Shaker Card & Grad Card with Ribbon

Hello friends and happy hump day! Linsey here with 2 fun card designs that use a simple strip of ribbon in the same way. One is a shaker card and the other is a graduation card with a similar design, only no shaker. I really like how they both turned out and can't wait to share them with you here today!

First, my shaker card that is sure to shake up anyone's day with its fun and uplifting message! Can you spot the ribbon? I added it below the shaker and layered a bunch of chipboard stickers on top of it, so it's bit hard to see. But it still adds another layer and more interest to the card and I love the 5/8" Daffodil Taffeta Ribbon so much! 

Next up is my graduation card! Again, a simple strip of ribbon adds more dazzle and sparkle to an already super-star card! I'm over the moon for this 5/8" Silver Glitz Ribbon! 

And I hope you like them too! Thanks so much for stopping by today and until next time, happy crafting!

Floral Pocket with Tag

Hello everyone, and Happy Monday to you all!
Today I have a sweet little pocket and tag decorated with Really Reasonable Ribbon's beautiful ribbons, flowers, and bronze embellishments. I really enjoyed making this darling little pocket that will be added to one of my mini albums at a later date.

On my pocket I started with the Satin Swiss Dots Ribbon Black.  I made a big bow, then added the Canvas Colored Band with Stitched Edge Pink as another bow on top. Next I chose to make a ruched up floral piece to add on top of that using the checkered ribbon with the stitched edge in geen/ivory/pink. It's really easy to do, all you do is pull the plastic string part from inside the ribbon at the top and it makes it ruche up so pretty.  You can make flowers or whatever you like to add to your flower clusters. I even made one for the tag.

For the floral cluster I chose to use the pink carnation, and a few different rose buds in pinks and white. Then I used the mini sweetheart blossoms in pink, and also the aster daisy in a light pink. For the window doors I used the beautiful bronze embellishments.

I love the design papers I used for this.  They came from a paper stack called Heidi Swapp. I made the tag so it would fit inside the pocket.  It's nice to have these done and ready for mini albums, as you can add them at a later date.


Really Reasonable Ribbon 
Satin Swiss Dots Ribbon Black
1/2" checkered ribbon with stitched edge green/ivory/pink
Canvas Colored Band with Stitched Edge Pink
Pink Mixed Carnations
Rose Buds in pinks 
Sweetheart Blossoms Mini
Aster Daisys in light pink
Bronze embellishments

I hope you enjoyed my post for today, and thank you so much for stopping by! Hugs to all,
Cheryl

St. Patrick's Day Greeting Cards

Hello there friends and crafty peeps! I'm so excited to be sharing the first 2 cards I've created with the gorgeous new plaid ribbon from RRR.

 The green and purple ribbon inspired the color scheme for this card. I knew I had some fabby papers for St Patrick's Day so the green was easy peasy and the flowers are a perfect accent to the purple in the plaid!

 I think those flowers are so bright and cheerful and they really pop on the patterned paper background.

There's green matting throughout to keep the patterns from looking busy.

Burlap string helps to fill in the arrangements as well as soften the corners for a more organic shape.

Glittery shamrocks are a fun holiday accent.

I am so in love with this ribbon. Not only does it look really pretty but it tied the most perfect poofy bow!

While I had the ribbon and the festive collection out I made another card. This time the size is 4 x 9 inches which is becoming a real fav for me.

This time I'm adding lighter colored flowers to brighten up the image and including sequins and Prills for added detail.

A few metal accents and this card is ready to bring some happy to a special person for the holiday.

~Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Checkered Ribbon With Stitched Edge Purple/Lavender/Parrot .

Wishing everyone a happy and productive day : ) G

Creating vintage Easter Decor with Cherry Nelson

Hello my friends! Cherry here at the RRR blog today! I always find it so confusing when Easter falls in March.  Do you?   Growing up it was always in April.  So happy it falls this year like it does.  It gives us more time to enjoy this special time of the year.  I love to welcome in the soft pastels of the Holiday and embrace the shabby that pairs so well with Spring time.  With that in mind I created this vintage Easter decoration using old tart tins and sewing spools.

 

I first painted my tart tin with Ballerina Pink spray paint and than gave it a good aging with my rusty technique.  I use bleach and white vinegar.  Generally I leave my item in the solution over night.  I love the patina it gives things.

I used Baby pink seam binding and

Peach Cherry Blossoms that I tea stained.

 I love the subtle aging tea staining adds to my florals.

 

I die cut my Tim Holtz paper image and layered it with some heavy weight glitter paper and adhered it to my tin.  Here it is complete, I love how this turned out. Mixed media is so fun...great way to think outside the box with retro and vintage goodies. Enjoy!  Cherry

AMAZING

Welcome by Really Reasonable Ribbon today.  It's Karen today sharing a sweet and simple card. It started with a cardstock base, and then I added one piece of pink/white striped patterned paper.  I covered that with a die-cut background template, then added half a doily and a sentiment sticker.  Then came the really fun part.....adding all the wonderful touches from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

First, I ran a length of Cream Seam Binding down the left-hand side of my card.  I used that same Cream Seam Binding along with some lovely Baby Pink Seam Binding to create my bow.  I tucked in some Miniature White Double-Head Stamens, Miniature Pink Double-Head Stamens and Miniature Green Double-Head Stamens.  On top of the Seam Binding bow, I added a 30mm Tow-Toned Pink/White Mulberry Leaf and some pink, green and white flowers from the Mixed Pastels Miniature Sweetheart Blossoms.  By the way...they're GORGEOUS!

The final touches include some circle-shaped stickers and some sequins.  I just LOVE how the ribbons, stamens and flowers give the card such a soft, sweet, and romantic feel.  Ribbons and trims also add texture and life to our cards and projects, and there are SO many choices at RRR.

There's lots of great inspiration every day on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog, and lots of great products in the RRR Shop.  We hope you'll stop by often, and let us know if you have any questions about anything.  We're here to help.

Enjoy your day,

Karen

Buttons and Bows Shaker Folio

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  So tell me, how do you feel about white ribbon?  Today's Buttons and Bows Shaker Folio is a study in blue, which is my favorite color.  And nothing goes better with blue than crisp, white taffeta ribbon.  

I used my faithful Zutter Bow-it-All Tool to tie a 3" double loop bow on the left hand side of the shaker box.  Silver Metallic String adds another layer of sparkle and shine and a vintage blue button finishes the bow cluster nicely. 

White Taffeta Ribbon does double duty in this 5 1/2" trifold shaker folio.   I used it as the closure mechanism and tied a bow on the side.  To do this, wrap the matted layers of your project with 1/2" Scor-Tape.  Then press the taffeta ribbon onto the sticky strip and you're good to go!

What do you do with your ribbon scraps?  I like to thread them through the tops of little tags, or tie them in a square knot to decorate a honey stick, as I've done here.

The more I use Taffeta Ribbon, the more I love it.  It ties crisp, poufy bows and comes in loads of wonderful colors!

Wishing you a beautiful, creative day! 
Cheerio,
kathy

Mother Gooose Canvas Board

Hi friends! Linsey here sharing my Mother Goose Mixed Media Canvas Board! This is one of my most favorite projects I've ever made to date and I hope you'll enjoy it too! Maybe even be inspired to create a mixed media project with ribbon and trim of your very own!

I used some White Crochet Lace Trims adhered with Mod Podge glue which works really well.

For the banner, I used Wheat Stripe Diva Collection Baker's Twine and added lots of mulberry flowers including Red Open Roses, Mixed Earth Tone and White Open Roses, Sweetheart Blossoms White with Red Center, White Cosmos Daisy Stem Flowers, Mixed Blue/Aqua Cherry Blossoms and WOC White Spiral Stamens. 

I hope you like it! I really enjoyed designing it! I find mixed media art to be very fun and carefree. Very little stress and lots of room for happy little accidents! 😊 Thanks so much for stopping by and until next time, happy crafting!