Super Bowl Ribbon SALE

This is our second post of the day.  Be sure to scroll down to see the beautiful card Kerri made for us today.

Hello there ribbon lovers!!  It's been way too long since our last SALE here at Really Reasonable Ribbon, so we're having a SUPER Super Bowl SALE now through midnight Sunday, 2/6.  I know many of you are going to be busy with football tomorrow, but surely you can find a little time for some GREAT ribbon shopping!

 

We are offing 15% OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER including sale items now through Sunday, 2/6 at 11:59 pm EST.  Use the code RIBBONBOWL in the promotional code area on the first page of checkout.  (Sale code is not valid on prior orders, ribbon club subscriptions, or special order items).

We have lots of beautiful new ribbons that just arrived at Really Reasonable Ribbon and also some great deals in our sale section.  It's the perfect time to try some new styles.

Have a wonderful weekend!

~ Bonnie Garby ~

  

Birthday Wishes

Hello!  I couldn't wait to ink up this adorable image that I ordered from Lili of the Valley called Pom Pom.  Isn't she just so CUTE!  I've also been dying to use some of this FABULOUS Plum Satin/Grosgrain Double Band Ribbon from May Arts!  I LOVE this ribbon because it feels so luxurious and ties such beautiful bows!  I have almost every color:)  I will leave the complete recipe below.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

Kerri

Recipe:

Stamps:  Lili of the Valley Pom Pom

Paper:  PTI White, SU Pink Pirouette, Echo Park Paper Co. Little Girl

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, PTI Aqua Mist

Accessories:  RRR Plum Ribbon, Square Nestabilities, Sewing Machine, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Lacey Heart Border Punch, MFT Die-namics Flower Die, Pearls, Stardust Stickles

A Card & Video on Dyeing Lace

 Hello everyone and Happy Friday to all of  you :)  Today I'm going to share a video on how I dyed lace using distress inks and Really Reasonable Ribbons Lace.

Supplies Used:

Really Reasonable Ribbon/Lace Penelope Natural Lace

Ribbon is Really Reasonable Ribbon's/Swiss Dots Red

Distress Ink/Tim Holtz

Alcohol Ink solution & amp; dabber

Wild Orchid Roses and flowers

Image is Alota Rubber Stamps

sewing

Dyeing lace is SUPER easy and it makes it nice to have laces to match all your projects. Really Reasonable Ribbon sells Beautiful Laces at Beautiful Prices.  To see some of the laces I used visit HERE!!  You can use either White or Ivory, it doesn't matter, they both can be dyed. In my video I used Ivory.

Video on Dyeing Lace with Distress Ink and Alcohol Blending Solution

 I hope you enjoy today video on dyeing lace.  I will have another video on dyeing ribbon shortly!

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful weekend and try to stay warm!! I know most of us are having very cold weather right now.

Hugs,

Cheryl

Honk If You LOVE Circus Dots!

Hi scrappers! It's Aphra, and today I have a fun layout for you using some Aqua Baker's Twine and Orange 7/8" Circus Dots Grosgrain. Hope you like it!

Honk, Honk

Thanks for stopping by today! See you soon.

Ribbon Frame Tutorial

Hello its Connie here! I have a little picture tutorial for you today on how to create a ribbon frame! This is a fun and easy technique to use ribbon on your card. I personally love to use satin ribbon when I make a ribbon frame, but you really could use many different types! Here I decided to use the Pink Satin with Grosgrain edge ribbon.

First stamp and color your image, and cut it out. You will need four strips of ribbon...one for each side of your frame. You will want to give yourself plenty of room to create your frame...I usually will cut a piece about twice the size of each side of the image. Then tie a knot in the middle of each piece of ribbon.

Next, if you are going to layer your image, I recommend you do it at this time. Then punch a whole in each of the corners. The thicker the ribbon, the bigger the whole you would want to punch. Here I used my crop-a-dile. (**Please note, that when creating the frame it is usually easier if you layer your image on at lease one piece of card stock...the sturdier your image is the easier it is to maneuver the ribbon in the punched holes.)

Start by placing your first side of ribbon in two of the wholes. Followed by a second side of ribbon as you can see in this photo.

Finish adding all the sides of the ribbon.

Next I like to adhere the knot to the front of the card where I want it to say. That way when fixing the ribbon on the back it will not move out of place.

Next flip your image over and adhere the ribbon ends to the back of your image...here I have used Scor-Tape, which gives a wonderful strong hold!

Here is your finished product! Just add it to your card and embellish it as you wish!

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial today! If you want to see more projects with Really Reasonable Ribbon, you can head over to my blog!

Connie

Challenge #17 - Pink, Red, White theme

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge here at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Please scroll down to the next post for the winners of the last challenge.

The theme for Challenge #17 is Pink, Red, and White.

Create a card, layout, multi media piece, tag, ATC, hair bow, you name it. As long as it uses the theme colors and ribbon, it qualifies.

We are thrilled to have Wild Orchard Crafts as our sponsor for this challenge.

At Wild Orchid Crafts we're very passionate about our beautiful Mulberry Paper Flowers and many other craft items, and we're always working hard to make sure that the quality of our products and service is as high as it can possibly be, while offering excellent value to all of our customers.
All of our Mulberry Paper Flowers are made using natural, renewable resources. The flowers are all handmade by experienced crafts people using high quality materials and great care is taken to ensure that they are made to the highest standard. We are very proud of the quality and manner in which our flowers are produced, and the fact that they are made using natural, renewable resources.
As well as Mulberry Paper Flowers and leaves, we have many other beautiful craft items including lace, pins, self-adhesive pearls, crystal drops and hearts, and many more besides. To find out more, please visit our website: http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com/

Wild Orchard Crafts is offering the prize shown below to one random challenge participant.  How awesome is that!!
 

 

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Here is a little inspiration from our design team for challenge #17 to get you started. All of the sample projects include beautiful flowers from Wild Orchard Crafts and ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 

Trudy

Tilly

Erika made a headband worn by her beautiful model Morgan

Kerri

Cheryl

Jacque

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Now, let's see your Pink, Red, and White creations! The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to Really Reasonable Ribbon . We will also be drawing a random winner to win the wonderful flower collection pictured above from Wild Orchard Crafts. How cool is that!!! We will be announcing the winners on February 15th.

 

Here's what you need to do:

 

* Create a new project using the posted theme. A layout, card, ATC, home decor item, hair bow, or anything your can think of.

* You may enter as many times as you like, but you're asked to provide newly designed projects. No back-linking please.  

* All projects must also include some sort of ribbon/lace/trim.
* Post your project on your blog or an online gallery (using code RRR17) and link it here with the Inlinkz tool below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.
* You have until February 13th at 11:59 PM Eastern time to enter your projects.


Thanks so much for playing and good luck!

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Challenge #16 Winners

Challenge #16 sponsored by Creative Charms was lots of fun with our Hearts theme. I hope everyone had a chance to visit Creative Charms to take a look at all they have to offer.

We saw a wide variety of wonderful projects this time around. Many thanks to all who participated.

Our top three runners-up for Challenge #16 in no particular order are:
 

Kellie 

 

Jodie  

Kylie 

Congratulations to our top 3 for a job well done. Grab your "I made the RRR Top 3" badge (located in the left column of the blog) and display it with pride. You ladies did a fantastic job!

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Now, on to the winner of our challenge #16 Heart theme. You will receive a $10 gift certificate to use at the Really Reasonable Ribbon website.

 
The challenge winner is.......................

Denise with this beautiful altered notebook.

Denise, please contact us using the contact button at the top of the page and we'll get your $10 Really Reasonable Ribbon gift certificate out to you. Also, please grab the winner badge from the left column of the blog and proudly display it on your blog.

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Now, we have one more prize today, and it's a random drawing from all our entries. The winner will receive the great collection of embellishments shown below from Creative Charms.

And the winning number is........

Random Integer Generator
Here is your random number:   61
Timestamp: 2011-01-31 14:50:21 UTC

Gloria

Congratulations Gloria! Send us an email using the contact button above and we will get your terrific prize from Creative Charms right out to you.

 

Thanks again to everyone who played along with us on our Heart themed Challenge sponsored by Creative Charms.

 

I hope to see you all back again for Challenge #17 which is now up and running.

 

~ Bonnie Garby ~