Birthday Card for the July Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop

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

If you are here for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles 2nd Birthday Blog Hop Celebration, go here.

  

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 July 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 citrus colors are perfect to create summer themed projects. I created this birthday card for my my mom using the gorgeous lace and altered orange sheer ribbon.  

Birthday Card

Tips and Techniques:

Colored Ribbon ~ For this card, I needed more of a peach color than the brighter orange, so I spritzed this sheer orange and satin ribbon from the July Ribbon Club Assortment with a golden brown glimmer mist by Tattered Angels called Cork. It turned out to be just the right color to get the look I wanted to achieve. I don't hesitate to snip off a piece of ribbon and experiment with color. There are many ways to color your ribbons from mists, to inks, and even alcohol inks or markers. 

Double Loop Bow ~ This bow took about 18 inches of ribbon. The tutorial for this double loop bow by Ginny can be found here.

Lace ~ Snips of Scor-Tape keep this beautiful lace in place. 

Pearls ~ Every girly card needs a little bling, and I used some of Bonnie's Kaisercraft Pearls next to my sentiment. 

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

I created another birthday card posted earlier this week using the green Diamond Satin Ribbon in the July Ribbon Club Assortment along with a variety of other ribbons and products from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store. The green ribbon in the Ribbon Club Assortment was misted and inked to alter the color and bring out the diamond design. 

Details and close-ups of this card can be found here.

Additional RRR products used for this card:

White Wrinkled Ribbon - 1/2"

4mm String Beads - Pearlized

Juliet Natural Crochet Lace - 5/8"

Candi Choc-a-Mocha

Candi Fix Foam Pads

Scor-Tape 6" x 6"

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

Your next stop on the RRR July Blog hop will take you to 

to some amazing inspiration from Cheryl. 

Thank you for hopping through the RRR Blog Hop with us today.

I invite you to scroll on down to my previous post to join us for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles 2nd Birthday Blog Hop Celebration.

I've entered this at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #88 Anything Goes. This week's Word Art is 1Timothy 4:12. If you are looking for amazing inspirational Word Art (free), be sure to stop over there!

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Life Is Art" Graduation Card for RRR

It's official, we're empty nesters!! Maria found a job and has moved in with her sister to be close to work. While aspects of this are just a little crazy for me, I've been preparing and must say that we have been so blessed with our children making wise decisions for their futures. 

Maria graduated just over a week ago, and I'd like to share the card I created for her featuring Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

"Life Is Art"

Graduation Card

Maria is an artist. She has played piano for 10 years and started taking art lessons about 5 years ago. She is quite accomplished. I've been known to say, if I had her talent I wouldn't scrap; I'd draw and paint. She's won several art contests this year and really has the heart of an artist. This may not be a typical sentiment for a graduate, but it just fit Maria perfectly. I hope she embraces the life ahead of her and enjoys the journey. 

Really Reasonable Ribbon Products:

Hand-dyed Silk ~ 1 inch

Iridescent White String

Kaisercraft Pearls

Scor-Tape 6" x 6" Sheet

Tips and Techniques:

Double Loop Bow ~ Bonnie carries the most gorgeous and luxurious hand-died silk ribbon in her store. You really should try some of this fabulous ribbon. This particular color is not currently in stock, but she has some amazing color combinations that are sure to fit your needs. The tutorial by our RRR DT, Ginny, for these sweet bows can be found here. She shows how to tie them right on your fingers. So easy!! 

Mixed Media Background ~ I started by stamping my sentiment with Donna Salazar's Jasmine Mix'd Media Inx, then sprinkled with opaline embossing powder and heat set. 

Then I laid punchinella next to the sentiment and "inked" through the holes with Perfect Medium. Any kind of clear embossing pad should work. I sprinkled with Fran-Tage Shabby White Embossing powder and shaved ice mica then heat set. 

I've had Faber-Castell Gelatos in my stash for some time, but just never have gotten around to trying them out. Let's just say, I'll be using them a lot more now that I've broken the ice. What gorgeous colors and so easy to work with. I scribbled the colors across my nonstick craft mat using similar colors to the ribbon, spritzed with water, then laid my paper into the liquified color. Just like the ribbon colors blend, gradating into each other, the Gelato colors did the same. I just love the effect!!  I colored two pieces - the white cardstock background and then the stamped and heat embossed sentiment on water color paper. 

Once the water color paper was dry, I hand sketched the heart shape around the sentiment, cut it out and hand distressed. The background paper was distressed with my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All. 

On the background I took some bubble wrap and painted it with gesso and used as a stamp in places. This is very subtle, but adds great visual texture. I also "stamped" some circles of gesso using a small bottle cap. 

Oh, and wouldn't you know, the sentiment got a little muddied by the mixed media, so I took a white Glaze pen and carefully went over the letters to make them pop again. 

What I love about this technique is that you can really create a custom background to go with any of the hand-dyed silks. 

Pearl Accents ~ I added Kaisercraft pearls from the RRR Store. There are a wide variety of colors to choose from. 

Ribbon ~ I adhered a strip of the hand-dyed silk ribbon across the card using Scor-Tape. I wrapped the Iridescent White String around the ribbon three times, crossing in the center. This string is one of my favorite items in the RRR Store. I already had to order more!! LOL It shimmers so beautifully in the light. Finally, I attached the bow to overlap the heart. 

Other products:

White Cardstock 

Strathmore 140lb Mixed Media Vellum Surface

Bienfang PH Neutral 140lb Watercolor Paper

Faber-Castell Gelatos ~ Metalllic Melon, Metallic Blueberry, Butter Cream, Lemon, Boysenberry, Tangerine

Donna Salazar Mix'd Media Inx ~ Jasmine

Ranger Perfect Medium

Punchinella

Sparkle N Sprinkle Embossing Powder ~ Opaline

Stampendous Fran-Tage Embossing Powder ~ Shabby White

Stampendous Fran-Tage Shaved Ice Mica

Sakura Glaze Pen ~ White

Liquitex Gesso

Bubble Wrap

Bottle Cap

Stampendous Cling ~ Life Is Art Stamp

Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive

Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Tim Holtz Grid Blocks

Ranger Mini Mister

Ranger Craft Mat

EK Cutter Bee Scissors

Martha Stewart Mini Score Board

I've entered this at:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Challenge #82 anything goes or Proverbs 14:26 Word Art

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~