Winter Blessings with Gracielle Design and Country Holiday Ribbons

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Have you started working on your Christmas card list yet?  If not, maybe this vintage style Winter Blessings Christmas Card made with digital stamps and papers from Gracielle Design and RRR Country Holiday Ribbons will get your creative wheels turning.

I chose to work with the Winter Blessings Digital Stamp Set and the Holiday Tradtions Digital Paper Pack from Gracielle Design.  These pretty papers pair up perfectly with Cream Satin/Turftan Swirl ribbon from the November Ribbon Club Collection.  For a little extra holiday sparkle, I topped the bow with metallic gold string.

I printed the Christmas Bells paper to measure 6" square, then trimmed to 5.75" so I could double mat it on this 6" square card base.  After heat setting the ink on the sentiment (this prevents the ink from running)  I added some color with Distress Inks.  Next, I matted it on green metallic foil papers and added my ribbon and embellishments.

Here's a peek at the inside of the card.

To dress up the sentiment panel, I wrapped it with Vanilla Satin/Gold Metallic Edge ribbon and tied a simple square knot.  You could easily use this simple design on the interior as a card front if desired.

I always seem to wait until the last minute to get my Christmas cards done.  Often then don't get mailed until after the holiday!  Shame on me!  I'm going to try to get things done in a more timely fashion this year...but don't hold your breath!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy

Merry Christmas with Graciellie Design and Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hello Crafty Friends and Happy Sunday to you all!

Today's card was designed for Really Reasonable Ribbon & Graciellie Designs using beautiful Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon & Graciellie's beautiful Digital Stamps and Design Papers! LOVE these!!! Also love that I'm getting some of my Christmas cards done, and should have enough to hand out for Christmas this year again :) Gotta LOVE that! hehehe

So for my card I started with using the design papers from Graciellie Design called "Holiday Traditions" and for the sentiment and poinsettias I used "Christmas Poinsettias".  I layered each layer using card stock that is already embossed with dots.

For the poinsettias, I colored them with Copic markers and then fussy cut them out. I also used Gold Stamens for the centers. I did layer 2 different sized poinsettias to create a 3-D look.

Bows were done using the Forest Green Delicate Stitched ribbon. Talk about easy bows, this ribbon does the trick every time. Its so easy to create them as the ribbon flows and lays perfectly. Love that!! On my top bow I used Really Reasonable Ribbons "Colored Flower Rhinestone Embellishment"

For putting my card together I used Really Reasonable Ribbon's 
Scor-Tape,
Foam Tabs 
Soctch ATG tape.

 I absolutely love this design paper, the patterns are so beautiful in this collection. It's been a long time since I have used digital designs, and I have to say I did enjoy working with these, so thank you so much to Graciellie Design!!!

I really enjoyed creating my card for today using Graciellie Design digis, and ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon! I hope you enjoyed my post! Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a lovely day!

Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Wishing You a Blessed Winter

Hello ribbon lovers.  Today we are beginning a block of posts where you will see pretty ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon paired with wonderful digital stamps and digital papers from Graciellie Design.  We are partnering with Graciellie Design this month to introduce their wonderful designs with you.

For my card today, I used some digital images from the Winter Blessings Set from Graciellie Design and ribbon from the November Ribbon Club Assortment.

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The November Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon contains 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon.  Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed assortment of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.  Treat yourself today!

This was a really quick and easy card to create.  I simply arranged the pine branch and sentiment as I wanted them, printed it out on cardstock and cut the rectangle to size.  I quickly colored the pine branch with Copic Markers G99 and G99 by just flicking.  No need for precision for this coloring job.

Once colored, I layered the central panel on some different color cardstock layers to coordinate with my bow and boom - DONE.  This would be a really great quick and easy assembly line Christmas card, especially if you are low on time.  You could even simplify or eliminate the bow for additional time savings.  The simple ribbon across the center under the sentiment would be enough ribbon if you want the card to be flat for mailing.

Here is a look at the inside using two more of the digis in the set.  No reason why you can't make the inside pretty too.

My pretty bi-color bow was created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using two of the 5/8" ribbons from the November Ribbon Club Assortment.  The center is finished off with a pretty 12mm Dotted Wave Rhinestone.

For a video tutorial on how I created this pretty bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Be sure to stop back each day to see some new ideas and inspiration featuring ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and digital stamps and papers from Graciellie Design.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #175 - Anything Goes with Ribbon 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.

This will be our last challenge on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog.
Thank you so much for your support of our challenges over the years.

Just to clarify, we are discontinuing the RRR bi-weekly challenge only.
  Really Reasonable Ribbon is still in business and we appreciate all of our customers and all of your orders.  Head on over today to see all the wonderful holiday ribbon options and new mulberry flowers.

The theme for Challenge #175 is Anything Goes.

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 #175 to get you started.  All of the sample projects feature ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Kathy

Sheila

Bonnie

Karen

Cherry

Linsey

Cheryl

Ginny

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Now, let's see your Anything Goes creations! 

We will be selecting our top three favorite projects to feature, so stop back on November 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 provided it fits the weekly theme.

* 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 RRR175) and link it here with the Inlinkz tool below. Please provide a direct link to your post, not an entire blog.

* You have until Wednesday November 15th at 11:59 PM Eastern time to enter your projects. Thanks so much for playing and good luck.

 

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Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #174 Winners!

Challenge #174 was lots of fun with our Anything Goes theme. 

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

Our top three picks for Challenge #174 in no particular order are:

Gail Scott

SewPaperPaint

Edwina Brown

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 Anything Goes themed Challenge.  I hope to see you all back again for Challenge #175 which is now up and running.

~ Bonnie Garby ~

Thank You Greeting Card

Happy November Peeps! I always love the start of a new month as I get to share the project I created with the all new Ribbon Club Assortment.

This is a very versatile collection and will work great for just about any style of crafting from shabby chic to traditional to whimsical.

 I chose the greens and creams with gold highlight for this card. I think it coordinates perfectly with the updated floral.

These Magnolia flowers are a nice accent to the sentiment cut apart.

Of course I'm adding pearls and a doily...that's how I roll.

An extra large clip with printed epoxy top is the perfect addition here secured on the sentiment section.

I clipped this patterned paper with the arrows and turned it on it's side far additional interest.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies~Ribbon Club Assortment, White Magnolias.

Wishing you a happy and productive day : ) G

Merry Christmas with Really Reasonable Ribbon and Graciellie Design

Hi friends.  Yes, I know it's only November 1st, but it really is time to get going on those holiday cards and today I'm sharing a Christmas card I created using some of the pretty ribbons from the October Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon and beautiful digi's from Graciellie Design. 

This month we are partnering with Graciellie Design so you will be seeing some fabulous digital stamps and papers in our upcoming posts paired with pretty ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I invite you to head on over and travel through the Graciellie Design Blog Hop which is starting today where we will be promoting both Graciellie Design digis and ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  

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JOIN TODAY!

This month we have a special deal where you can join now for a special low price and get both the October and November Ribbon Club Assortments.  The October Assortment contains 9 styles and a total of 17 yards of ribbon and lace and the November Assortment contains 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon.  Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed assortment of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

Today I'm working with the Cheery Christmas Digital Stamp Set and the Holiday Traditions Digital Paper Pack from Graciellie Design.  

I love digital stamps because I can adjust the size to fit any die shape that I want to use.

My beautiful bow was created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using two of the 5/8" printed ribbons from the October Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The center of the bow is adorned with a 14mm Flower Shaped Rhinestone.

For a video tutorial on how I created this pretty bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you will hop on over and join the Graciellie Blog Hop to see all the wonderful projects being showcased there.