Taking Notes!

 

 

T.G.I.F. Everyone! Angi here with some "Friday Fun" for ya today. I did a little bit of a design re-do with my project today. All of the teachers at my school received these cute Mini Kraft Notebooks from our Principal as a Teacher Appreciation Gift. It came with the cutest Mini Kraft Pen too. (smile)

Of course I had to dress it up a bit with some Really Reasonable Ribbon products:

These are all in the RRR Store.

Double Ruffles White Ribbon

Apple Ric Rac

I used ric rac on the bottom under the flower.

You can even dress up a pen with ric rac!

I'm on the hunt for more of these mini notebooks because Kraft is so FUN to dress up with ribbon!

And I love making Gift Bag Tags and wanted to show you one that I made last week using another of my fave RRR products.

Pink Double Ruffles Ribbon

Have a Safe & Blessed Memorial Day Weekend!

Cute As A Button

Hi everyone. Hope you're having a great week. It's Aphra here with a cheerful birthday card for you.

This base of this 4" x 6" card was created from kraft cardstock and two pieces of patterned paper. My favorite part, though, are the five buttons lined up along the seam of patterned papers. To really make the buttons pop, they are strung with Cherry Baker's Twine and Red Ribbon With White Stitches. For the sentiment, I added a chipboard banner adorned with Red Mini Rik Rak and some mini alpha stickers.

This is such a simple design, but I think it's so cheerful and sure to brighten up anyone's birthday. Thanks for stopping by today!

Fairy Tales and Butterfly Trails

Happy Thursday Ramblers! It's Aphra with you today, and I have another layout to share. This one is a bit less bright, more soft and subtle. With so many ribbons to choose from, I can create whatever style layout I like and still find ribbon to embellish it.

Dragon Breath

Even though this layout features a picture of my son, I just couldn't resist using Basic Grey's Kioshi papers and chipboard. The colors were such a great match to the pink and purple dragon mask that came with my little guy's nebulizer. Doesn't he look so pitiful getting his breathing treatment? Don't worry, though, he's fine. Just had a little upper respitory infection that we didn't want to progress into pneumonia. Hence, the title "Dragon Breath."

I used mostly ribbon and trim to accent the top of my picture. To create my photo corner, I layered a piece of Light Blue Random Circles Grosgrain with a piece of Yellow 3/8" Rik Rak. Then, I accented my butterflies with some Cotton Candy Baker's Twine trails.

Another piece of Yellow 3/8" Rik Rak accents the center of my layout as well. I love the movement of the rik rak in the middle of the paper strips. It really draws my eye over to the title.

Thanks so much for coming by today! See you for our monthly blog hop on the 13th.

Boys' Bookmarks

Today I don't have any doilies or ruffles or pink. Nope. Today, I have a project for my two boys, who love to read. As a former English teacher, I really want to encourage them to keep up that good habit. I buy them books. I read with them. We celebrate when they finish a book. So for our next celebration, I made them each a cute little bookmark.

Boys' Bookmarks

Each bookmark was created with a 12" strip of ribbon topped with chipboard and finished with a layered circle and their initials. For the soccer bookmark, I used 7/8 Inch Black Gingham, Red 3/8 Inch Red Rik Rak, and Cherry Baker's Twine. And on the helicopter bookmark, I used 3/8 Inch Dark Grey Grosgrain and Oyster Baker's Twine.

This was such a quick and simple project, buy my boys are going to love it. I think I'll make some more. Maybe I'll do some with hearts at the bottom to give them with their Valentine treats. Or maybe some with crosses for them to use in their Bibles. So many possibilities!

Thanks for stopping by today! Aphra

Rik Rak Rosette

Hiya Ramblers. Hope everyone is nice and toasty and indoors today. We are having a little break from the cold weather and it is gorgeous. Almost didn't want to stay inside and craft yesterday, but that's just crazy talk, right? Ha, ha. Anyhoo, I have a fun little tutorial for ya today. We're making a Rik Rak Rosette.

Make A Wish Card

Here we go. First, gather your supplies: ribbon, coordinating rik rak, needle, thread, scissors, and adhesive. In my photo, you see my scrapbook adhesive, but I actually used a glue gun for parts of the flower.

Cut a strip of ribbon about 18" long. I used 1.5" Wired Woven Check in Pink. Stitch a running stitch along one side of the ribbon. I like to use really wide stitches so that the flower will have wide ruffles.

When you have stitched to the end, scrunch the ribbon up along string and stitch the two ends together.

Create a second ribbon loop with a smaller width ribbon. I used Snow Cone Stripe 7/8" Grosgrain. Such a nice color combination, don't ya think? On this second one, though, I didn't pull it as tight, so there would be a bit of an opening in the center.

Glue the smaller ribbon loope on top of the larger one. For this step, I used my Imaginisce I-Bond, their new cordless glue gun. LOVE it! If you don't have a glue gun, you could use fabric glue or even glue dots.

Ok, now here's my favorite part. You need a piece of 3/8" rik rak in a coordinating color to create your center. I used Light Blue Turquoise. Place a bit of glue on the end and then start rolling. Add dabs of glue every couple of rolls or so to keep it tight. When it gets to be the size you like, trim it and glue down the end.

Glue your little rik rak rosette to the center of your layered ribbon loops. Oh. My. Gosh. I LOVE that little center.

Well, I hope you are inspired to buy up all of Bonnie's rik rak and create yourself some little rosettes. I can see myself using these in lots more projects!

Have a great day! Aphra

Rik Rak Attack!

Hi friends. Hope your New Year is off to a great start. Mine has been full of family and crafting. Can't get much better than that, hun?

I noticed that many of you said you'd like to see unique ways to use Bonnie's fabulous ribbon on a layout, so today I have a fun layout using rik rak. Oh, and baker's twine, of course.

Happy at Home

I think that I've mentioned before that I have a hard time adding an unfinished button to my layout and today is no exception. I finished off these sweet My Little Bit of Whimsy clay buttons with some Cotton Candy Baker's Twine. Pretty cute, hun?

Ok, now this is my favorite part of the layout. To finish off the paper strips, I added a strip of RRR rik rak in between each pattern. So, so easy, but I think it looks kind of quilted. I just love it! I used four different colors of 3/8" rik rak from Really Reasonable Ribbon: ivory, brown, light pink, and light yellow. You can find them HERE at the RRR store.

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget to put your name in the hat for the One Year Blogaversary prize drawing HERE. It's an amzing prize! See you soon.