Blue Hydrangias!

Hello! I have a sneak peek for you today coming from the new release from Our Daily Bread Desings July 1st!! I just love this new Hydrangea image! So pretty and fun to color!!

Here I have colored the hydrangeas with copics, cut it out and popped it up over some pearl flourishes from Zva Creative. The DP is from Basic Grey - Marjolaine, and the base circle was cut out with a beaded circle nestabitlies from Spellbinders! To finish off the card, I added some wonderful Blue Jean Silk ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day, and don't forget to come back on Friday for the Our Daily Bread Desings release blog hop!!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Hydrangea - ODVD
Inks: Memento Black, Copics, Blue Jeans Distress Ink
Paper: Basic Grey DP
Accessories: Silk Ribbon from the Really Reaonable Ribbon Store, Zva Creative Pearl flourishes, Beaded Circle Nestabitlties.

Tulips all in a Row!

Happy Kitchen Sink Monday!! My card today uses this week's Friday Sketch Carte Challenge over on the Kitchen Sink
Stamps forum! I have been on an orange kick lately...must be summer! :)

The tulips were stamped as follows: Step 1: So Saffron, Step 2: Apricot Appeal, Step 3: Pumpkin Pie, Step 4: Tangerine Tango. The stems were stamped with different layers of Old Olive.

The DP is from Bo Bunny, the orange base was dry embossed with a swiss dots embossing folder. The fun orange Satin ruffled ribbon is from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store.

Please head on over to see what my fellow crew members have created today!

Angela • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Also, don't forget about our 10% discount on your entire KSS purchase!! Get 10% off your order: CLICK HERE!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great week!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Multi Step Tulips - KSS
Inks: See Above
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Bo Bunny DP, Early Espresso
Accessories: Ruffled Satin Orange Ribbon

Give Yourself Fully...

Hello! Happy weekend! :) This week's Shine the Light Challenge over on ODBD is super simple this week! Anything Goes!! I have paired this challenge with this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. Such a fun sketch for sure!

I have used a sentiment from the newly released Serve the Lord set from Our Daily Bread Designs, and layered it on a lacey oval nestabilities. The DP is from Basic Grey and the gems are from Zva Creative. I created the ribbon roses with some double banded stain/grosgrain coral ribbon and yellow diamond satin ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great weekend!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Sentiment from Serve the Lord- ODBD
Inks: Tangerine Tango
Paper: Old olive, Tangerine Tango, Basic Grey DP, White
Accessories: Ribbons from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Gems from Zva Creative, Lacey Oval Nestabilities from Spellbinders.

Summer Fun - Fancy Flip Flops!

Hello! Well it is officially Summer and we have been doing a Summer Fun theme on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog all week, and now it is my turn! I bought these purple flip flops for $2, and the red and white stripped flip flops at the $1 spot at Target. While they are a fine the way they were, I just had to add some ribbon to dress them up a bit for my DD!! :)



For the Purple ones, I have added some light blue satin ribbon around the straps. for the center, I added some Grape Satin with Flowers in the center and then placed a little butterfly button over that! So super simple, but they went from plain purple to "Oh mom! I love them!!" :)




The 4th of July flip flops were created with ribbons from this month's Ribbon Club assortment - the Red and Blue Diamond Satin Ribbons! I added the flag button in the center with some stretchy cord, so they can be easily removed, so that after the 4th, I can add an adorable lady bug button instead! :)

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Connie

Kind Hearts - DIY DP!

Hello! I have a quick fun summery card for you today! This week's SNTODBD37 challenge is to create DP by me - creating your own DP. I have created two on this card by using the Crocheted background stamp and the Dahila stamp. I then used the wonderful Kind Hearts sentiment stamp for the focal point.

To embellish the card a bit, I added some half backed gems from Zva Creative, some WONDERFUL new Satin Ruffled Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon store, and an antique brad from SU!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Kind Hearts, Crocheted Background, Dahila - ODBD
Inks: Melon Mambo
Paper: Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, White, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Ribbons from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Gems, Antique Brad

Old Time Cowboy Boots!

Happy Kitchen Sink Monday! For today's card I am using this week's FSCC24 from the Kitchen Sink Stamps Forum! I decided to use the Multi Step Cowboy Boots and Multi Step Ornaments and Stars for this sketch.


The boots were stamped as follows: Step 5: Basic Black, Step 4: Going Grey, Step 3: Crumb Cake, Step 2: Crumb Cake, Step 1: did not stamp. The Stars were stamped with: Step 3: Basic Grey, Step 2: Real Red, Step 1: Crumb Cake. I then layered the image on a spellbinders die.

The DP is from Prima, the black base was dry embossed with a star cuttlebug folder, and to finish off the card I added some bandanna ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store.

Please head on over to see what my fellow crew members have created today!

Angela • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Also, don't forget about our 10% discount on your entire KSS purchase!! Get 10% off your order: CLICK HERE!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great week!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Multi Step Boots, and Multi step ornament and stars - KSS
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Prima DP
Inks: See Above
Accessories: Cuttlebug Star Folder, Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Spellbinders Die,

Multi-Page RIbbon Bookmark!

Hello, it's Connie here and I have such a fun project to share with you today! I love ribbon bookmarks, and this one is no exception. Here I have created a multi page ribbon bookmark.

I have used the reversible brown and blue 1/4" ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon store. I created the top of the bookmark with a spellbinders label die, and the verse, which is from the Serve the Lord stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I then added 5 pieces of the 1/4" ribbon tied with a bead
at the end, along with 1" by 3" strip of paper.

To assemble the bookmark you will want to make a sandwich. Start with the back side of your bookmark topper, next place the 1"x3" piece of paper on the back so that most of the srip is below the topper, next add the 5 pieces of ribbon, and then cover them all with the front design of the topper.

To use this type of bookmark, you will need a book with a binding/a hard covered book. Once the bookmark is put together, place the 1" x 3" strip of paper portion of the bookmark in the binding of the book, so that you can see the top of the bookmark, along with the ribbon strands. You can then take each of the ribbon
strands to mark 5 different pages within to book!

I hope you have enjoyed my project today! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day!

Connie

Details:
Images: Serve the Lord - ODBD
Inks: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist
Accessories: Spellbinders Dies, Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Beads.

Mother - Altered Box

Hello! I had this box of chocolates that I was planning on giving my mom for her birthday this year, but I had a problem...the box was just plane old white! I CAN'T have that! LOL!! So I decided to alter it a bit!

The challenge over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog this week is to use hand written journaling/sentiments. It is sponsored by Sakura, and I have used their wonderful Moonlight pens to write my "Mother" sentiment. I have also used the wonderful diamond satin ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store!

The amazing image is newly released from Our Daily Bread Designs called Serve the Lord. I colored the image with copics and cut it out with the matching die, also from ODBD.

When I gave it to my mom, she just LOVED it...oh and she thought I decorated it nicely too! LOL!! :)

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Connie

Details:
Images: Serve the Lord - ODBD
Inks: Sakura Pens, Memento Black, Copics
Paper: Basic Black, Real Red, White
Accessories: Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Spellbinders Lacey Circle Nestabilities, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punch.

Happy 4th of July! - RRR Blog Hop!

Hello!! Welcome to the June Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog hop. This month we are having a special combined hop with the gals from Flower Soft! I LOVE this stuff...so fun to play with!!! If you are here from Debbie's wonderful blog, you are in the right place! If not, you may want to start over at the Flower Soft Blog, so you don't miss anything!

I am feeling really patriotic with this month's Ribbon of the Month Assortment! Lots of Red, White and Blue in there! When I saw it the first thing that popped into my mind was a flag...it has the perfect ribbons to recreate one on a card!



I have used the diamond satin red and white for the stripes and the blue satin with stars for the star portion of the flag. To accentuate the stars a bit, I added a frame of gold flower soft. The sentiment is from the Ready 4 Any Holiday set from Kitchen Sink Stamps stamped onto the ribbon tag die cut from spellbinders. To finish off the card, I added a couple of gold stars with some red gems!

Now to continue on, you will want to hop on over to Gini's amazing blog! Don't forget to answer the question on the RRR blog at the end of the hop for your chance to will some prizes from both RRR and Flowersoft!!

Thanks so much for visiting. Have a great day!!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Ready 4 Any Holiday
Inks: Real Red, Encore Gold
Papers: Night of Navy.
Accessories: Gold Flowersoft, Spellbinders Die, Ribbons from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, Red Gems

Ribbon Inspired!

Happy Kitchen Sink Monday!! My card today was totally inspired by this amazing Painted Desert Hand Dyed Silk Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store! When I looked at it I thought of pretty hydrangeas, so out came the 3 step Hydrangea set from Kitchen Sink Stamps!

The blue flowers were stamped with bashful Blue, Almost Amythyst, and Bordering Blue. Each step for the smaller pink flowers was stamped with Regal Rose. The DP is from Prima, and the gems are from Zva Creative!

Please head on over to see what my fellow crew members have created today!

Angela • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Also, don't forget about our 10% discount on your entire KSS purchase!! Get 10% off your order: CLICK HERE!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great week!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: 3 step Hydrangea
Inks: See Above
Paper: Rose Red, Prima DP
Accessories: Silk ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, Half Backed Gems from Zva Creative

ODBD June Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs June Release Blog Hop! If you got here from The Our Daily Bread Designs blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog and hop from there so you have a chance to win one of the FOUR fabulous prizes up for grabs this month! The Hop will run from 8am EDT June 1 until 8pm EDT. June 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on June 3. Be sure to check out the ODBD blog for all the hop details!

My card for today uses the wonderful new Time set! Here I have done the soot stamping technique, which is one of my favorites!! Just be sure to be carful with the open flame! :) I paired this wonderful clock image with some Prima Botanicals DP, and added some silk ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store!

Now, onto the next stop! Hop right on over to Becca's AMAZING blog!!

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day!

Connie

Card Details:
Images: Time - ODBD
Paper: Prima Botanicals DP, Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Candel, Matches, Acrylic Spray, Ribbon from the Really Reasonable Ribbon Store, half backed gems from Zva Creative