Really Reasonable Christmas Challenge

It's time for another Challenge up on the RRR Blog today and wow it seems

like time is rushing by really fast these days.  Our weather is super hot still

here in California so it feels more like July but I know that Christmas is

going to be just around the corner for us all.  So... all of us at RRR are doing

some fun projects with the new Christmas ribbons to share....

So roaming around Micheal's i found these neat metal ornaments and 

thought how fun to decorate them up for Christmas this year.  They already

have the cuts in them so i really didn't have to add much at all.  The ribbons

i used to hang them are from the new "Christmas Monthly Ribbon Club" and

went perfect with my papers from Simple Stories.  

For this one i thought it would be fun to add it straight on to a tag and

make a card out of it.  This line has some fun things already done so

it makes it quick and easy to create.

And for my ornament i used some of the stickers and added 3D foam

squares on the backs and made a little snow scene.  I am a huge snow

man fan so i really love this one.  He is so cute!

And since ribbon makes everything so much better i added some

to these napkin rings i had for the holidays and now they are

ready for a fun festive evening during the holidays....

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out all the other

projects for the challenge and be sure and enter yourself....

Have a really wonderful day!!  Teresa

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge for September

It's time again for another fun challenge over on the RRR challenge this month.  This

time the theme is "Orange you glad it's Autumn" and it was super fun and easy

with all the amazing ribbons they have to sell in the store.

I used two of the new ribbons that you get in the September Ribbon club Assortment 

as my oranges and papers from Crafty Secrets Halloween CD #4.  It

was fun to layer all the papers and that cute little image i printed and

since i did my own papers i can make lots of them to send out this year.

Be sure and check out all the other cute samples up on the 

Really Reasonable Challenge this month and enter one of yours

for a chance to win some of these amazing ribbons too.

Have a wonderful day...Teresa

RRR Fall challenge is up today...

Today we have our Really Reasonable Ribbon Fall Challenge up with the new

"Ribbon Club Assortment" and wow is it ever gorgeous.  It's my favorite time of year-

picking pumpkins and apples- so i remade a basket that i had used for decoration

with some new papers and embellishments that i found in my stash.

I always forget to go check my old things but this time I found the perfect little

basket to redo the top.  I made pretty ribbon bows with fall colors to match the

cute country prints.  The colors are so pretty and the ribbons really make the project.

My favorite ribbon in the set is this new little lace.  It's the perfect shade of

ivory and the size is great for cards and other things too.  I am going to have

to order more next time just to have some on hand, it's so cute.

And here is a quick photo of the top.  I used Basic Grey papers and the stickers

that went with it.  The dies are from Spellbinders of course and they fit the

top perfectly and gave it that pretty lacy feel i was going after. 

So that's it for today.... thanks so much for stopping over and be

sure and check out the other projects on the RRR Challenge blog and

maybe make up something to join with us and win!!  

Big Hugs and Smiles from Cali....Teresa

RRR Patriotic Challenge for today..

This month on RRR we have lots of fun projects up using our gorgeous new

ribbons with a patriotic theme and it's been really fun creating so far.  Today

i used those colors but did my project with a slight twist and created my new

summer journal using lots of bits of ribbon and lace and some Ruby Rock-it papers.

So for this project i found this neat journal covered in burlap and I used a

few pieces of Ruby Rock-it papers to start the top.  Then i tied on a huge piece of

cream mesh ribbon.  And then i glued on this neat wooden sentiment over it.

The letters and numbers i found in my stash of letters so that part was easy.

and for the side... i love lots of ribbons and charms so i picked some

of my favorites and tied them on with these neat little pins and attached

it to the top side of the book.  Now i have lots of markers to mark special

things on the inside that i really loved to do this summer.  

That's it for today but be sure and check back again as always and don't
forget to make something fun to link up with us on the Challenge blog.

Hope you have a really fun and crafty day!!
Teresa

RRR Aqua/ Coral challenge ....

Today i have a quick and simple project up using the new April Ribbon Club

assortment.  Our challenge is to use these colors in any project that you can 

think up so i picked up a cute flagged chalkboard at my local hobby store

that i thought was cute and added lots of pretty flowers and ribbons to it.

There is a couple of the ribbons that i really loved so i used those 2 at the
top and tied a pretty double bow with both of them.  One is the
Satin with Grosgrain edge and the other is Roses with scalloped edge in aqua.
 Then i slipped in a few flowers and some swirls that i cut with a Spellbinders die.

Across the top i used Spellbinders new die by Becca Feeken called Swirl Bliss.
I wanted to create a metal finish like cooper to match it so i used copper ink
from Tsukineko and inked the entire piece and then embossed it with clear detail
embossing powder from Stampendous.  The top of the chalkboard came with
a jute tie but i changed it out with some wire that i had and made that little
swirl on the side to hold a piece of chalk so i can write messages on it.

If you ever have any questions be sure and leave me a comment and i
would be happy to try and answer it if i can... Thanks so much for stopping
over today and hope you have a very nice week...

Teresa

RRR Things with wings challenge

There is a new challenge up this month for RRR and it's a fun one.

It's anything with wings so it can be birds or angels and anything

else you can think of that you would like to create to do.

My card is done with a beautiful stamp that i got from Stampendous.

It has gorgeous words at the bottom and these beautiful wings on it.

I stamped it in silver and embossed it with silver to make it stand out

and then i did a second set and fussy cut it and popped it up with

foam dots.  The papers are from Basic grey and the ribbon

is ivory metallic edged satin ribbon.  It's one of my favorites and

comes in so many pretty colors.  You are going to love them all.

So... that's it for today but be sure and link up your project on the

RRR Challenge so we can see what amazing things you make.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend :)

RRR Bright Spring Colors Challenge is up

Happy Spring to all of you that have tiny flowers popping up where you live!  It's

been a funny weather season for us here in California but my spring bulbs are just

beginning to pop up and I think i will have some beautiful blooms to see soon.

Our challenge over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog this time is bright

spring colors and ribbons so i decided to make up a quick canvas with some

really pretty ribbons and papers that matched by Kaiser Kraft.

Sometimes you can find the perfect papers to create something and this one went

together in a snap just for that reason.  The papers had the words on it and lots of

fun layering already so i started with a black back round and then added bits of torn
and distressed paper to make the layers.  I also added my favorite Versa Mark
 inks from Tsukineko called Sea Breeze and Midnight Black.  They went perfect.

This was my perfect chance to use some of my favorite ribbons from the RRR

May Arts collection in this gorgeous shade of pink melon.  It ties the most
beautiful bows and has the prettiest lines in it.  It's called Textured two tone rose
and actually comes in lots of other colors that you can see here.

All these fun banners came with the sticker sheet so i used them up on the top

and attached some RRR bakers twine on it with lots of loops across it.

And here is a closeup of the stenciled dots and glitter paste that

i used from Deco art and Fab Scraps.  I love to add those fun layers of

texture on my projects to make it more fun!

Thanks so much for stopping over and be sure and join us on the 

challenge this month.  It's going to be lots of fun :)

Purple and Green color challenge for RRR

Today we have a fun challenge up on the RRR Blog using our new

ribbons for this month with lots of purples and greens.  It's been really

fun so far and since i am part Irish i really love this time of year, it reminds

 me of my grandmother and i was so lucky to have her.

Today i have 4 cards to share and here is my first one.

This one i made as a pocket card and used the new Authentique irish

papers for it.  I cut apart the shamrocks and the tags and layered them

on the front with a Spellbinders die in green and then tied a cute bow

with the green Swirl Satin ribbon and the green tiny sheer mini dot. 

And my purple is a tiny flower from the WOC Gardenia's.

And then i just got carried away because i love these colors and i made

the hello card and a celtic banner card and that cute little note at the bottom.

The note card came with the design on the top so i cut a piece of purple to

put under it and then added a G45 Tag and some seam binding ribbon to it.

I am going to do a bunch of these for sets maybe to give away.  I really like it.

This one was really fun to make.

There is a really neat set of Celtic dies from Spellbinders and they

have the most beautiful patterns in them.  I used pretty papers from

Graphic 45 to make this and the Hello card and lots of ivory card

stock to cut out the designs.  Oh and the banner is a new die from

A Gilded Life called Baby Buntings.  I can tell already it's going to

be one of my favorites... 

And lastly this card i did with another new Spellbinders die in ivory

called Heirloom oval and is part of the new Victorian dies being released.

I used some of my favorite RRR Seam Binding ribbon in a matching

purple and tied it with burlap string in parrot green and a pretty flower 

from the WOC Gardenia's set.  It was super easy to make.

Thanks for stopping over to see my ideas for the challenge and be sure

and create something to share with us too.  You will love it.

Have a really wonderful day...Teresa

RRR Challenge for January

We have another fun challenge up on the RRR blog today using lots

of Ribbons and Hearts on your project.  It was easy, peasy i think considering

this is my favorite holiday.  I love all the hearts, lace, ribbons and other

good things and especially the chocolate from See's candy...

I was ordering some fun containers before Christmas and found this

cute tin so i decided to make a simple wrap for it and i found the

cutest tag for the front as my theme.  It says True Love's Kiss 

and how cute is it to fill with lots of Hershey kisses for my DH.  I used

the white lace from the Love is in the Air Ribbon Club Assortment and I

also used the metallic edged satin ribbon in red to make the pretty bow that

is underneath the rose.  The card is made from the tags that come with

the Simple Stories Valentines paper and i tied it with the same satin ribbon.

One of my favorite products are all the cottage roses and flowers that

you can get and this way you can give a beautiful rose that will last 

a long, long time.  I hope you like it and if you ever have a question

about how to do something please leave me a message and i will try

and answer it to help if i can.  Thanks for stopping over today :)

RRR December Challenge is up

Welcome to our December challenge for RRR.  This month we

are doing Tags, tags and more tags and we hoping to inspire you

to get a little creative and make lots of tags for your holiday projects.

I had just gotten lots of these cute little stickers so i decided to start with

some premade tags i had in white and emboss them with a snowflake

folder to create the backround.  Then i stamped them all with red ink

and added pretty bows made with the Winter Wonderland ribbon club set.

Then i tucked in all these cute little snowmen and they are ready to go.
Super quick and easy to do... I love that part :)

For my next set of tags i used some of the ribbons that are

here in the Christmas themed section on RRR.

Christmas plaid, Sheer organza in red, white tule, 

burlap string in red, and metalic silver string.

Here is a closeup of one of my favorites.  I got out lots of

my border punches and used lots of pretty ribbons and burlap string

to decorate them all up.  These are actually going to be for

gift cards.  I am going to put a pocket on the back so that i

can slip on inside and give them for a gift.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure and check out our

challenge blog for more fun ideas making tags this month.

RRR Gift Packaging Challenge

Today we have a really fun challenge for you on the RRR Blog!!  Our team

is sharing lots of ideas with all of you for fun ways to kick up your goodie boxes

this holiday season and wow was it ever fun.  Lots and lots of ribbon is the key

and then add fun things that you have in your stash or that you pick up!

My gift boxes I did have a snowflake theme.  I found these wooden

snowflake ornaments at a craft store and for one i glittered it up with lots
of silver glitter i had in my stash to match the gorgeous ribbons and then the
 other i used plain wood and added some red gingham and white swiss dotted ribbon.

Here is a closeup of the ribbons on the box.  I used silver ribbon from

the Glitz Christmas Assortment set and then mixed in a little metallic string
in silver and some white swiss dot ribbon too. The bells i found and they
matched perfect too.  Since i made the band a slider i can

easily slide it off and fill it with lots of goodies to give for my special friend.

And here is just another quick idea since it's really still fall.  You can make a

quick box and add some fun papers that you embossed then then fill it up

with goodies and tie it with yummy ribbons, leaves and acorns you find

in your yard.  It make a simple gift really stunning and i am sure the person

who receives it will feel very special.  The ribbon i used is the Sheer with a 
satin center and it comes in lots of colors and ties up beautifully.

Thanks for stopping over and don't forget to join our challenge so

we can be inspired by you too :)  

RRR Winter Challenge is up today

We have a really fun winter challenge up on the RRR blog today and all of

our Design Team really made some amazing things to share with all of you.

And for me-- well I went with my favorite snowflake die from Spellbinders

and added lots of other embossed things to give it lots of dimension.

I just used white card stock and added 2 shades of blue to make

the design pop more and then added my favorite seam binding ribbon

in a pretty bow on the side to finish it off.  Oh and i had to add lots

of crystals to make it glisten too.  That is my favorite part!

Thanks for stopping over and don't forget to join in our challenge

for a chance to win some of these gorgeous ribbons...

Hugs and Smiles...Teresa

RRR and Heartfelt Creations

Today our team is part of a really fun blog hop with all the talented

girls on the Heartfelt Creations team.  We both got to exchange products

and today i have a page and a few cards to share with you that i did with
the Daphne Collection and a few of the stamp sets that i had in my stash.

If you have been hopping along with all of us you should have
hopped over from Bonnies Blog and if you just started I posted
all the links at the bottom for you to see all the things we have for you!!

For this project you will need the Sunkissed Flower stamp set and

the open leaf stamp set.  I used papers from the 12x12 set and stamped
them in burgundy ink and cut them.  Then i shaped them with a stylus

and glued them together.  The back paper is layered with a few 

Spellbinders circle dies that i had cut and tucked under the 2 photos.

For my ribbons i used Bias Seam Binding in ivory and just a small

piece of the sheer burgundy ribbon to set it off.  I also added just a small
piece of ivory crochet lace to balance out the bottom of the page. The
glitzy gold is from BBunny and the pearls from Want2Scrap.
I love the way she smiles so my title i think was perfect to
finish the page with.  Now to find a frame to hang it up on the wall...
Love that part the best :)

My first card is using the same flower set and i added one from

the Delicate Asters set and the leaf set.  I made border with an SB

die and then added one of the precut rectangles that come in

the kit.  It fit perfect and after i glued the flower on i just added

a pretty pink bias tape ribbon to finish it off with at the bottom. I think
that those are my favorite ribbons to put on projects and RRR carries
every color under the sun so you always have something to match.
And you can do your own custom ribbons too with white so i really
like that alot too. Guess I better get an order in soon for me!

So next on your hop is the uber talented Cherry.....

Be sure and leave a comment, it's always so nice to hear from you :)

Hugs and Smiles, Teresa

Halloween Challenge for RRR

This month we have a fun challenge on the RRR Blog to create fun

projects and cards for Halloween.  Today i have 2 things to share 

with all of you, a super cute card and a banner to decorate my house.

My first project is this card i did with a new Penny Black stamp

and some Graphic 45 papers that i had.  I created a simple backround

for it with fun oranges and blacks and then stamped the image on

white cardstock and colored it with chalk and colored pencil.

The beautiful orange ribbon goes perfect and has the tiniest bit of gold 

on the sides of it.  I just love how this one came out.

For my banner i found this neat pad of banner sheets at my local 

craft store.  All i had to do was tear them off and cut the purple 

backround that you see.  I used a stencil and some Studio G gesso

to create a backround and then i cut out some fancy circles with

one of my favorite Spellbinders dies and glued that on.

Then i inked around all the edges with orange and black chalk

ink and glued on these huge adhesive letters i found.  (If you 

have a cricut you can do them that way too).  To finish it

i tied a piece of the purple swirl ribbon through the whole

thing and tied lots of pretty ribbons from the
September ribbon assortment this month in between them all.  

I had lots of fun stickers from Doodlebugs Halloween collection

so i created these fun little scenes on the ends and a few in the

center with the letters.  It's a little more fun and not so scary but

i like it and can't wait to add more things around it on my fireplace.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure and share with
us what you create for the challenge and maybe you will win!!

Have a great day... Teresa

RRR Autumn Challenge for September!

Wow it's hard to believe that it is Sept already but for me that's good
 because it means the hot weather is over and the
 cool brisk days of fall are coming. Sooo happy about that :)

I was out shopping in my local crafty store and found these really 

cute fall cookie cutters and this adorable owl sticker so i thought i would

design a pizza box so that i could put them inside to give with either

brownies or fudge in them wrapped up.  

So how do you make your own box you ask?

Well to customize your own box- lay what you want on a blank piece

of paper and measure the size and then add on the height that you want

to the sides and the back.  I picked just 1 1/2 inches high for mine

and it ended up only using one piece of 12/12 with a small piece added

to the bottom for the flap.  If you google pizza boxes you can find lots

of patterns online to get you started and then you can create from there.

For my project i used these ribbons:

Orange check ribbon, Burlap string in Parrot, and the really cute

green polka dot sheer ribbon too.  The papers are from Doodlebug

and Bo Bunny dots and the Spellbinders die is one of my favorite 

called Grand Decorative Circles One.  The little Thank you tag is also

from Doodlebug and you might see a few more things with that one later.

Thanks so much for visiting us and be sure and check out all the other

teams designs for the challenge and enter one of your own to win some

of the gorgeous ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbons!!  

RRR Pets challenge for August

 Our challenge this month for Really Reasonable Ribbons is to create

something about or for our pets so i dug through my box of things i need

to use and pulled out an old ovaltine container to repurpose for a dog

biscuit holder.  I had the perfect papers in it too with lots of cute sayings

so i got to work and this is what i came up with....

I had to use 2 strips of paper since it was wider than 12 inches but they

went together great and i added ribbons from the August Ribbon Assort.

and that fun cut bow at the top with another cut tag i had in my stash from

Best Creation....  The tag in the front i bent and glued on 2 pieces of a

Spellbinders die called Scalloped ovals.  And i chalked it just a little so 

that it had the look of those yummy baked dog bisquits.  

For the top i cut a piece of thin chipboard with another Spellbinders die

and a piece of matching paper with cut dog paws on it.  The tag says 

Good Dog all around it and it just seemed fitting for them.  I have 2 really

cute dogs that help me craft so treats for them are a must!!

Be sure and check out the other projects on the Challenge link

on RRR and join us if you have a cute idea and maybe you can win!!

Have a really wonderful day...Teresa

RRR Challenge*** Anything with Wings

This was such a fun RRR challenge to do this time and since i love doing 

projects with butterflies and they have wings- this was super easy to do.  

I had this Hero Arts stamp set that i had used in one of my classes

this last month and thought that it would be perfect to make up

this fun card to give out for a birthday.  I used papers from Glitz

that already had the bleeding colors and i thought it would be great

to add a little texture to it too.  The butterflies are embossed with black

and are colored with Copic markers to match.  The twine is from RRR.

For both of my sets of tags i used some premade bases

that i picked up at my local hobby store and then added

lots of embellishments to decorate them.  It was super

fun and easy to do and it gave me a chance to use some

of the leftover papers that i had and lots of ribbons

and flowers of course :)

The flowers that i used are WOC roses in pink, lt. blue and ivory and of
course i used lots of bias ribbon, satin and the krinkle ribbons.

The challenge link is here on the blog and we would love to see what 

you can do and you can win lots of beautiful ribbons and things 

so why not right? Thanks for stopping and be sure and check out the other

projects up on the RRR challenge blog today. They are really gorgeous!!