Thursday, June 13, 2013

Mixed Media Card for the Really Reasonable Ribbon June Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon June 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 summer inspiration with the gorgeous June 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! These sizzling summer colors are perfect to create projects for nearly any occasion. I've used them a little differently and will show how you can grunge up these ribbons to use in mixed media projects. First I'll share this birthday card I made for my sister followed by a wedding layout created earlier this month for Scrapping Everyday Miracles

Misted Floral Birthday Card

Tips and Techniques:

Grunged Ribbon ~ The green satin ribbon in the assortment is gorgeous, but not quite the look I was going for with this card, so I used several shades of glimmer mist to darken the color. I deliberately dabbed the ribbon into the excess mist on my craft mat so it would be mottled and distressed. I then dried it with my heat tool. Actually I overheated it, until it pulled and puckered adding another grungy element to my ribbon. Be aware that this does shrink the ribbon. I used an entire yard of ribbon and only had about a 5 to 6 inch piece left after tying this double loop bow. (Yep, it's in my stash to be used on a future project!!) For Ginny's double loop bow tutorial go here

Mixed Media Background ~ I spritzed and dripped several colors of mists and water, over this flower which was stenciled with white opaque flakes using a Prima stencil to create this lovely mixed media background. The base of this background is 140lb water color paper.

Sparkle ~ I dabbed the edges with Glue Gloss and sprinkled on Donna Salazar's Pralines and Cream Fairy Dust Glitter. It is so iridescent and sparkly. 

Distressing ~ done of course with my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All

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The June RRR Club Assortment is so versatile and I also used the lighter blue satin with metallic silver edges for this wedding layout. 

"Love"


You might be asking yourself, "I don't see the blue ribbon here?" That's because I misted the ribbon to coordinate with my page. I first wove the ribbon into this beautiful plaited piece, then misted with teals and bronze mists. Don't you love how the silver metallic edges resist the mist and shimmer as they capture the light? I used the entire 2 yard length to create this piece, and it was well worth it for this dramatic sweeping ribbon braid across my page to anchor the banner. The video tutorial I used to learn this ribbon weaving technique by Christina Griffiths can be located here.

For close-ups and details of this layout please stop by my blog post

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

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

Thank you for following me and letting me know what you think of my projects!

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

  ~ Blessings ~

34 comments:

  1. Wowwwwwwwwwwwww! Your card is AMAZING! I love love love that masking!!! GORGEOUS!!

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  2. I like your ribbon treatments especially the woven ribbon.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  3. Gorgeous projects! I like the use of ribbon on both projects!

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  4. Both projects are gorgeous Tracey! I love that you shared how to alter the ribbon so it would fit in perfectly with your project.

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  5. I love both of your projects. The back grounds are amazing. I love how you used the ribbon on the layout. Awesome idea!!!

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  6. Both projects are absolutely gorgeous!! The background on the card is fabulous and the layout is stunning!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  7. Great projects! Love what you did with the ribbon on the wedding layout..gorgeous!

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  8. beautiful mixed media proj and layout. loved your weaving,thanks for the link..

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  9. You have SUCH a lovely creative style ... two delightful projects! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Both your card and layout are very pretty. I love the layout a lot.Thanks for sharing. Edwina Brown

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  11. Wonderful work Tracey! I think you use all this ribbon in fantastically innovative ways!!

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  12. such a pretty card and LOVE LOVE the ribbon work on the page!!

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  13. Woo Hoo, I never thought of changing a ribbon color before, except white.

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  14. Love your card, especially the ribbon 'grunging' up...I'd seen a double bow tut on video - can't remember where - may have even been your link, but I've gone over & printed off this one. THANKYOU:):):)

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  15. LOVE both the card and the layout Tracey. The ribbon on your layout is especially gorgeous, what a great technique! Thank you for sharing it. ox

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  16. love the card and how you used the ribbon on that LO!! amazing braid!!

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  17. WOW!!! Love love love the background of the card. Beautiful projects. TFS

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  18. wow, awesome creations, I am going to try that on one of my cards... thanks for the inspiration...
    as for the question:
    and I am a cat person... actually... I like to look at all animals, prefer not to own any... too late, we have a turtle...LOL

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  19. awesome work, love the colours :)

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  20. Lovely creations and wonderful how you misted the ribbon. Great way to tone them down if needed.

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  21. Your layout and card are wonderful. TFS.
    D~ dmcardmaker (AOL)
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  22. I LOVE how you distressed your green ribbon..fabby Mixed media card! LOVELY colors!! I love your LO as well!! The braid is fabulous Tracey!!
    Hugs!!
    Heather

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  23. This is the best use I have ever seen for ribbons. Beautil work Tracey.

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  24. Love the mixed card soooo much but have to agree with everyone that your braid is just over the top!

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  25. WOW!!!! stunning card and layout :) love the way you "toned down" the bright colors to get them to work for you!!!!

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  26. BEAUTIFUL JOB!!!!!! I'LL BET your daughter LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE her moms' work too!!!!! :)(Guessing this is your daughter!) :) ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!!!!! :)

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  27. That ribbon braid is so lovely...Lis

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  28. How beautiful the card is and the LO is also! I love the ribbon treatment on the LO ;)

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  29. Beautiful projects Tracey....love your card and the layout is a stunner! Love how you twisted that ribbon for your banner! Fabulous!

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