, I added Ivory Ric Rac and the gorgeous Juliet Natural Crochet Lace to accent the top of the second page. 

(Journal pages created from old book, Gesso, Prima Marketing Watercolors and 7 Gypsies products)

I hope you enjoyed a little creative inspiration, dear friends.

Sheila