Celebrate Spring with Joy

Welcome by today, everyone, and thanks for visiting us.  It's always a treat to have you stop by the RRR blog.  Today it's Karen, and I'm sharing a sweet card that was inspired by my super talented friend, Esther of Shoregirls Creations.  When I saw her super sweet no-line card, I think my jaw hit the floor.  While I knew I could never recreate anything even close to what Esther had created, I did know that I wanted to at least take a whack at it.  And of course, I knew that Really Reasonable Ribbon would help me give it some special touches.

My card also includes a bit more of the (bundled) Natural Burlap String and a Moss Green Open Rose.  I added a small hang tag onto which I stamped the word JOY, and it's hung from a Pear- Shaped Rusty Paperclip from our Embellishment Section.the images and dirtied the edges using Black Soot, Hickory Smoke and Burlap Tim Holtz Oxide Inks.  

The finishing touches to my card are all from Really Reasonable Ribbon and they include the Natural Burlap String that I wrapped under and around the bird/flowers, as well as the bow I tied at the bottom.  The bow was created using some Peach Seam Binding that I cut into narrow strips and tied into a bow. 

You can always find lots of great ribbons, laces, trims and twines at Really Reasonable Ribbon among many other wonderful things.  They carry Adhesives, Hair Accessories, Embellishments, Mulberry Flowers and SO much more.  OH.....and don't forget to join us on the 13th for our AWESOME Blog Hop where you'll have a chance to win our beautiful Ribbon Club Assortment.  Have a blessed and creative week, everyone.

Blessings,

Karen

Woodland Creature Cards by Cherry Nelson

 Hellllllllllo RRR peeps!  Cherry here on the blog today to share a woodland theme holiday greeting with you.  If there are cute animals involved, I am always down for creating with them.  We all could use some cuteness in the world right about now.  I gathered up my supplies and created a more traditional Nordic color scheme with my hedgehog shaker, and the other card is in more masculine forest greens and browns.  I love this sweet owl and the sentiment "tis the season to be J'owly" ...also love me a good pun. 

I used lots of fun flowers..some from Really Reasonable Ribbon and some I created using Foamirian and stamens from the store.  I used diecuts in varying size frames to create a shadow effect on both cards.  I love the dimension it adds to my cards.   Well that is it for me.  Please scroll down for a full supply list.

As always thanks for stopping by!  Stay healthy and creative friends. 

XOXO, Cherry

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies-

stamens

Burlap string in green

Cherry twine

Forest green taffeta ribbon

red taffeta ribbon

A Beary Merry Christmas

Hello everyone and Happy Monday to you all! It's hard to believe it's almost Christmas, hope you are all ready! So I created my card today for Really Reasonable Ribbon and My Makers Movement. I used Really Reasonable Ribbon's beautiful flowers, embellishments, adhesives, and ribbon.  All dies and stamps are from MMM. I hope you enjoy my post for today!

For my card today I chose to use this darling paper from Crate Paper, layered with red embossed card stock, and sewing in red. The sweet dies and stamps I used are from My Makers Movement Beary Christmas.

My ribbon bows were made using Really Reasonable Ribbons Winter Carnival Mix Ribbon Club , I absolutely LOVE these ribbons and they matched perfectly for my card. I also added Really Reasonable Ribbon's flowers (rose buds, rose, cherry blossoms, trellis roses) and embellishments on my card here. Bonnie carries so many beautiful flowers, ribbons and embellishments in the store, and can be found here! I will list all items below for easy finding.

Really Reasonable Ribbon supplies Used:
Trellis rose pink
cherry blossoms
Open Rose
Rose buds
Delicate Stitched Satin
 shell print Satin
Resin white flowers
scotch advanced tape refill
foam tabs

other items used:
My Makers Movement stamps and dies
Crate Paper Bundled Up
Bazzill card stock
copics to color
sewing machine
hot glue gun
wire cutters
gel pen white for dots
crafters edge die cutting machine

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

God Always Keep His Promises

Hello there, and thanks for popping by today.  It's Karen here today sharing a pretty card that I created using a few of the (many) GORGEOUS products from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I completely realize that there are OODLES of stores out there for crafters, and that we have SO many wonderful choices.  I will say this......I've never encountered any other store where I can find the most GORGEOUS Mulberry Flowers, Leaves,  Burlap String, Twine, Ribbons, Adhesives, Embellishments, and so much more all in one place.  Ribbons, in general, give our projects rich dimension and texture.  Really Reasonable Ribbon has GREAT prices (including reasonable shipping rates), and an AMAZING selection of beautiful products.

I used some Farmhouse patterned papers and button/journalling card from October Afternoon  to create my card base.  I stamped the sentiment (God Always Keeps His Promises) in green, and used a few Tim Holtz miniature staples.  Then.....the fun part - the RIBBON treatment.  I bundled up a length of Olive Green Burlap String and a length of Lemonwood Stripe Baker's Twine.  Next, I tied two bows using the Yellow Gingham Ribbon (found in this month's Ribbon Club Assortment) and added those.  I also laid some Yellow Double-Head Stamens, Baby Blue Double-Head Stamens, White Double-Head Miniature Stamens, and Matcha Green Double-Head Miniature Stamens.  I topped all that loveliness with some Yellow Open Roses, Autumn Gold Open Roses, some Blue Sweetheart Blossoms and a 30mm Green Paper Leaf.

You may also notice that I tucked in an antique (very vintage) button as well as a darling little White Acrylic Flower from our awesome Embellishments section.  I can always count on Really Reasonable Ribbon to have the PERFECT ribbons, trims, flowers, etc. to match everything.  They truly have it ALL when it comes to taking your cards and projects to the next level.  Why not treat yourself today?  We're always happy to have you stop by here at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Blessings,

Karen Letchworth

Summer Fun Shaker Card with Paper Clip Embellishments

Hello, Friends!  Kathy here with a really sweet summer card. This 6" x 6" shaker/easel card makes me think of fruit salad! Yum!  Bright  Pink Plaid Ribbon is the perfect playmate for these Prima Fruit Paradise papers.  I've topped my double loop bow with some gold metallic string to add just the right amount of shine, and it picks up on the gold in the floral cluster, too.

Do you ever look for ways to use up pretty little ribbon scraps?  Well, here's a fun idea for you.  See that little paper clip embellishment just to the left of the flower cluster?  That was the very last little bit of my Hot Pink Satin with Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon from June's Ribbon Club Assortment.  Here's how to turn that little 2" scrap into a beautiful embellishment on your next card:

• First, find a paperclip.  This one is gold, but you can color match to whatever paper you are using.
• Now cut fish tail banners on each end of the ribbon.  I do this by folding my ribbon in half lengthwise, then snip from the fold to the outer edge.
• Next, thread the ribbon between the legs of the paper clip.  Hold in place with a tiny dot of hot glue.
• Top the ribbon with a little posy or a button, as I did here. 

Easy peasy, affordable and oh, so cute!

Here's a peek at the inside.  There's just enough room to write a little greeting.  This would be such a cheery little birthday card or get well card, and it's pretty enough to put out on display.

I hope I shared some tips and tricks that you can use in your own crafty adventures.  Wishing you a joyful and creative day!

Cheerio,

kathy

A Glorious Fourth

Happy Indepence Day to our BEAUTIFUL country (in just a few days).  What better way to celebrate than with RIBBONS and patriotic accents from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I used a nostalgique/vintage piece of ephemera as my focal point for this card.  It's attached to a piece of patterned paper with strips of Scor-Tape; and I also used the Scor-Tape to attach the navy blue doily die-cut that I slipped underneath the focal image.

I bundled some Ivory Burlap String with some Red Miniature Stamens, Navy Miniature Stamens and Ivory Miniature Stamens and placed that on the doily area.  Next, I tied bow with lengths of 1/2" Navy Winkle Ribbon and 1/2" Red Wrinkle Ribbon and attached those side-by-side atop the bundled items.  The next items I added were some Red Open Roses, Royal Blue Open Roses, Ivory Open Roses, as well as one White Bead Berry Cluster.

Over on the right-hand side of my card, you'll see a cute Red Plaid Covered Button from our Embellishments Section.  Underneath that, I tucked snippets of White Crochet Lace and Navy Micro Gingham.  They're topped with some Mixed Blues Miniature Sweetheart Blossoms.

There are SO many cute accents at Really Reasonable Ribbon in addition to all their amazing ribbons and trims.  I hope you'll stop by to do some shopping to celebrate the 4th of July!

Thanks for visiting,

Karen

Little ONE First Birthday card

 Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all! Today I have a super fun 1st Birthday card to share using Really Reasonable Ribbon, flowers and embellishments. Its been a while since I've made any cards, and this one is super special as I made it for our Grandson's 1st Birthday!

On my card I decided to use Really Reasonable Ribbons Delicate Stitched Satin in blue to create a bow to put behind the little tag that says Little ONE. The fox and that tag were both cut out of the design paper, as this darling paper is so sweet and I thought it was perfect for my grandson's birthday. The fox I chose is a CC die and thought it would be cute colored up along with a little cupcake with a number 1 candle. I then added some RRR rose buds and some branches and leaves to the area around the fox and cupcake. I added some glitter to the cupcake and to the top of the candle. Lastly I did add a couple of cute flower embellishments from Really Reasonable Ribbon as I thought they would be so darling on the card and give it a little glitz.

 Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:
Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon
Rose Buds white, and blue
embellishments Pearl Daisy Flower
resin flowers with rhinestone
foam tabs
scotch advanced tape
Leaves

other supplies used 
dies,
glitter
distress ink
punch 
sewing machine
pebbles design paper
American crafts card stock

I really enjoyed making my card for today's post.  It felt good to get back into the card making, can't wait to make my next one! 

I hope you enjoyed my post for today, and thank you for stopping by! Hope you have a lovely day!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Balm of Spider

Hey there, all our ribbon-loving friends!  It's Karen Letchworth posting today, and I'm sharing a spooky little Halloween card I created for my niece.  I used a piece of corrugated burnt orange cardboard for my base along with a piece of patterned paper and a die-cut spider web.  I placed a chipboard witch and chipboard spider on the card along with a little (Balm of Spider) sentiment card.

Then, the fun part.......RIBBONS!  I added some Black Double Head Mini Stamens and White Double Head Mini Stamens.  If you haven't noticed yet, I am completely OBSESSED with Stamens.  They're SO cute, inexpensive, colorful and just plain WONDERFUL!  I can't get enough; and Really Reasonable Ribbon now carries (yes, they're fully restocked) two different styles and 17 amazing colors.  For me they're a "must have".

I topped the Stamens with a bow that includes a length of Black Seam Binding and Burnt Rust Seam Binding as well as a piece of Black Burlap String and Orange Burlap String.  I topped my ribbon treatment with a lovely 14mm White Flower Shaped Flatback Round Pearl from our awesome Embellishment section.  Oh, and then as I looked at my card closer, I decided that (even though it's spooky) it needed some Flowers.  So I added a few Miniature Pastel Sweetheart Blossoms.  No matter what season, occasion, or reason for your crafting; Really Reasonable Ribbon is sure to have all the perfect ribbons, trims, twines, Flowers and Embellishments to help you create something special.

There's always so much fabulous inspiration here on the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog, and you'll find out about special sales and promotions, new products, our monthly Blog Hop and so much more; so be sure to stop by often.  We always enjoy your visits and comments.

Blessings,

Karen

Pretty in Pink with Ribbons, Lace & Flowers

Hello crafty friends and Good Morning to you all! Today I'm sharing this sweet card featuring lots of Really Reasonable Ribbon goodies. LOVING all the beautiful flowers that Bonnie carries over at the RRR shop.  The little Rose Buds are absolutely darling, and work perfectly on my card here. Normally I like to make my flowers, but lately you can say I've been kinda lazy in the flower making ..hehehe

On my card here I decided to use the sweet Carnations in pink, then the Aster Daisy, and also Mixed Pink Rose Buds, and 2-tone Pink Rose Buds. I love how they all look so pretty together, along with the gorgeous Canvas Color Band Ribbon with the pink, love it!  I did add some Gabrielle Lace behind.

My card was put together using the Scotch ATG refill, and foam tabs in the thin white, also from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

My image is a digi.  Omgosh it's been years since I've used digis, but this one I fell in love with and just had to have. She is colored with Copics, and I did add some glossy accents to her coffee cup, heart, and dots on her hair bow.

Embellishment flowers are from RRR and can be found here.

 Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:
Canvas Colored Band with Stitched Edge Pink
Gabrielle Lace
Rose Buds
Carnations
Aster Daisy
Foam Tabs
Scotch Advance Tape
White Acrylic Daisy flowers

Other supplies
K & Company Design Paper
Sewing Machine
Bazzill card stock
StampinUp card stock
Hot Glue Gun
Glossy Accents
Digi My Besties

Thank you so much for looking and have a lovely day!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl
Sweeetdesignsbycheryl

Hello....How Are You?

Hello!  How are you?  We're sure glad you've stopped by today as I share a sweet little card I created using several FABULOUS Really Reasonable Ribbon products. I attached two patterned papers and a journalling card using strips of Scor-Tape, and then I ran a width of sweet Bay Leaf Seam Binding across my card and used it to tie a bow along with some Lipstick Red Seam Biding.  I topped that with some 10mm Red, Mixed Blue, and Black Open Roses, one 10mm Wild Orchid Crafts Mulberry Leaf and some adorable Red, White, Teal and Black Double Head Stamens.

I stamped my sentiments, added a stamped flower pot and flowers, a die-cut swirl border, vintage scotch tape, and some 10mm Rhinestone Resin Flowers.  I also attached a snippet of some awesome May Arts trims including a piece of Red Center-Stitched Burlap Trim; and I topped that with a (Black) Mixed Color Plaid Fabric Covered Button.  I did a bit of inking on the edges of my papers, and that's about it.

There are so many awesome products available at Really Reasonable Ribbon, and SO much more than just the hundreds of different ribbons and trims.  You can find Embellishments, Adhesives, Hair Accessories, and everything creative you can imagine to make something wonderful.  There are also sales and promotions, lots of inspiration, and our monthly Blog Hops here on the wonderful Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog; so be sure to stop by each day so you won't miss a thing.

Thanks again for visiting us, and have a great day!

Karen Letchworth

Sweet Baby Girl Card

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday to you all.
Cheryl here today and I have a super sweet baby girl card I made for Really Reasonable Ribbon using their beautiful flowers, ribbons, embellishment, and adhesives. LOVE the sweet ribbon and flowers I used on this one.

For the card base I chose a white card stock to create a 6" x 6" card, and then layered with design papers in pinks and white card stock.  These were found in my scrap stash. I did add some decorative sewing to the edges of each layer.  I also used some Cheery Lynn designs dies for the sweet rocking horse and the frame.  I embellished with the gorgeous ribbons and will list all RRR items below. I used some glitz on the rocking horse, to give a little sparkle, and then a little tiny bow with an embellishment to complete the horse. The big bow was made using the beautiful Canvas colored band with the stitched edge in pink.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies used:
Canvas colored band with stitched edge in pink ribbon
Crosshatch satin on peony ribbon for mini bow on horse
Dimco Ivory /Coral Rose flower
embellishment flowers 
foam squares 
scotch tape refill


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

Have a lovely day!
Hugs
Cheryl

Little Princess Card

Hello crafty friends and Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas too! Today's card was created for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the beautiful delicate stitched satin ribbon from this month's Ribbon Club Assortment called Valentine Mix.  I love all the ribbons in this months kit, they are beautiful!!

On my card for today I chose to use a princess theme paper and embellishments. The delicate stitched satin ribbon matches it perfectly! I also chose to use some of Really Reasonable Ribbon's Sweetheart Blossoms, leaves,and little flower embellishments. 

The little princess, tea set, and sentiment were all placed using RRR foam tabs. I also used the Scotch Glider Refills to attach each layer. 

Todays post is kinda a short one, as I haven't felt good for the last few days, and haven't crafted in awhile, but it sure did feel good to be back in the craft room, so hoping I can get back into the swing of things this week....hehehe

I hope you enjoyed my card for today! Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely week!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

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

Merry & Bright Holiday Card

Happy Sunday! Cherry  here at the RRR blog.

I have had Christmas on the mind.  I have many Christmas projects I want to get done this year, so I better get busy.  I have a card to share today featuring pretty ribbon and embellishments from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 I used my all time fave Lipstick Red Seam Binding.

 I love this brilliant red....never grow tired of it.  I also added some fun Plaid Cabochons

Thanks for visiting, Cherry

Kanzashi Flower Inspiration with Video Tutorials

Hello ribbon lovers.  Bonnie here today with some more Kanzashi flowers to inspire you.  All the ribbon, embellishments and hair clips or pin backs can be found at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

All the flowers were created with 1-1/2" wide Grosgrain Ribbon.  I used a couple different Embellishments and RRR carries a large variety of embellishments that are the perfect size for flower centers, whether they are kanzashi flowers or paper flowers.

The first flower is in colors that would be perfect for autumn or winter and would be equally great as a brooch for a coat using a Pin Back or for a hair clip when you add the Hair Clip hardware of your choice.  The center of this flower uses a 14mm White Flower Shape Pearl Embellishment.

Both of the flowers are a mix of petal made following the video tutorials below.

DIY Kanzashi Video Tutorial

Creating Different Petal Sizes Using 1-1/2" Ribbon Squares

To view this video on YouTube, please click HERE.

DIY Kanzashi LAYERED Petal #1

* New Folding Technique *

Video Tutorial

To view this video on YouTube, please click HERE.

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Well, I love purple so of course one of the flowers I made is a pretty purple mix.  You just can't go wrong with a purple and green color combination.  On the center layer of this one I made layered petals following the new folding technique above but I just used the one color.  It's another interesting look.

The center embellishment on this one is one of my personal favorites.  It's a 12mm Glass Bi-Color Wave Cabachon and it some in a pretty mix of colors.  Love Love Love!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more crafty inspiration, please visit me at my Make Time to Craft Blog.  Happy crafting!!

Dreams

Hi crafty friends.  Bonnie here today with a colorful card featuring a pretty bow made using Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon along with some lovely Embellishments all from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

We closing in on the end of summer (already!!) and I wanted to make one more card with some bright summer colors.  The digital papers and sentiment on this card are from the new Magnolia Dreams collection from Graciellie Design and the dies are some of my favorites from Cheery Lynn Designs.

I have a strip of 5/8" Shocking Pink Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon topped with 3/8" Turquoise Quatrefoil Print Satin Ribbon running across the upper third of the card and that is topped with the sentiment panel.  Rather than attach the ribbon on the back of the panel, I simply dove-tailed the ends.

My flowers were created with the Floral Bouqet kit from Cheery Lynn Designs and the centers are adorned with 10mm Hot Pink Flat Back Resin Beads and Silver Gear Charms topped with a Heart Shaped Dotted Wave Rhinestone.

My bow was made on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool using Turquoise and Shocking Pink Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon.  The center was finished off with a Heart Shaped Flat Back Pearl Bead.

For a video tutorial on how to make this gorgeous bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more information on the other products used on my card, please visit my Make Time to Craft Blog.