Floral Mother's Day Card

 Hello friends.  Today I'm sharing a Mother's Day card that any Mom would be thrilled to receive and it's embellished with some pretty ribbons, burlap sting and mulberry flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I created a 4-3/4" x 6-1/2" top fold card with loads of layers. My digital sentiment from our sister company Bonnie Garby Designs is my main focal point.  I ran a piece of Delphinium Diamond Satin topped with Ivory Burlap String across the center of the card.  I topped it off with a pretty bi-color bow using two colors of Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon and below the sentiment I have added some Cottage Rose and Open Rose Mulberry Flowers.

Both of the sentiments I used on my card today came from the Mother's Day Digital Stamp Bundle and we also have a coordinating Mother's Day Sentiments 'For the Inside' Bundle.

Our sister company 'Bonnie Garby Designs' is offering a large variety of digital sentiment stamps and svg files.  Below are the two sets I used on my card today.  

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For a video tutorial on how I use mulberry paper, please click HERE.

My card is topped off with a pretty bi-color double loop bow created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using two colors of Delicate Stitched Satin ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The center of the bow is finished off with a pretty Acrylic Heart Shaped bead.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by and visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

 

Sunshine In Your Life

You're probably busy creating lots of pretty Spring/Summer cards if I were to guess.  Really Reasonable Ribbon has all the perfect ribbons, trims, adhesives and everything you might need to create all those pretty cards.  And if you need some FUN new sentiments for your cards, Bonnie Garby Designs can help you find a whole slew of lovely new images for the outsides (and inside sentiments) of all your cards.

This card started with white watercolor paper.  I layered it with some JilliBean Soup patterned papers using Scor-Tape to securely hold everything in place.  I used a sentiment from the Spring Bundle from Bonnie Garby Designs and rubbed some Lemonade and Fossilized Amber Oxide Ink over it.  Once everything was attached, I ran a length of Bright Pink Gingham Ribbon across the card and tied a pretty bow with it.  I added several lovely Double Head Stamens in various colors.

The bees were stamped and and hand-cut using a (retired) stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps.  There are SO many great ribbons, trims, twines, laces, embellishments, Adhesives and so much more at Really Reasonable Ribbon.  There's also lots of great inspiration on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog to help you get some great new ideas.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  It's always a treat to hear from you and to have you visit us.  Have a great week and please stop by again soon.  In the meantime, happy crafting from all of us at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Blessings,

Karen

Busy Bee Shaker Card with Custom Dyed Seam Binding

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Question: What do you do when you don't have just the right shade of Really Reasonable Ribbon to finish off your project?  I always turn to seam binding ribbon, and custom dye it to match my project.  It's such an easy process, and really looks good on a girly grunge or mixed media card like this honeybee shaker card.

Here's how I custom dye my ribbon:

• First, cut about 1 yard of white seam binding ribbon.
• Next, select 3 complementary shades of Distress Ink. For this card, I chose Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Fossilized Amber. 
• Swipe the Distress Ink Pads on a non-stick craft sheet, then mist with water until small color droplets form.
• Dip the seam binding ribbon through the inky puddles.  Don't swipe, or the colors will get muddy. 
• Dry the ribbon with a heat gun between applications, and repeat until you are happy with the final result. 
• If your ribbon is wrinkled, you can iron with a warm iron.  But I like the crinkles! 

Top your custom dyed bow with a shimmering Iridescent Metallic String Bow to add the perfect but of sparkle.  Iridescent Metallic String picks up the colors in your project, so it goes with everything. Finish off your card with clusters of Pastel Sweetheart Blossoms for the win!  

I hope I've shared some ideas you can use today!  

Thanks for stopping by,

Kathy

 

Mothers Day Popper/cracker Tutorial

 

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday to you all! Today I have this fun favor I made for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the gorgeous flowers, ribbon and embellishments. Also made these for my table setting for Mother’s Day. 

I do have a video tutorial on this Popper/cracker favor and it can be seen here 

Items used are Really Reasonable Ribbon Delicate stitched satin Peony for the ties on both ends . The lace is Gabrielle , it’s beautiful! I used 2 tone pink with dusty pink centers for the 3 (10mm, 15mm,20mm) , sweetheart blossoms . The design paper I chose is the K & Company 

I made these to put on my table setting for mothers day this year, and thought these would be so pretty on the place setting for each of the moms. I think I;m going to add some truffles to the inside of them. They are super fun to make and if you havent tried to make them yet, you can watch my VIDEO here on them.

• Delicate Stitched Peony Ribbon
• gabrielle Lace
• heart embellishment
• 2-tone pink open rose flowers with dusty pink centers (10mm, 15mm, 20mm)
• sweetheart blossoms
• mini sweetheart blossoms
• scor-tape

YouTube Video Tutorial on Popper

Thank you so much for looking and have a lovely day!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Hello Sending You Hugs Greeting Card

 Hey there friends and crafty peeps! Ginny here to share a card I created with beautiful trims from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I started this card with an extra large stamped sentiment and framed it with a die cut frame. It's layered over pretty patterned papers and topped with a generously sized flower arrangement.

~Really Reasonable Ribbon~ White Lotus Flower, Double Head Stamens, Ivor Burlap String, and Old Gold Taffeta Ribbon

Wishing everyone a happy and productive day : ) G

Way to Go, Grad!

Hello, everyone! It is Gloria with you today. It is almost time to celebrate all those high school and college graduates in your circle! My circle of potential graduates contains only young men at the moment, so I created a masculine style card.

It is always a challenge for me to add ribbon to a masculine style card and not make it too frou-frou. I think I did fine this time! The card base is 5" x 6" made from black cardstock, lined on the inside with white cardstock. 

I attached two pieces of printed paper together and then placed a length of 5/8" Gray Plaid Ribbon over the seam where the two prints meet. I then cut a few small lengths of Oyster Baker's Twine to create a "spider-y" knot around the left edge of the ribbon.

I found some greeting cards with Saturday Evening Post/Norman Rockwell art on them in my stash. They were plain and an odd size, and not printed on particularly nice cardstock. So, I did what anyone would do, I cut them apart so I could use the images! 

I matted the image onto black cardstock, then stamped the hashtag sentiments along the bottom. I wrapped more of the Gray Plaid ribbon around the top of the image, then I added a button tied with a bit of the Oyster twine.

I stamped a greeting onto a scrap of white cardstock and tucked it under the left edge of the image. 

I stamped another greeting on the inside of the card, and then disguised that I stamped it off-center by adding a strip of the printed paper. (Oops!)

Thank you so much for joining me today! And congratulations to all the graduates for 2023!

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:

5/8" Gray Plaid Ribbon

Oyster Baker's Twine

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

1/4" ATG tape

Other Supplies Used: cardstock, printed paper, stamps and ink, button

RRR April Blog Hop Winner!

Thank you so much for hopping along with us this month on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop. We had so much fun and we hope you did too!! We'll be hopping on the 13th of each month, so be sure to mark your calendars and join us again next month.

Now, on to our winner who will receive a $10 Gift Certificate from Really Reasonable Ribbon and a Digital Stamp Set from Bonnie Garby Designs.

The winner will have 48 hours to contact me by clicking on the contact button at the top of the blog and sending me your full name and US shipping address.

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Result:

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Congratulations Glenda!

19. Glenda4/16/23, 12:31 PM

The weather here has been just glorious! Typical East Tennessee Spring weather with lots of sunshine and a little sprinkle here and there. The Iris flowers have started blooming and I just love this time of year! Another lovely blog hop!

Now if you didn't win, don't worry!! We will be 'hopping' each month so you'll have another chance to win soon! We hope you stop by and visit our blog often.