Old Fashioned 4th of July Banner

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  I love a good old fashioned patriotic 4th of July celebration, don't you?  Remember those small town parades, lemonade stands, picnics by the lake and fireworks displays?  Those were the very best days of summer when I was growing up.  So I dipped into my supply of Patriotic Really Reasonable Ribbon and made this nostalgic banner. 

One of the things I enjoy about making banners is that you get to use all kinds of beautiful ribbons and trims!  Here's how I used ribbon on this vintage style banner:

• First, I stitched Patriotic Stars on Satin Ribbon to my white netting ribbon. 
• Then, I tied an Airmail Bakers Twine bow between each pennant, topping it with a button. 
• Next, I used my Zutter Bow it All Tool to tie a pair of 3 1/2" double loop Patriotic Plaid Bows and adhered them on each end of the banner. 
• Finally, I tied White Burlap String Bows in the corners of each itty bitty die cut banner embellishment and topped them with itty bitty buttons. 

Banners are the perfect way to dress up any holiday, and RRR has the perfect ribbons to dress up your banners.  Isn't that a happy fact?

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

 

God Bless America Patriotic Note Card

 Hello friends.  Today I'm sharing a patriotic themed note card that's embellished with some pretty ribbons and mulberry flowers from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I created a 5-1/2" square 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 royal blue Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon topped with 3/8" Patriotic Random Stars Satin Ribbon 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 2-Tone Red Sweetheart Blossoms.

Both of the sentiments I used on my card today came from the Patriotic Digital Stamp Bundle and I also have a Patriotic SVG/Full Color Digital Stamp 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 Star 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!

Home of the Free Because of the Brave Note Card

Hey there ribbon lovers!  Today I'm sharing a fun patriotic themed note card featuring some of the ribbons from the May Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I just love love love this color palette, don't you?!! 

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Just $17.50 for both if you are located in the USA.

I created a 6-1/2" x 4-3/4" top fold card created with my usual layered look. My digital sentiment is my main focal point, topped with a pretty bi-color double loop bow and I added a few pretty Open Rose flowers along the bottom of the oval sentiment panel.

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 of the ribbons from the January Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The center of the bow is adorned with a pretty Heart Shaped Pearl Embellishment.

For a video tutorial on how to create this fun bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  For more information on the background cutting file or the digital sentiment, please be sure to visit me on my Make Time to Craft Blog too.  Have a crafty week!

Let Freedom Ring

Hello, again Ribbon Friends! I am still making great use of the May Ribbon Club (Patriotic Assortment)! I just cannot stop making patriotic projects! I do have loads of other ribbon, but it has been two years since I made anything for 4th of July, so this ribbon club went to my head!

I created a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card out of red cardstock. I don't normally make cards in this orientation, but I really wanted to use the USA die cut that I found hiding in my stash!

I die cut the states outline (except for Alaska and Hawaii) from blue cardstock and very, very carefully glued it to the white panel. That thing was fragile! 

I then die cut just a few states out of some scraps of collage paper and inserted them into their spots on the map. I only used the states where my husband and I have lived since our marriage. I die cut a blue frame to place around the USA die cut to keep it from "floating" on the page. 

Next comes the ribbon! 

I made a loopy bow out of the 3/8" Random Stars Patriotic Satin ribbon and glued it to the corner of the card. I then made another loopy bow from the Air Mail Baker's Twine. I glued the twine to the top of the ribbon. Then I needed to hide a bit of a hot glue blob...so I added a White Pearl Star to the top.

The other corner needed something, too so I added a digital sentiment, die cut into a banner shape to the upper right corner. I topped the banner with more Air Mail Baker's Twine and another White Pearl Star.

I use the Bow-it-All tool to make all my bows! So fast and easy!

I hope you have enjoyed all my patriotic creations this month! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Really Reasonable Ribbon Supplies Used:

3/8" Random Stars Patriotic Satin

Air Mail Baker's Twine

White Pearl Star

Bow-it-All Tool

Other Supplies Used: Cardstock, decorative paper, digital stamp, die cuts, hot glue, ATG, foam squares

Pockets and Pinwheels with Patriotic Ribbon

 

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!  Believe it or not, Summer is right around the corner!  Here in the US, that means it is time to break out our patriotic ribbons and get ready for Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day holidays.  So I've whipped up a fun little "inside out" pocket on the front card. Then I dressed it up with a bunch of patriotic ribbons from the RRR shop. I don't know about you, but I love working with good old red, white and blue!

The star of the show is my favorite Patriotic Plaid Ribbon.  I've used it to make bows, fishtail banners and as a border on the box pocket. 

If you haven't checked out the Patriotic Ribbon in the shop lately, let me entice you with a few of them here.  I wrapped the pinwheel straw with beautiful Flag Grosgrain Ribbon.  This handsome ribbon also works beautifully as a border on a card or album cover.  

Dress up the top of a little tag with ribbon streamers made from Patriotic Plaid, 3/8" Checkerboard Poppy Satin, and Tiny Stars Grograin ribbons.  (The blue is out of stock, but you could use the red, then use Blue Diamond Satin Ribbon in place of the Poppy Red.)

Grosgrain Ribbon makes a really cute border on the bottom of the tag, too.  I cut a fishtail end on one side to balance out the rosette on the right.  

Here's a peek inside the card.  I added a little flap and pocket feature.

There is room beneath the flap to add a photo with a little journaling on the left.  And you could tuck a little ice cream gift card inside the folded journal card just for fun!

I hope I've shared some tips and tricks that you can use when you get ready to create your red, white and blue projects.  Don't forget to check out the May Ribbon Club Nautical Americana ribbons, too!  They are perfect for summer holiday and vacation projects. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Creating a Patriotic Greeting with Not One, But TWO Shakers by Cherry Nelson

Hello my paper peeps!  Cherry here today to share a  Patriotic greeting .  I reallllly do NOT think I will ever tire of making shaker cards.  So adding two shakers instead of one to a card was just a natural inclination.  I die cut some postage stamps from chipboard and embossed them.  Next up was adhering some recycled  acetate along with foam strips. I then went to town filling these little cuties with sequins and die cut  mini stars.  

I used some paper scraps that were not quite big enough so I cut strips of navy cardstock and used them to border each pattern paper.  I thought it was kinda of a cool idea too because it reminds me of the stripes on our beloved flag.  In keeping with the patriotic air mail theme, I used Taffeta ribbon in red, white, and blue.  This is my favorite ribbon for bows.  Soft enough to loop but stiff enough to keep its shape.  

I embellished the rest of the card using lots of fun mail themed goodies.  A mini envelope, die cut stars, flourishes, die cuts, and a handmade Foamirian flower and leaves that I have become obsessed lately with making.  I used stamens from the RRR website for my centers. 

Well that is it for me!  Hope you enjoyed. 

XOXO, Cherry

Mini Albums and Ribbon Club Assortments - Perfect Together!

So, I'm on a mini-album kick and the Monthly Ribbon Club Assortments from Really Reasonable Ribbon are the PERFECT embellishment for your minis.  You get a collection of ribbon in two widths that all work perfectly together, so there is no thinking needed!   Just grab a coordinating paper pad and get to work.

I have another beach themed mini that I will share with you real soon that I made using the June Ribbon Club Assortment.  Great for those beach vacation photos!

We have a special going on right now. 

JOIN TODAY and begin with the May and June assortments with special low introductory pricing.

Hurry, the May assortment disappears at the end of June!

The May and June assortments each contain 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon.  Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed collection of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

We have a big family picnic on the 4th of July weekend each year, so I decided to make this mini album to hold some of the photos from this year.  I had a 6 x 6 patriotic paper collection that has been collecting dust for several years and it worked great for this mini.

I am just starting to play around with minis, so I'm still working on page construction.  Once I get things a little more organized in my head, I will share some tutorials for different types of pages and ribbon embellishment.

I made the pages on this album flip out, so it almost doubles the amount of space for photos.  If you use all the pages and tags, you can put 7 photos on each page and still have room to journal on the backs.  With 5 pages, that's 35 photos you can easily add.  Even more if you skip the writing and add photos to the backs of the pull out pieces as well.

I also strongly recommend Scor-Tape for mini album construction.  I use it for many things including attaching the pages to the binding and the binding to the cover and it's very strong and secure.  

I love the flag design paper on the back cover and all the perky ribbons peeking out the top and sides.  I even added a year medallion on the spine so we remember what year the photos are from.  I fussy cut the design paper and you can see I got '4th of July' showing on the bottom.

My bi-color bow was created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool with two of the 5/8" ribbon styles from the May Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  This bow is just my favorite bow for any project!

For a video tutorial on how to create this pretty bow, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  If you would like more information on the other products I used in my mini album, please visit my Make Time to Craft Blog.

~ Bonnie ~

Patriotic Card

Hi folks my day here at the RRR blog.

I have a patriotic card to share today.  I used Red Seam Binding 
and Flag Grosgrain Ribbon.

I used some fun handmade sewn paper fringe.

Other than that I added a large chunky button.

Wcell that is it for me today! 
Thanks for visiting the RRR blog, Cherry

America the Beautiful Card

I don't know what it is about the red, white and blue color combination, but it just seems to 'sing' on every project.  This month the Really Reasonable Ribbon May Ribbon Club Assortment is all about red, white and blue and I'm having a blast with these ribbons!

This month we have a great special!  

Customers in the US can join our Monthly Ribbon Club and begin with the April and May Assortments for the low price of $17.00! 

Customer outside the US, see website for pricing details.

Not a member yet?

JOIN TODAY!

The April assortment has 9 styles and a total of 17 yards of ribbon and trim.  The May assortment has 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon.  Each monthly assortment is a holiday or color themed assortment of ribbon.  What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

Really Reasonable Ribbon also carries a fabulous line of Mulberry Flowers that are perfect for all your crafty creations.  Head on over and take a look at all the different flower options that are available.  The flowers I used today below my sentiment panel are 15 and 20mm Open Roses in red, white and blue.

My pretty bi-color double-loop bow was made on my Bow-it-All V3.0 using two styles from the May Ribbon Club Assortment.  I also used some additional ribbon from the assortment to wrap around the middle of my card under the sentiment panel.  My bow was embellished with a pretty 8 mm Flat Back Pearl.

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

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

~ Bonnie ~

Sweet Friendship

 Hello everyone and Happy 4th of July to all!
Today I wanted to share my card created for Really Reasonable Ribbon using the Beautiful 4th of July Ribbon "Flag Grosgrain " I also used the Beautiful Sweetheart Blossoms from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

So for my card today I used some Patriotic design paper I had picked up when I worked at AC. I thought it would go perfectly with Really Reasonable Ribbons Patriotic Flag Ribbon. Love this ribbon, it's so easy to make big beautiful bows with it, and love the way it lays.

Flowers I used are the Sweetheart Blossoms, and those can be found here. LOVE that Bonnie carries these in tons of colors, and now in miniature as well.
Card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Supplies used:
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Sweetheart Blossoms
Really Reasonable Ribbons Flag Grosgrain in 1 3/8"
Really Reasonable Ribbon 3-D Foam Tabs
Bazzill design paper
JustRite dies
MS punch
button from my stash

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful 4th!!!

Blessings to all,
Cheryl