Christmas card time!

 

 

It is that time of year to get the ball rolling on Christmas cards...and what better way than to start with some sumptuous RRR ribbons, paper, and a couple of kraft bases. I love the natural look of kraft and it goes with every color.  I really love to fuss up  my envelopes especially this time of year!  This project makes a pretty Christmas greeting and a gift all in one!   I used a vintage crochet angel for my main image on my tag and  gussied it up more with some washi tape, wood heart painted and distressed from etsy, some yummy kiwi fruit buttons, and few other little items.  I topped my tag off with May Art 1/8 diagonal stripe ribbon in red and some lipstick red seam binding.  The envelope has more of the seam binding along with bakers twine in peppermint and some lovely white crochet lace.
      From there more buttons, and paper diecuts and I was done.   A lot better than a hallmark card I think!  Enjoy!  cherry

New Cupcards kit Be Merry!

                Be Merry is the new kit for the holidays from Cupcards to go.   Sooo sweet and full of holiday cheer!  We were challenged to dress up our envies , which is no challenge for me.  I love to do that!  Just that extra special little touch!   Make sure to check out the other gals creations.   Always such wonderful inspiration to be found on the Cupcards site!  Bye for now!  cherry

The Queen Bee's Birthday

Hello to you!  I have a tutorial today made for RRR!  I am also excited to share that I am staying on for another term with RRR!  I love working with Bonnie and the girls! So excited! Make sure to go check out the new additions to the team as well.                                               I decided to create an extra special birthday card along with a gussied up envelope.   It is always fun to make some one feel extra loved on their day.    I started with my card and stamped some French style bee images from Crafty Secrets Queen Bee set along the bottom of the card and envelope. I than colored some of my images in with a soft pink Tim Holtz distress marker.  From there it was time to pick some papers and adhere along with adding a few diecut borders.  I decided to add some Catherine white lace along the bottom half of card to soften it up a bit.  Once done with that I picked out some May arts fleur de lis  ribbon.  It is the center point of the card and I made sure when tying my knot that the fleur de lis were standing up right.  I tied my bow and than added another to the top.  I also added this ribbon to my envelope as a border and bow.  I used scor-tape for the fleur de lis border.  It adheres the ribbon well and allows for a nice smooth finish.  I of course HAD to add a bit of seam binding as well.  I added Baby pink seam binding that I crickled.  
It was time to add some bits and bobs...I topped the card off with a tag and a gorgeous Prima wood button.  The envelope had to have a little more as well so I added a metal key along with a  birthday tag and a pink lovely tag for fun.  Soft, feminine, and oh so French!  Hope you enjoy

Red and moss green....

Ok...so it is not Christmas yet and Halloween hasn't come even.  Sooo sue me!  I can't help it when I have cute images and crickley yummy seam bindings calling to me.  I used red along with moss green seam bindings which I mixed together in both projects.   Love the mix of these two colors, especially for Christmas projects.   I backed both my images with corrugated chipboard.  I love to do this and than stitch around them. It creates a nice chunky look that I can sand and distress the edges with out harming the paper.  I used a combination of papers from October Afternoon, Echo Park, and Vintage Street Market.  Some fun Washi tape was used on my kitschy card.  Great way to spoof up a card and add texture.  Hope you enjoy and it is not too early to share with you!  hugs, cherry

Really Reasonable ribbon blog hop

 

 

 

 

Hello there peeps!  You should have made your way here from Miss. Ginny's gorgeous blog!  It's time for the monthly blog hop with RRR!  I am head over heels in love with this month's assortment.  Gorgeous bright holiday colors that remind me of Christmas candy.   I made several fun projects this time around.  A mini card set and some fun tags.  I used some older Cosmo cricket holiday goodies that paired perfectly with the ribbon collection.   My papers are K & Company.   Love them....older collection again that I kinda just rediscovered.  Well hope you enjoy!  You should be off to Miss. Heather's blog now.   Can't wait to check everyone's goodies out!  Have fun, cherry

autumn wishes

 Hi there!  Got some fun little fall tags to share today for RRR.   Again using my spell binder dies, I just did a heap of layering.  I used stamps from Wplus9 and Purple Onion.  I love prim or country style stamps...I never tire of them.  To me they never go out of style.  I mixed it up with my ribbons using 3/8 red gingham, blue denim ribbon, and 3/8 blue gingham.   I also used the Jute string in light blue .  This would be cute as a little hostess gift for Thanksgiving or change them up for place cards!  Enjoy, Cherry

A bit of a Boo!

Hi there Riddersholm fans!  October has hit ...and with it cold blustery winds, falling leaves, and Halloween....is JUST around the corner!   I went  through my papers and came up with a sweet and JUST a little spooky card creation using Fall Flea Market and Huntington Gardens.  I love the old fashion images in the Flea Market collection..perfect for a Halloween greeting!  Just a bit of a BOO for someone special!  Hope you enjoy