Monday, May 13, 2013

Patriotic Birthday Card for the Really Reasonable Ribbon May Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon May Blog Hop.


If you've just been inspired by Jeannie's fabulous work, you are in the right place. If not, you can join us for some patriotic inspiration with the gorgeous May RRR Ribbon Club Assortment by hopping on over to the RRR Blog to start at the beginning. There you will find all the blog hop and prize details.


Just look at the gorgeous ribbons in this month's RRR Ribbon Club Assortment! They are perfect to create projects for those Memorial Day and 4th of July family get togethers. My dad is a proud Air Force veteran, so I selected several ribbons from this collection to feature on the birthday card I created for him. 

"Patriotic Birthday Card"

Tips and Techniques:

Ribbon Star ~ I wanted to go with a vintage, masculine look for this card, so I colored the white patriotic dot grosgrain from the May Ribbon Club Assortment with distress inks. I folded it into a partial Moravian Star design to create a wonderful masculine center for my twine flower. 

Layered Flower ~ The base of this flower was cut from denim using my Donna Salazar Grand Peony dies by Spellbinders. Next I created a loomed twine flower with RRR Natural Jute String. My twine flower tutorial can be found here. And of course on top is the ribbon star I created with the RRR May Ribbon Club Assortment

Title ~ I fussy cut the title mat from BoBunny Liberty Cut Outs. The letters were cut using my Tim Holtz Typeset strip die. I colored some speckled cardstock to coordinate with the BoBunny Liberty Collection papers used to created this card. 

Stamping ~ The flourish next to the twine and ribbon flower was stamped with a BoBunny Liberty stamp with distress inks. 


Ribbon Strip ~ To achieve a more vintage feel, I layered the red swiss dot grosgrain from the May Ribbon Club Assortment behind the sheer portion of the blue ribbon also found in the May Assortment.   I added this vintage BoBunny flag trinket over the layered ribbons. Every project needs a little bling and the iridescent stitching on the blue ribbon adds that nice touch without looking "girly."

Distressing ~ I distressed the paper layers with my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All by Zutter. 

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The May RRR Club Assortment is so versatile and can also be used for more elegant projects as well. I used two of the red ribbons and white lace here in this wedding layout posted earlier this month of our sweet daughter-in-law, Rachel and her maid of honor. The red ribbon was an absolutely perfect match to the red in the dresses with the lace being a perfect accent for a wedding page. 

"Maid of Honor"

For close-ups and details of this layout go here

I hope you've been inspired to grab your May RRR Ribbon Club Assortment and start creating!

Your next stop on the RRR May Blog hop will take you to 
to some amazing inspiration from Cheryl

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  ~ Blessings ~

33 comments:

  1. Sooooooooo gorgeous!! LOVING the patriotic colors and that flower is WOW!!!

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  2. I agree the bow is a wow factor!
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  3. my gosh, I am in love with the flower on your patriotic card! fabulous!!!

    such a pretty layout, too. thanks for the inspiration! :)

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  4. What a fantastic card! Your flower is beautiful, and perfect for a masculine card. Your dad will love it!

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  5. WOW!!! What a gorgeous ribbon and twine flower!!!
    Your project is just stunning!!!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

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  6. Great card..love that flower...will have to check out your tutorial ! Gayle xx

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  7. I absolutely love your card and how you inked the ribbon and make the flower! Your LO is gorgeous also! TFS

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  8. great card and what a beautiful layout! t.igo

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  9. Great projects! Thanks for sharing :)
    Pearl x

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  10. Awesome card and layout. Love the floral embellishment on the card.

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  11. Very creative ribbon work. Well done!

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  12. What fantastic projects. I love the layered flower.

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  13. Your birthday card is so creative! I love the masculine touch and especially the ribbon star. I also love the elegant layout using the same ribbon collection. Such creativity!

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  14. Both projects are absolutely gorgeous!! I love, love the twine ribbon on the card - so fabulous!! Happy Monday :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  15. FABULOUS USE OF THE RIBBONS on BOTH PROJECTS!!!!!!!! LOOOOOOVE the Ribbon Star!!!!!!!! AND you've used some of the PRETTIEST RIBBONS in the set!!!!!!! :) JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! :)

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  16. Tracey these two projects are just gorgeous! I love the brides maid layout!
    Hugs
    Tammy Louise

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  17. Beautiful layout and card! Wonderful projects for your first hop...and welcome to the team!

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  18. Both creations are gorgeous. I've been staring at the flower for 10 minutes, I'm in love! Beautiful.

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  19. Gee that flower is amazing...so much going on, but it doesn't look OTT at all - it looks just perfect. You're sooo clever with those folding techniques....really lovely card:):):)

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  20. Truly amazing card and layout. The flower is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!

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  21. wow! This is gorgeous!! I love all the different techniques you used with the ribbons.

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  22. TWO amazing projects! I love the ribbon treatment in the first one and the layout is fantastic!

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  23. Just gorgeous projects

    having a great day
    hugs carla

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  24. Great Loayout and card. TFS.
    D~ dmcardmaker (AOL)
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  25. Very pretty card! Love the twine flower! Love the red ribbon on the black and white layout! TFS

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  26. Wow! Hard to believe all that ribbon came out of one assortment. Great showcasing of this month's assortment Tracey. Love your card and layout!!

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  27. Absolutely AWESOME birthday card, and I LOVE how you made the ribbon star center for your handmade flower!!! Beautiful job!!! Of course you know I LOVE your layout too :) Beautiful job on both!!!
    hugs,
    Cheryl

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  28. This is so pretty in the red, white and blue, and I love the gorgeous layout too!

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  29. Lovely card & layout! Very creative & gorgeous use of the ribbon & twine!!

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  30. Great card and great page too Tracey! Such beautiful projects...

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  31. Such a nice card. Love the design and its concept. thanks for sharing. Keep it up !!

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