Make you own Bow Maker!

Hello, my dear crafty friends! Today is my last post as a Guest Designer on Really Reasonable Ribbon blog and this will be a small tutorial I want to share with  you.
And if ribbons are the main issue of this blog/shop, how about your own portable Bow maker and this time I am pretty sure it's a new and never seen tutorial. Why I am sure about it? As I used a dental supplies to make it and I am pretty sure   about not having so may dentists crafting with ribbons around the web.
So here it is- my Portable Tin Bow Maker for you. Look as a cute  altered box? So it is, but wait for the inside of it.

Don't worry- dental supplies are not obligatory, you can use any paper clay or polymer clay to make this tool.
Pick a tin with a lid- can be recycled one too (I used Making Memories tin, but any mint tin about 3*2'' will do the job.)
Now pick some molding paste (can be bought in any craft shop, but if you have a dentist friend it's even better as our molds  smell better and mine has this great grape taste and smell). Make 4 3'' wooden sticks from your BBQ wooden sticks or use an old chopsticks we all have at home as you will need them during  the process and after. Now mix the equal parts of both pastes (all molding pastes have 2 parts to be mixed for a minute or so) , make a rectangle about  3/4'' flat and fill the inside of your tin.

Now stick 2 of your wooden pieces about 1/2'' from each side (it will give you 2'' ribbon  bow) and another 2 in the middle to make this 1'' bow. Let it dry with sticks inside. Now pull the sticks and your bow maker is done.

Here are some photos to show you how to make 2'' bow. The box will use those wooden sticks storage and  you don't need to buy any fancy one (anyway, my fancy bow maker was lost  after all)
Please note that the pearl pins are just my add on to make the more clear photos, you don't need to use them during your bow making at all.
First tie the ribbon around the pegs as shown .

 Now take the left   ribbon end (the upper one) under the loop as shown.

Now move the same ribbon above  the loop as shown

This was a moment to take my pins off (as I said you don't even need them) and to make a tie with both free ribbon ends.

Pull the pegs of the mold and your bow is made. Trim the ends as wanted and use it as I did to embellish my bow maker box.

Now just take time to embellish your Bow Maker box.
First of all pick some Score tape and embellish the lid with Jute  Natural 3/8'' ribbon, cut the edges to fit the tin lid. Add some thin tape around and glue Hemp Cord from Multi Weight set. For my tin lid it were 3 layers of 3/8''width. The bottom was just perfect for one layer of Natural Crochet Lace  trim and I added the same hemp over it.

I  glued a nice flower branch over the lid (Prima) and added my pink bow I made with Swiss Dots Light Coral ribbon.
And now here are some examples of using this Bow Maker  on my other projects.
And as I said- any mold will make the job and if not- try some Paper clay  or some Polymer clay (can be baked with a tin, but don't use Microwave as the tin is metal)
Product list:
Really Reasonable Ribbon:
Jute Natural 3/8 ''
Hemp Cord Multi Weight set
Natural Crochet Lace
Swiss dots grosgrain Light Coral
Tin (Making Memories)
Flowers (Prima)
Other: molding paste, wooden pegs
That's it for this post and for my Guest Designing for Really Reasonable Ribbon shop. Thanks for great products and this fantastic exposure!
See you again in my blog with more ribbon posts!

Inspired by Stamping January 24 Inspiration challenge

My January 24 Inspired by Stamping challenge inspiration card.

I used the new January released Cute circles set to make this card , together with AC and Core' Dinations cardstock, Pink Paislee and Kaisercrafts paper,IBS flowers, Prima felt doily and Blumenthal Lansing felt buttons, Spellbinders die, Martha Stewart punch and Wow Embossing Powders Red powder to emboss  my stamping. Ribbons and twine are from Really Reasonable Ribbons shop.

Play with Inspired by Stamping challenge and you can win some lovely goodies to craft with!

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Make your own accessory kit

Hello, my dear crafty friends! Irit is here and this will be my last post as RRR guest designer for January. I already made cards, altered bag, box and even taught you how to make your own Bow Maker. So today I am going to show you simple and lovely projects that can be even made with kids (10 years old girls will love it a lot)

All you need is this gorgeous Swiss Dots Bright Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon kit, wooden spools- small and one medium, tacky double sided tape, some old beads and some jewelry bases.

Let's begin with a necklace.

This is what we call "tie a knot" beading and you need about 3 yards of the hemp – I used the thin one from Bamboo Cord Multi Weight Set as some of the beads have small holes only.

Fold your hemp to half and make a tie, then begin to add beads and make it totally random. Add one bead over double string and then add one on one string only, make another tie and so on. But now, as you can see, the most colorful part of this project is those covered with dotted ribbon wooden spools. The size on the small spools is just perfect for ribbon width in this collection. Use your Score tape to add small bits of ribbons and add more beads until the necklace is done. Tie the ends and your necklace us done.

Now for the hear clips. I used the pre- made wooden clips base, but you can make it from polymer clay, paper clay or use the old piece you already have. This time use stronger glue (kind of jewelry making one) and add 3 strips of our dotted ribbon over it. Now cover the big wooden spool with 3 different dotted ribbons (the size is just perfect for full 3 ribbons to cover it all) and glue the spool over the clips. Add the metal base with the same strong glue and your hear clips is done.

And as I still hade a lot of ribbons and some small spools I decided to make this dash pin using the metal base (ca be bought in every craft store)

I wrapped 2 small spools and glued them over the metal base (use strong glue) and then added a small bow over it for this fancy look.

So, as I said, even  kids can do it, but please be careful with glues (those are not kid safe glues after all) and with a pin (just cover it with a cover before they begin).

Product list:

Ribbons: Swiss Dots Bright Assortment
http://www.reasonableribbon.com/item.php?item_id=4045&page=2&category_id=101
Bamboo Cord Multi weight SET
http://www.reasonableribbon.com/item.php?item_id=4045&page=2&category_id=101
Glue: 1/4'' Score tape
http://www.reasonableribbon.com/item.php?item_id=4892&category_id=405
Wooden spools: Maya Road
Clips, pin: craft store
French clips
http://www.reasonableribbon.com/item.php?item_id=3830&category_id=332
Other: Beads

RRR GDT Valentine challenge post

Hello, my dear crafting friends!

Today Really Reasonable Ribbon has a new challenge in their blog: VALENTINE/ LOVE 

Also it's almost a month till the actual day, but you can do your Valentine projects right now with this most gorgeous monthly Valentine set.

So here is my project: Valentine card.

This card looks very simple, but used quite a bunch of different techniques.

I dry embossed the Core' dinations cardstock with Sizzix/Tim Holtz embossing folder and distressed all over for this mute look. The Pink Paislee paper was die cut with Cherry Lynn die and then I added 2 ribbons from RRR Valentine set: Red hearts and Lace. Then some Pretty Little Studio tags, Bingo card etc were collaged over with 3d foam glue and I added another ribbon layers: Pink Satin covered with white and made this pink bow. The flowers and leaves are from Inspired by Stamping shop, so was the sentiment stamped with red Clearsnap ink.

To make it more interesting I added 3 ribbon flags, using the very same collection.

After all this card looks pretty fancy, but not too bulky and is great as Valentine small gift.
So go to Really Reasonable Ribbon shop and grab this fantastic Valentine set! Enter the challenge and you can win gorgeous ribbons too!

Product list:

Ribbons: Really Reasonable Ribbon Valentine January collection kit

Cardstock: American Crafts (brown), Core' dinations )Pink)

Patterned paper: Pink Paislee

Tags: Pretty Little Studio

Die: Cherry Lynn Design

Embossing folder: Sizzix/Tim Holtz

Flowers, leaves, stamp: Inspired by Stamping

Bling: craft shop
 I add this card to Flowers and ribbon challenge on Pretty Little Ribbon shop
Valentine for Craftroom challenge

Really Reasonable Ribbon January blog hop

Hello, my dear crafting friends!

Irit is here again and this time I am a part of Really Reasonable Ribbon DT Blog hop.


This month the new monthly released  Valentine ribbon kit is this red- pink and white most gorgeous Valentine day one.

If you came from Bonnie's blog  here you are on the right way. And if not- go to Really Reasonable Ribbon blog  and begin there. And as always- we have a great giveaway for you. Follow our blogs, comment and you can win!

So I decided to make an altered box, full of roses and very much Valentine.

The basic box I picked to recycle was one of those well known Ikea round boxes. The only color I had was blue, but it was just perfect add on to all those reds, pinks and whites.

So I covered the lower part with 3 different ribbons, using a tacky orange double sided tape. Then I added a piece of white lace from the kit and glued 2 pink buttons to cover the edges (doesn't matter how much you try, the edges are still ugly, unless you can fold them to the backside.)

Then I embellished the cover part of the box: 2 ribbons around, one lovely bow made with my own Bow maker (wait for the tutorial how to make this one in my next post here). The top was covered with light pink doily that was just a right size for this box and then I added 2 felt heart buttons tied with another ribbon from the set.

But wait- it's not only a box. Look inside! It took me an hour to fit all those small paper roses to make this "heart" shape and now my gorgeous Valentine box is done.

Do you want to add some more inside? You still have a lot of space for some small items to put inside the box.
Product list:
Really Reasonable Ribbon Valentine January kit- 6 ribbons used
Ikea box Flowers: Iamroses
Felt, buttons: Blumenthal Lancing Co.
Other: paper doily
 And as those gorgeous ribbons were on my craft table, I decided to make a card with this very old and forgotten Iris folding template. So I picked a heart template and made the folds with 3 different ribbons to get this heart shape. As the outer  part was not so fancy, I added this lace  twisted heart using the lace from the same set and made a small bow on the top of it.

The edges were covered with Washi tape (sorry, I never know the washi tape companies as they all are just same) and I added a few flowers from Iamroses and a few pearl pins. The sentiment  are Webster pages stickers.

Now go  to your next stop in our blog hop:  Cheryl's blog
Product list for the card
 RRR Valentine January kit
Cardstock: American Crafts
Flowers: Iamroses
Letter stickers: Webster pages
Other: washi tape, pins
Hope you like it and maybe can do a very similar one if you buy this ribbon collection from
Really Reasonable Ribbon  store .

Inspired by Stamping January 2013 release showcase

Hello, my dear crafty friends and welcome to Inspired by Stamping January 2013 new release.
I made 3 projects for this release using 3 fantastic stamp sets and our first ever die set. So here we go!
My first project is a clear box that I am going to use  for a small present that is embellished with IBS gold glitter tape and flowers, but the main part of it is this black and white label made with Small Fancy Labels 1  new set and   Fancy Labels 1 set of   dies.
I also added a small tag (just cut the die cut from both sides to get the shape) and added another stamp from the same set.

And here is a new stamp set I used here:

And this new set of dies:

My second project for today is  this mini cards set of 5 cards all packed in a fancy embellished and stamped envelope. I used ALL STAMPS from this Cute Circles set to make this set. There are 5 circles and 6 sentiments there, so the last sentiment was added on the envelope. All  mini cards were made in the same style but with different colors and it's just a cute and easy to make gift (also you can make those mini cards for your personal use too).

 And a stamp set I used here:

My last project is  a card(one real card for  whole release is OK and also I really wanted to scrap, those sets are more for card makers, so I stayed  with all things that are cards and around...)
This is my Miss you card all in gold and silver, made with Robin's Nest embossed silver paper and glitter gold and silver chipboards, die cut with 2 largest dies from our new die set. Then I stamped a label from
Just Because set on white cardstock with clear embossing ink, heat embossed with gold Wow Embossing Powder and cut the sentiment to add it over the label with 3d foam glue.
The silver glitter tape is from Inspired by Stamping shop, the gold ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon shop and the gold trinket from my  so called " vintage box".


Here is a stamp set I used here (I also used the die set you can see above)

So here all other DT  members project for this January release. please, visit them and leave them some love too, some of us post tomorrow too, so  check all blogs for a chance to win some great prizes!

Joanna
Colleen
Deb
Irit- you are here
Kendra
Liz

And now for the best part:

All Products will be available for purchased from today in the shop

·  Free shipping will be available for all orders over $25. No code required.

·  4 stamp sets with matching die will be offered as a bundle for a 15% discount.

·  Blog Candy – Please leave a comment on everyone’s blog for a chance to win. Failure to comment on everyone’s blog and they will not be eligible for the prize. We will have a winner on each day Thursday and Friday. Winner will receive 1 4x8 stamp set (of your choice) and the new die.We are talking about 40$ prize here, one on each release day! 

·  Become a Fan on our FB page for a chance to win the new die also! Already a fan, then you are already eligible! Please let your friends know for a chance for them to win!
Come again tomorrow to see all new release stamps sets and die  again!

Really Resonable Ribbon GDT POST: Altered wooden bag

Hello, my dear crafty friends!

My name is Irit Shalom and I thrilled to be Really Reasonable Ribbon  guest designer for January. This post is just a copy and paste of the very same post in RRR blog here.
 As a shabby/vintage artist who adores altering my first project is an altered wooden bag you can buy in any $1 store. It came with this ugly green ribbon as it's handle and fortunately the holes were big enough to make another pretty ones after all.

First I covered it with Bo Bunny patterned papers and it was very easy as you just need a few straight cuts. Then I added a strip of 1.5'' Jute Ribbon Natural (almost not seen after all) and ties a piece of Burlap Woven Ribbon Ivory trim around the box.

A piece of Black Crochet lace was glued over the front part and now for the fun: my ribbon flowers!

I made 2 of them. The first was done with Sheer Ruffle Edge Aqua trim, stitched and pulled to make this fancy flower. I added a small ribbon flower I made ages ago from unknown blue satin ribbon.

My second flower was made with 1.5'' Champagne Netting base, stitched and pulled to make this flower base. The white flower was made with Cheer Box Pleats White ribbon and it was no sewing one, just glued to make the circle. The flower center here is Prima center.

I also added 3 resin small flowers on the top.

The handles were made with Jute Ribbon Natural trim and secured with very old brads (great way to use 4 of them as we all have a lot and never use any)

This box can be used as another gift packaging or even as a gift itself.

Hope you liked my project for today and see you next time with more crafty ribbon projects!

Product list:

$ Store wooden bag

Patterned paper: Bo Bunny

Resins: Handmade Halo shop

Flower center: Prima

Other: brads

Ribbons:

 1.5" Jute Ribbon Natural

Burlap Woven Ribbon Ivory

1.5" Champagne Netting

Sheer Box Pleats White

1.5" Black Crochet Lace (000390)

Jute Ribbon Natural (000475)

Sheer Ruffle Edge Aqua (800550)

See you again with more RRR projects!

Visible Image January challenge: Time flies

Hello my dear stamping friends!  Happy New Year to all of us!
You are invited to our Visible Image January challenge and this time it's all about Time! Make any kind of stamped project with clocks, dates, timeline and everything about time and enter it to our challenge here to win some great stamps and to be our Top 3.
Here is my project made for this challenge- I used Time After Time  set on this Kaisercrafts products tag and it's really all about time.

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See you on Friday with my regular Visible Image post!