Bundle of Joy

                        Let me start by wishing you a Happy Easter!  By the time this posts I will be getting ready to make Easter dinner.  I may be in the kitchen but I can be in two places at once...kinda!  It is my day here at RRR and this month we are product swapping with Crafty Secrets.  Lots of fun inspiration this month! So excited, make sure to keep checking in with the RRR and Crafty Secrets blog for all the gal's projects.
                          I chose to use these adorabbbbbbbbbbbble Baby girl printable images.   I used almost the whole page....could not stop playing with them.  I started with a chipboard scallop album and went to work adorning it.  Along with the sweet images I used several RRR ribbons including ribbons from this month's ribbon club.  I also used rose petal seam binding, scor-tape adhesive, and buttons from the store.  I added lots of sweet little doodads from my stash.  Doilies, chipboard pieces, pearls, etc.  Just had fun embellishing.  This is perfect for that new mom....great gift for Mother's Day!  Hope you enjoy!    Cherry

Birthday Blessings

Hi there crafty peeps!  Welcome to day two of the  Really Reasonable Ribbon/Crafty Secrets cross promotional event.  Bonnie kicked it all off yesterday, so if you missed her great post make sure to go check it out!

I made my card base with some lovely patterned papers from Webster's Pages that I pulled from my stash.  I matted them to pale pink cardstock.  I then matted a beautiful spring Mum image from the Digital Flowers Printable Sheet printed on white 65lb cardstock.  I also cut out and mounted a sentiment from the Little Blessings Creative Scraps.  Both the image and the sentiment were inked around the edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink.  I created a band around the card and a triple loop/double layered bow with Lyndsay White Crochet Lace and Aqua Double Faced Satin Ribbon.  I added some sparkle to the main image with clear fine art glitter.  I added some flat backed pearls as a final accent to the card.

I hope you enjoy my inspiration today.  Head on over to both  Really Reasonable Ribbon and Crafty Secrets for loads of wonderful crafty products!

Really Reasonable Ribbon and Crafty Secrets - What a beautiful combination!

This is the third post of the day.  For our new challenge and challenge winner post, please scroll down.

Hi everyone.  I'm excited to say that we are teaming up with Crafty Secrets this month.  Each post for the next week will feature products from Crafty Secrets along with beautiful ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  A match made in heaven!

Crafty Secrets is owned and operated by Sandy Redburn, who has turned her passion for antiques, vintage images, paper, old books and ephemera into the Heartwarming Vintage collection of papers, clear art stamps, printable images, booklets and CD’s and a huge line of digital art products for paper crafters.  Because Crafty Secrets digital images are drawn from actual vintage documents, books, and ephemera the artistry and authenticity holds a unique place in the digital paper crafting world.  We invite you to visit our online store at http://www.craftyvintagegirl.com  , subscribe to our blog at http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com/  or look for project ideas, tutorials and design team samples on our Pinterest page at https://www.pinterest.com/craftysecrets/. Our monthly Linky party held on the first Monday of each month offers free downloadable papers, stamps and printables as well as a monthly prize package.  We hope you will join us!

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There are so many fabulous goodies available at Crafty Secrets that I had a hard time making my selections.  Today I used the Digital Flowers Printable Sheet along with Grand Greetings Digital Stamp set.

I printed the digital image and sentiment on ivory cardstock and inked all the edges with gathered twigs Distress Ink.  I also added some natural mulberry paper which I love.  My beautiful bows were made with my Bow-it-All V2.0 tool using ribbons from my April assortment.  To view all my bow making videos, please visit my YouTube channel.

The colors on this digital image worked perfectly with the colors in the new April Ribbon Club Assortment.  I just love an aqua and coral color palette - looks like spring!

Be sure to hop over to the Crafty Secrets Blog and visit them this month too.  Their design team will be showcasing projects featuring Crafty Secrets designs along with the April Ribbon Club Assortment this month.  It will be fun to see what they create as well.

You'll be seeing lots more Crafty Secrets designs on my Make Time to Craft Blog in the next few months.  I hope you'll visit me there.

RRR Challenge #115 - Things with Wings 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 #115 is Things with Wings.

Create a card, layout, multi media piece, tag, ATC, hair bow, you name it. Just be sure to follow the theme above and use ribbon/lace or trim somewhere on your project.

  

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Here is a little inspiration from our design team for challenge #115 to get you started.  All of the sample projects feature ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Karen

Kathy

Teresa

Ginny

Dana

Bonnie

Cherry

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Now, let's see your Things with Wings creations! 

We will be selecting our top three favorite projects to feature, so stop back on April 17th to see our picks along with our next challenge theme. 

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 you can think of.

* You may enter up to 6 projects, but you're asked to provide newly designed projects. No back-linking please.

* All projects must also include some sort of ribbon, lace or trim.
* A maximum of 6 entries per person per challenge please.

* Post your project on your blog or an online gallery (using code RRR115) and link it here with the Inlinkz tool below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.

* You have until April 14th at 11:59 PM Eastern time to enter your projects. Thanks so much for playing and good luck.

 

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RRR Challenge #114 Winners

Challenge #114 was lots of fun with our Bright Spring Colors theme. 

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

Our top three picks for Challenge #114 in no particular order are:

Starcyl

Deborah

Kathy Roney

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

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Thanks again to everyone who played along with us on our Bright Spring Colors themed Challenge.  I hope to see you all back again for Challenge #115 which is now up and running.

~ Bonnie Garby ~

Clean and Simple Ribbon

Hey everyone, it's Dana.  I wanted to share a quick card using some beautiful sheer organza ribbon today.  Sometimes on a card you just need a really pretty piece of ribbon to make your card stand out and wow the recipient. So let's take a look at my card.  I didn't want to add a lot of fuss to my card.  It needed to be clean and simple.  So I just stamped a simple image and let my bow do all the work.

 

I fell in love with this gorgeous dark brown sheer organza ribbon with the satin center.  It is so easy to work with and it makes fantastic bows. Here's a better look at this beautiful ribbon.  It has just a touch of sparkle to it.  It's such a rich dark brown and add just the right touch for my card.

I was able to make this bow using the Bow-It-All V-2.  I'm telling you, this is a must have for every kind of crafter.  You will make some fabulous bows with this tool.  I'm bow challenged and this tool makes me shine.  LOL 

Thanks for hanging out with me today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Make sure to pick up some of the fun ribbon right here at RRR store.  Bonnie has a ton of gorgeous ribbon for you to play with.  Have a great day everyone.

Dana

Celebrate Spring Easter Card

Hey there Paper Peeps! Well it's just about that time to get into your Easter Baskets. I'm hoping for Starburst Jelly Beans. Oh why do I have to love those so much???  I'm dropping in to share a Shabby Easter Card I created with the April Ribbon Club Assortment and patterned papers from Graphic 45.

These colors remind me of sherbet ice cream!!!!  This card is for my MIL ...she will act surprised when she sees it..that's how we roll lol.

I used Sweet Sentiments and Precious Memories paper to go with the bright cheerful colors of the Ribbon Club Assortment. I fussy cut lots of flowers and layered them over the vintagy Easter images and die cut frame.

Okay that's it for me wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G