RRR goodies...

Hello my friends! I am popping in today to share some goodies using Really Reasonable Ribbons. My first project is a card with an envelope to tuck in a gift card for someone's birthday. Around these parts we love Barne's and Noble's so that is what is tucked in my gift enclosure. I used some shabby papers and digi images for my card. I embellished it using ivory burlap ribbon which I pulled a part and wound through my little tag banner and in my buttons. I also used seambinding in white and dyed it imperfectly with some Tim Holtz ink for a worn look. The bottom of the card has Penelope lace to finish it off.

My other project used my fave Middy Biddy bags . I love to fussy these little cuties up and make tags to tuck inside. I used some papers, doily, stamps, and a few more toppings to gussy it up. I made flowers using the natural burlap with white and pink stripes . I used the same technique that I shared before, simply winding the ribbon around and around. I layered them with some chiffon flowers, pearls,and fabric. The background of the bag uses the jute ivory ribbon ...which is my new favorite. I topped the bag and tags off with seambinding in baby pink and bakers twine in cotton candy.

I also used a border of pink velvet at the bottom. Just a simple project ...but fun! Hope you have enjoyed! Happy Summer, cherry

after Midnight............

Well it is well after midnight and I am still puddering around.  I love, love, loveeeeeeee Summer nights like this.   I feel like I have more time...magic time gained to do what I please with.  I wanted to share a couple of projects I have made of late.  I was lucky enough to discover a few new treasures.... a bundle of sewing patterns from wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy back and some snippets of very old lace.  I put them both to good use....I made a little card and envelope set..heavy with the toppins...and a pocket with a card and tag using one of the images from a pattern.  I used part of the patterns as paper as well.  There is nothing like the real thing....authentic and timeless.   I hope you enjoy !  I will be leaving shortly on vacation with family.  I will still have several posts that are scheduled with design teams and hope you still find time to visit.    Happy summer, hugs, cherry

Follow Your Heart Scrappy Gourmet kit....

                                            Hi to you all!  I wanted to pop in and say I am sooo excited the kit I created for the the Scrappy Gourmet is in the store now! All the pics you see above are just a few of the things you can make with the kit.   Follow your Heart is a large and whimsical kit chalk full of goodies! I created a large card set that makes 12 cards in all and ALSO there are goodies to make your very own shabby pocket with sweet tags and matching envelopes.   The link will take you to all the contents of the kit and the gallery has more pics of each card and pocket/ tag set.  Hope you enjoy!  hugs, cherry

Happy

                   Beginning of the week..and it is considerably cooler today than it has been.  Nice little break from the heat.  As you can see my Bailey boy decided to take HIS break on my ribbons.  Right where I like to work....hmmm his way of saying it is time for a lap cuddle?  I didn't let him derail me to bad though today.  I got some much needed craft time in...just for fun.   I have had a house full of boys the past week and now it is just me and my son....and the animals of course.   I am so excited to began my journey with Pretty Little Studio !  I got a jump start and created some fun and HAPPY cards using their sweet vintage diecuts of little girls.   I just love the ones with the kittens....reminds me of Bailey and our other cat Calvin.  Hope you enjoy and they make you smile!  I am off to make swedish pancakes for dinner.........yes...dinner!  yum.    Hugs, cherry

blog hoppin again with RRR, the cardmaker girls, and Scor-pal!

Helloooo it is time for another  blog hop with RRR ! You should have found your way here from My gal Gloria ! We are having a big ole party with the Cardmaker girls as well . We are also all doing fun tutorials using the fantastic Scor-Pal products .  The theme this time is Summertime..and our yummy ribbons from the the ribbon club make inspiration for this oh so easy.   When I first looked at the ribbons...first thing that came to mind was Lemonade.....so I went with it.  I created a fun accordian fold rosette using my scor-buddy and the scor-tape.  I decided to use the yellows in the club ribbons and paired them with blue for my lemonade card.  I cut two strips of paper 2 x 12 and set it on the scor-buddy and scored along each strip at every 1/2 inch line.  For example starting at  1/2 inch , 1 inch, 1 1/2 inch and so forth.  Than apply your scor-tape on each end and adhere the two pieces together.  I than cut a circle and glued it to the bottom to make it sturdy.   From there I just went ahead and used some fun scraps and covered my card, did a little stitching, and...adhered the accordian rosette to the card.  I made a  few  bows with the club ribbons and added a few details and that was that.  Your next stop on the tour is Emily.   Have fun!  cherry

RRR Blog Hop Order

Cardmaker Blog - http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/

Trudy - http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/

Linda - http://lindaabadie.com/

Anya - http://aschoss.blogspot.com/

Judy – http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/

Bonnie - http://www.maketime2craft.com/

Carolyn - http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

Patti - http://mypiecesoftime.blogspot.com/

Misty - http://mommyof5kidz.blogspot.com/

Colleen - www.distinctivetouches.com

Dawn - http://www.dawnscraft.com/

Gloria - http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Cherry - http://cherrysjubileehome.blogspot.com/

Emily - http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/

Kimberly - http://kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com/

Debbie - http://www.debbieseyer.com/

Jeanne - http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Corri - http://buglvr.blogspot.com/

Guest Designer - Sandee - http://inthehillsofnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/

Cheryl - http://sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com/

RRR Blog - http://www.reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/

RRR pretty in pink

Happpppppppppppppppy Summer ya'll! Cherry here to share a few fun cards done up with some delicious RRR ribbons. The first card I dug deep into my scrap bin..and pieced my papers together. I decorated a cute little chipboard house with papers and goodies and added some camille crochet lace to the bottom. I wanted a frame for the card and decided to make one from the sweet May arts pink crochet lace ...I love the shabbiness it adds. I also used some buttons that I adhered to each corner of the frame. From there I added a border of white crochet lace to the bottom for added softness and than topped the card off with some grunged up seam binding in pink .
The second card is just a traditional summer style goodie. I used scraps again and some fun new chipboard. The strawberries I threaded some bakers twine in cotton candy through my clear buttons to jazz them up a bit. I also wove some pink velvet through the frame and added some buttons. From there I grabbed me some of my fave fave two tone ribbon in fuschia and mixed it with a bit of the two tone ribbon in pink . That is that! Hope you enjoy! hugs, cherry