Hop With Really Reasonable Ribbon

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Hi everyone and welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon "August" Blog Hop! If you just happened to be visiting, visit the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog to get started. And if you're already taking part in the hop, you should have arrived from Gini's amazing blog.

This month I'm showcasing ribbon from August's Really Reasonable Ribbon Club Assortment. Here's a bit about the club:

If you really love ribbon and would like to have a wonderful assortment of ribbons sent to you automatically each month, just join the Really Reasonable Ribbon Club! Monthly ribbon club assortments are selected and pre-packed to reflect a specific theme, color, or holiday season. The assortments vary from month to month, but an average assortment has 5-8 different ribbon styles and consists of 10-15 yards of ribbon. The total price of each monthly assortment is $9.00 and includes the shipping/handling fee too!

Here is August's assortment:



This month for my project I decided to alter a picture frame using craft supplies and ribbon.

First I took a gold frame and painted it white, I didn't paint it perfectly because I wanted it to look distressed. Then to add to the distressed look I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Martha Stewart Brown Ink around the raised edges.

I took some of my favorite October Afternoon patterned paper to use as my background and inked the edges of my paper with brown ink. I added a sticker. Then I stitched a ruffle ribbon on top of my picture. Next I made some pretty flowers using my assortment and added Jenni Bowlin Buttons. You can check out my tutorial on making ribbon flowers here.

Such fun and easy flowers. The ribbon club assortment matched my picture wonderfully!



Here is a list of the hop order:

Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog
Jacque Beddingfield
Iwona Palamountain
Cassi Box
Robbie Herring
Kym Weber
Mindy Baxter
Gini Cagle
Amber Goble (You Are Here!!!)
Susan Dupre
Kerri Michaud
Trudy Sjolander
Cheryl Walker
Erika Taylor

And to add to the blog hop fun I'm having a giveaway here at my blog. Become a follower of mine and leave a comment and I'll put your name in the hat to win some fabulous ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and more scrap goodies (Cosmo Cricket Mini Album, Basic Gray Patterned Paper, Prima Flowers, and more).

Next up on the hop is Susan's wonderful blog. Enjoy the hop!!!

Flower Challenge

Hi everyone and welcome to the latest challenge from The Digi Doodle Shop's Best. This week we are challenging you to make a project and use a flower. I think flowers are the most popular image used on cards, so this one should be easy. This week we have a sponsor who has generously let us use one of their digis, Daisy Doodles Stamps.



For this week's challenge I used their beautiful Sunflowers digi stamp. Here is my card:



I love sunflowers, think they are bright and fabulous. I also love coloring sunflowers! Blending the colors is so fun.



If you are in need of an adorable flower image visit our sponsor or visit The Digi Doodle Shop! Fabulous flowers can be found there! And visit The Digi Doodle Shop' Best to see the DT's darling creations!

My Mind's Eye & 2 Sketches

Hi everyone! Been doing a little crafting today...don't you just love days like that? I have lots of pictures that need scrapped, will never catch up...but I did complete 1 LO today. It's for this week's Challenge 14 at My Mind's Eye. It is a sketch challenge and you are suppose to do a Summertime project. Since weddings and Summertime go hand in hand, I decided to do a LO of my Cousin's wedding.

All of my patterned papers, scalloped border, and journaling spot are MME. My flowers are felt, I decided teal flowers would be perfect because the wedding colors were teal and brown. I used American Crafts Thickers and Papertrey Ink Buttons.



Next up is this week's 2 Sketches 4 You challenge, here's my card.



All of my supplies are Basic Gray. My cardstock and stamp is Papertrey Ink. My ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.



I just love that my sentiment on the chipboard radish says "you are my sunshine"...since it takes sunshine to make them grow. Doesn't take much to make me happy ; )

And lastly, visit the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog for a chance to win this amazing blog candy:



Can you believe all those goodies?!?

Sweet August

Hi folks! Wanted to share a few goodies with you tonite that I created with some of the previous kits at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. I'm off work a few days and just feel really happy. Isn't that a wonderful feeling? It didn't hurt that I got a goodie box this evening from Scrapbook Trends Magazine....if they publish your card they send you a goodie box, how fabulous is that?

Here is a LO I did of Hubby. He's holding his Uncle's little lab, Goldie, so adorable!



This was made using supplies from June's Sampler Kit.

Here's a card I made using July's Sampler Kit. How awesome that you can do LO's and cards with these albums:



And another card using August's Sampler Kit:



The August Kit is perfect for back to school!

Don't forget, Scrapbooking Supplies R Us is still have a great giveaway and contest, so stop by for your chance to win.

Enjoy!!!

Challenge Creations

Hi everyone, wow 2 posts in 1 day! Click to see today's latest challenge at The Digi Doodle Shop's Best and check out a super giveaway.

I've got a few cards to share tonite. First up is a card I made for the newest challenge at The Play Date Cafe Challenge 41, here's the colors:



And here is my card:



I never thought about using these colors together, but love how it turned out. I also entered this card in this week's 2 Sketches 4 You challenge.



Next up is another card for this week's 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. I used Basic Gray felt stickers and LOVE them, too cute!



Such a simple card, but really fun to make. I like all the different layers of papers of My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper.

Enjoy!!!

My Favorite Stamp & A Giveaway

Hi everyone. This week's challenge at The Digi Doodle Shop's Best took some difficult decision making...use your favorite stamp.

I wanted to reuse a stamp that I love from the Digi Doodle Shop, so I used the Strawberries Digi Stamp.

Here is my card:



I colored my stamp using Martha Stewart and Copic Markers. My ribbon is hand-dyed and from Really Reasonable Ribbon. It is beautiful and so fun to tie bows with.

Visit the DDSB to see the DT's amazing creations!

Now for a little giveaway fun! Scrapbooking Supplies R Us is having a super giveaway of goodies. And here's the good part, all you have to do is leave a comment on their blog post to be eligable! Here's the LINK to the post.

And there's also another contest going on at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. The challenge is to do a LO or a project and share one of your family traditions. Easy peasy. Here's the LINK to that post. The winner will receive a goodie bag featuring the latest from CHA! It can be a newly made creation or previously made.

The August Sampler kit will be out any day, here's a sneak peak at the kit:



And here's a LO I did of my trip to see Bon Jovi using the August kit. It is so adorable, love all the embellishments and unique items included:



Enjoy!!!!

Black & White Challenge

Hello August! To kick off the month I have a card I made for the latest challenge at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog...make a project and use black/white. I loved this challenge and the chance to use these colors. Here is my card:



I made this card for my Cousin and his Bride who were married yesterday. There's no color combination as elegant as black and white!

My ribbon is Double Ruffles White available at Really Reasonable Ribbon. I kept swirling my ribbon around to make a flower and used glue dots to adhere it to a paper backing. That's the quick and easy way to make a flower. If you want to make a really professional flower, use felt as a backing and your glue gun! My stamps are Papertrey Ink's free Anniversary Stamp Set.

Visit the RRR Blog to play along with our new challenge!

I also entered my card in The Play Date Cafe challenge - which is black/white and a touch of green color challenge.