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TRR Challenge #66 'Shabby Christmas'

I'm finally back in blogworld after taking a few months break to concentrate on The Ribbon Reel shop.  

We have moved from fortnightly challenges to monthly ones from this month over at The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog, and what a fabulous challenge I have come back to.  Tammy is our host this month and has chosen this beautiful shabby Christmas photo to inspire us.  

and ask that you create a card / project using the inspiration photo using BLUE, PINK & CREAM/WHITE PLUS RIBBON. 

 

 

I love this colour combination for Christmas, I find the bold red and greens too much and love the subtle tones of the blue and pink. 

 

 I used several die cuts to create the central focus of the card and threaded seam binding around the edges.  I added a simple WMS sentiment next to a glittery chipboard star.

 

One of the most fantastic things about running a ribbon shop is that I get to play with all of the off cuts and couldn't resist this beautiful pink silk ribbon from May Arts to create a pretty bow.  

 

 

I have used kraft cardstock inking the edges with PTI Snow White Ink, layering some pretty pink snowflake paper as the background.  Papers from various MME sets make up the diecut circles with a little ivory silky crush and pink silk ribbon to running horizontally.

 

We have two fabulous prizes up for grabs.  Our first sponsor is the lovely 'Paper Sweeties' who are sponsoring us with a $20 Gift Certificate to their store.  

 

Plus we have a second prize from The Ribbon Reel 

 

I can't wait to see the different variations entered into this months challenge.   So remember there is a whole month to take part, whether you are designing a card or an exciting project, we'd love to see what you have been creating.  

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's cards.

Supplies used:

Cardstock - Kraft, MME from The Ribbon Reel

Ribbon - 38mm Silky Crush Ivory, 32mm Pink Silk from The Ribbon Reel

Dies - Nesties, PTI Circles

Stamps / Ink - Sentiment from WMS, Fresh Snow Ink from PTI

Other - Chipboard Glitter Star, MME Brad, Self Adhesive Pearls from The Ribbon Reel 

 

Hugs,

Keilly x

DCM 'Ink It Up'

It's Friday and time for another fun challenge over at Daring Cardmakers.  It's my turn to set the dare this week and I've chosen...

 

Ink It Up!

I'd like to see cards using ink - there are lots of choices, perhaps you could ink up an image or patterned stamp, or even use spray inks to create a background.  Let's see how inventive we can be with this crafty basic!

Here is my card....

I decided to use only the craft items that were closest to me to make my card, so neutrals it is then!  I started with some pretty papers from MME The Sweetest Thing Lavender set.  I added a paper doily topped with a nestie label.  The little cluster is a small seam binding ribbon and natural crochet lace tied in bows, a white cherry blossom and a couple of white heart pins.  

For the 'ink it up' part of the challenge, I stamped a DRD butterfly stamp in Sahara Sand adding a few pearls to the body.  I also grabbed my recent purchase from Paper Sweeties, a set of sentiments, I settled with 'Celebrate Your Day' also inked with Sahara Sand.  

Don't forget to check out the beautiful cards from the DT.

Supplies used:

Cardstock - MME The Sweetest Thing Lavender from The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - DRD Butterfly, You Make Me Smile from Paper Sweeties

Ribbon - Chalk White Seam Binding and 10mm Natural Crochet Lace from The Ribbon Reel

Other - Snow White Pearl Adhesives, Paper Doily, Cherry Blossom, Heart Pins - all from The Ribbon Reel, Nesties, Sahara Sand Ink

TFL!

DCM 'Springing into Spring'

After having a bit of time away from crafting and blogging, I am slowly getting back to normal.  It's Friday so that means a new challenge over at Daring Cardmakers, and such a great challenge to come back to.

Beckie would like to challenge you to make a card with a 'spring' on it somewhere. 

And now for a little special treat for one lucky person!

This week digital stamp store 'Little Blue Button' is sponsoring the dare and have a $10 gift certificate to give away! 

All you need to do is leave a link as usual to show us your finished creation and you'll be entered into the prize draw. The winner will be picked at random and announced ahead of next week's dare (Friday 5th April). Big thank you to Little Blue Button for offering this cool prize! Don't forget to check out their store, http://digitaldesignsby.blogspot.co.uk/ maybe there's something there to inspire your 'Springy' card creation!

Here is my card.....

 I had so many ideas for this card but settled with using some beautiful spring colours, flowers and this super cute wooden deer.  Oh and not forgetting the little wire springs stems of the flowers.  All of these things remind me of spring.

The seam binding double bow was layered with a white cherry blossom and pink roses.  I curled the stems of the flowers to look like little 'spring's for the challenge.  I added a little amount of stickles to the pink roses and tucked a few little leaves behind the roses.

I really liked how this card turned out and it felt great to be crafting again.  Thanks for such a great challenge Beckie! 

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbons or Lace (used both ribbon and lace)
Creative Moments - #33 Animals (wooden deer)
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger Pretty Pastels (Inspired by the pastel colours)

Supplies used:

Cardstock - Kraft, Fancy Pants, MME Howdy Doody

Ribbons - 22mm White Crochet Lace, 10mm Pink Velvet, Baby Pink Seam Binding - The Ribbon Reel

Flowers - 25mm Pink Roses, White Cherry Blossom, Green Leaves - The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - WMS

Other - Stickles, Nesties Oval, Crate Paper Little Bo Peep Wooden Shape

TFL!

TRR #45 Home Spun

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel this fortnight!  It's Jeanne's turn to host this week.

Jeanne has chosen this gorgeous photo to inspire us .....

and ask that you create a card / project inspired by the photo plus use BURLAP and RIBBON.

Here is my card....

 

I played around with a few apple images but wasn't happy with the results so opted to stick with the colours from Jeanne's inspiration photo.

I was inspired by the wooden apple basket and the wooden table and found this gorgeous wooden board/plank paper from MME to use as my background.  I added a small strip of this fab 50mm wide brown Burlap ribbon and frayed the edges slightly.  

The little kraft bag was topped with a sentiment from WMS and I used a red crochet flower from my stash (had it for ages and no idea where it came from!), a small prima flower and a sweet red tea rose.  The rose has a few dots of stickles, not sure how well it can be seen in the photo though.  Then I finished with a seam binding bow in brique.  

Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's creations, you'll definitely feel inspired by them and I hope you can join in.   

Supplies used:

Cardstock - MME Dilly Dally from The Ribbon Reel

Ribbon - 50mm Wired Brown Burlap, Brique Seam Binding from The Ribbon Reel

Flowers - 25mm Red Tea Rose, Prima Delightful Glory from The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - Compact Sentiments from WMS

Other - Red Crochet flower from stash, Plain Kraft Bag from The Ribbon Reel 

TFL!

DCM Embossability

It's Friday and time for another challenge over at Daring Cardmakers.  This week it's my turn to set the challenge....

'Embossability'

I'd like you to make a card / project and use embossing of some kind, either wet or dry embossing, let's see some texture!

Here is my card....  

With all the snow around at the moment, I decided to go with lots of white!  I started with embossing some kraft card using the Classical Beauty embossing folder from Sizzix and wiping Fresh Snow Ink across the top.  I added it to some musical note paper from MME Be Happy. 

I used my circle PTI dies to create the labels using paper from MME Be Happy.  The sentiment stickers are from MME The Sweetest Thing Tiny Words, they are so sweet! I added some tea roses, natural button twine and snow white pearls. 

 

I just love this tiny rose trim, it's just the right size for my A6 cards.  I added a strip of script washi tape underneath and a few more pearls to the centre of each rose. 

Don't forget to check the rest of the beautiful cards from the rest of the Design Team.  

Supplies used:

Cardstock - MME Be Happy from The Ribbon Reel, Kraft cardstock

Dies - PTI Circles 

Flowers - 25mm Off White/Pale Pink Tea Roses from The Ribbon Reel

Other - MME Tiny Words, Snow White Pearls, Script Washi Tape - all from The Ribbon Reel, Sizzix Classical Beauty folder, Sheer Rose Trim from Tim Holtz

TFL!

DCM 'The Thrill Of It All'

It's Friday and time for another challenge over at Daring Cardmakers.  It's Leo's turn to set the dare the challenge and she would like you to incorporate some kind of frill on your card. 

It could be a frilly embellishment or background or maybe a stamp you have that would work. Anything that's fun and frilly! 

Here's my card.....

I already knew that I would do a ribbon frill / pleat of some kind as soon as I saw this challenge.  I bought some new papers recently so had a look through to see what caught my eye and found some beautiful MME Meadow papers.  I loved the fresh spring colour and added a white layer to add some contrast between the patterned paper.  

To keep this crisp and clean look, I printed a butterfly sentiment from Pink Petticoat.  The butterflies are cut with my PTI die using the same Meadow papers.  

After playing around with the layout for a little while, I decided to add my frill / pleat ribbon to the bottom of the card and layer the butterflies fluttering from it.  To finish I added some pearl hearts to the centre of each butterfly.

Don't forget to checkout the rest of the Design Team's creative frilly cards and also welcome our new Guest Designer, Beckie!

Challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday #222 

 

Supplies:
Cardstock - MME Six by Six Meadow from The Ribbon Reel
Ribbon - 9mm Grosgrain Spring Moss from The Ribbon Reel
Sentiment from Pink Petticoat (sorry I cannot remember which set)
Other - Nesties and Ivory Silk Pearl Hearts from The Ribbon Reel

TFL!

TRR Challenge #44 'Winter Wonderland'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel!  It's Debbie's turn to host this week.

Debbie has chosen this beautiful photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project inspired by the colours from the photo and include a
SNOWMAN or SNOWFLAKE plus RIBBON/TWINE/TRIM.

Here is my card....

MME must be one of my favourite brands and I just love these papers.  I layered the papers as the base of my card.  I used a MME journalling card, which I cut to size, distressed and used my punch to create the notebook edge.  I added a paper doily and a little black patterned paper behind it, in an attempt to create some layers (those that know me, will know layers don't come naturally to me!)

I used the fabulous star stamp from WMS as my focal point which I cut by hand and added a white glittered chipboard snowflake on top and topped with a little Christmas sentiment, also from WMS.  I added some MME washi tape and brad from MME and some rancho red seam binding, which I distressed with crushed shell Glimmer Mist.

Don't forget to check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Design Team.

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Sparkle and Shine / Glitter 

Card Mania Challenges - #CMC11 Winter Wonderland 

Creative Stamp Friends - #68 Snowflakes

Supplies used:

Cardstock - MME All is Bright from The Ribbon Reel

Ribbon - Rancho Red Seam Binding from The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - Seasons of Love Tags from WMS

Other -  MME Journalling Cards, MME All is Bright Washi Tape, MME Brad, Paper Doily from The Ribbon Reel

TFL!

DCM January Colour Combo Challenge

Happy New Year to everyone!  

And what a great start it is, Leo has set our first colour combo challenge of the year over at Daring Cardmakers and it involves one of my favourite colours, teal. 

I used a dark teal paper from MME for my base and then layered kraft cardstock that I embossed with my Sizzix Classical Beauty folder, creating a beautiful pattern which I inked with PTI Fresh Snow to help it stand out. 

 I then used two strips of musical note washi tape either side of the silky crush ribbon band.  The central labels are from my ever growing and much loved nesties collection.  The sentiment is from WMS's Say It Loud Set, another favourite of mine.

To finish the card I added a couple of layered butterflies and a few shabby tea roses.  I didn't have the colour roses I wanted so I decided to raid my glimmer mists and see if I could create the colour I needed.  I sprayed the white roses first with Electric Blue and then to help tone the blue down, I used Crushed Shell on top.  I love the two-tone result, which doesn't seem to show too well in the photo.

This is the first of many Thank You cards that I need to send out to family and friends to thank them for their wonderful and thoughtful gifts last month.  

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's beautiful creations this week.  We'd love to see you join in the fun with this months gorgeous colour combo challenge.

Supplies used:
Cardstock - MME, Kraft
Stamps - Say It Loud Stamp Set from WMS
Ribbon - Silky Crush Teal from The Ribbon Reel
Flowers - 25mm Off White Tea Roses from The Ribbon Reel
Other - Nesties, Sizzix Classical Beauty folder, PTI Fresh Snow Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Musical Note Washi Tape from The Ribbon Reel

TFL!

TRR Challenge #43 'Nordic Noel'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge!  It's Helen's turn to host this week.

Helen has chosen this beautiful Christmas photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using the colours
RED, WHITE & KRAFT plus BUTTONS, RIBBON & TWINE!

Here is my card.....

This was such a fun challenge and I knew straight away to dig out my WMS stamps! The holiday ornaments set had a nordic feel to it so it was perfect. 

I started with the Cosmo Cricket paper as my background.  The kraft cardstock has been embossed and a little white ink added to the raised pattern to highlight the design (this folder is one of the new additions to my stash, how I've gone for so long with out embossing folders I don't know!).  I layered a piece of red gingham fabric over the top of the embossing and lightly frayed the edges.  I would ideally have liked to stitch the fabric to the cardstock but my sewing machine has been pushed to the back of the cupboard in search of our Christmas decorations. 

I thought the woven burlap would look great with the colour scheme so added a little snippet to the top and bottom of the card, pulling out the edge slightly, before overlaying some natural button twine.  And not forgetting my little gingham bow to top the ornament.   

I inked up the reindeer holiday ornament stamp with PTI Snow White Ink (love this ink!) and cut out with the matching nestie.  I added a little detail using a few dots of Stickles.  I wanted to add some felt on my card somewhere so cut out a small heart by hand and added a button to the top. 

I haven't had time to make many Christmas cards this year.  I struggle every year and always have the intention to start earlier the following year, but life carries on and it never happens.  Anyway, I know exactly who I want to have this pretty card, I'm sure they'll love it!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's festive creations, and say hi to our newest team members!

Supplies used:

Cardstock - CC Tea for Two from The Ribbon Reel, Kraft Card

Ribbons - Small White Pom Pom Trim, Natural Button Twine, 10mm Red Gingham, Natural Woven Burlap - all from The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - 2011 Holiday Ornaments from Waltzingmouse Stamps

Other - Sizzix Embossing Folder, PTI Snow White Ink, Red Felt, Red Gingham Fabric and Red Button all from stash

TFL!

DCM - 'December Colour Combo Challenge'

 As it's the first Friday of a brand NEW month we have a delicious new colour challenge dare just for you over at Daring Cardmakers!

These are the colours our talented Design Team have been working with to inspire you to join us..

 .. so come along!

Here is my card...

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Team's cards this week!

Supplies used:
Cardstock - MME
Ribbon - White Crochet Lace from The Ribbon Reel
Flowers - 25mm Blue Roseand Orange Hydrangea Daisy from The Ribbon Reel
Stamp - WMS
Other - Fancy Pants Chipboard, MME Washi Tape, PTI Dies, Fiskars Punch

TFL!

TRR Challenge #42 Pastel Christmas

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel!  It's Lenet's turn to host this week.

Lenet has chosen this beautiful Christmas photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using the colours
CREAM, BABY BLUE & PINK and some BLING!

Here is my card...

 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's beautiful designs.

Supplies used:

Cardstock - Melissa Frances, Webster Pages

Ribbon - Ivory Plain Twill from The Ribbon Reel

Stamps - WMS Sentiment

Other - Paper Doily from The Ribbon Reel, Glitter Chipboard Tree from stash

 

 TFL!

The Ribbon Reel - Design Team Call

I've got a busy day planned and don't think I'll be sitting down again until this evening so I'm just quickly popping on to let you know about the Design Team Call over at The Ribbon Reel!

Here's the challenge....

Create a card or project inspired by the photo above using
PINK, AQUA, CREAM or WHITE plus RIBBONS or LACE

You can find out all the details here.

Good Luck!

TRR Challenge #41 'Crochet'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel!
It's Zuzana's turn to host this week.

Zuzana has chosen this bright and beautiful inspiration photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using CROCHET LACE or CROCHET FLOWER plus BUTTON & RIBBON/TWINE.

Here is my card....

I left it a little late to make my card, hence the dark photo taken this evening.  I've been suffering with my second cold within 2 weeks, plus my hubby is suffering with severe tooth ache.  I'm hoping it's related to the cold he gave me and not the root canal work he recently had done!  Emergency appointment needed in the morning for him!!

I was thinking of cheating and making a CAS card but changed my mind after flicking through my stamps and found this cute Gorjuss image, Little Foxes.  I dug out my Promarkers and got colouring.  Once I'd coloured my image, I found some matching papers, although I have no idea where they are from.  The simple sentiment is from WMS stamped in Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink. 

I handcut my image, adding an adhesive pearl heart to her pocket and an orange resin flower to her hat.  I'm really pleased with my colouring, I'm still learning but enjoying any improvements I make.  I layered the papers and added a paper doily behind the image.  Finishing with a little button twine bow, a couple of roses and some white crochet lace.  

(* just realised I forgot to include a button on my card - sorry Zuzana!)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's cards, plus we have Ren-Yi Lo guest designing with us for November - pop over and say hi!

Challenges:

Jelly Park Challenges - Back to Nature

Happy Campers Craft Collection - Bright Colours

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Supplies used:

Cardstock - from stash

Stamps - Gorjuss Little Foxes from The Ribbon Reel, Sentiment from WMS

Ribbons - Natural Button Twine and 12mm White Crochet Lace from The Ribbon Reel

Other - Roses from stash, Heart Pearl, Orange Resin Flower and Paper Doily all from The Ribbon Reel

TFL!

TRR Challenge #40 'Over the Rainbow'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel!  It's Pauline's turn to host this week.


Pauline has chosen this bright and beautiful inspiration photo .....

source:here

and ask that you create a card / project with all the COLOURS of the RAINBOW,
plus RIBBON & TWINE in the photo.

Here is my card...

 

I decided to checkout Pinterest for some 'rainbow' inspiration and found so many beautiful cards.  I decided to use strips of ribbon on this card, of course in the colours of the rainbow.

I'm lucky enough to have a huge selection of ribbons at my fingertips to choose from.  I decided to use a different type ribbon for each colour.  I managed to use 12 different types; red pom pom trim, red twill, orange mesh, orange mini ric rac, yellow gingham frill, yellow burlap cord, celery green stripe twill, green grosgrain, blue satin, blue velvet, purple gingham, purple stitch grosgrain.  

I created a quick flower from the yellow gingham ruffle ribbon and added a a red tea rose and light violet cherry blossom, along with a blue candy stripe button and red polka dot button.  The card looked a bit bare in the middle so I decided to add a kraft butterfly using my PTI die.  The sentiment is also from PTI.

Don't forget to check out the colourful cards created by the rest of the design team.

 

Supplies used:

Ribbons - Tiny Red Pom Pom Trim, Red Twill, Orange Mesh, Orange Mini Ric Rac, Yellow Gingham Ruffle, Yellow Burlap Cord, Celery Green Stripe Twill, Green Grosgrain, Blue Satin, Blue Velvet, Purple Gingham, Purple Stitch Grosgrain

Flowers - Light Violet Cherry Blossom, Red Tea Rose

Buttons - Blue Medium Candy Stripe, Red Polka Dot Button

Stamps / Die - PTI Butterfly Die, PTI Love Lives Here Stamp

TFL!

TRR Challenge #39 Shabby Naturals

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog!
 It's Fran's turn to host this week and she has chosen this beautiful inspiration photo .....

and ask that you create a card / project using the COLOURS in the photo
plus RIBBON / TWINE / BURLAP and make it SHABBY!

Here is my card....

This was such a fab challenge from Fran, I loved the photo inspiration and the requirements for the challenge.  I immediately thought, kraft, white and ink!  Then I knew it had to be a Christmas card.  This is my first Christmas card of the year, with many more to make in the next few weeks.  I decided to add a few 'shabby' elements, including paper doilies, lots of white ink and crinkled seam binding.

I based my card on to some musical note paper from Echo Park and then stamped the kraft cardstock with a script stamp in white ink.  I had an old paper doily which was a little torn but kept it, just in case I could use it, and added half to each side of my card.  I used the same musical note paper as the base of my label and inked up a WMS Seasonal Remedies stamp in white ink.  I added a few pieces of ivory woven burlap which were little pieces of off cuts which I distressed and pulled apart slightly to make wider.  The mushroom seam binding was sprayed with Glimmer Mist, scrunched and left to dry on the heater before adding a loose bow.  Then I added these beautiful white glitter chipboard stars to add a more Christmas feel.

The kraft tag was put together in a similar way to the card using a different Seasonal Remedies stamp.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the beautiful shabby cards from the rest of the Design Team - they are gorgeous!  

Challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Die/Punches
The Kraft Journal - Reuse/Recycle (Paper Doily/Burlap Ribbon)
Moxie Fab World - Christmas




Supplies used:-
Cardstock - Bazzill Kraft, Echo Paper
Ribbons - Mushroom Seam Binding, Ivory Button Twine and Ivory Woven Burlap from The Ribbon Reel
Stamps - Seasonal Remedies from WMS,
Other - Chipboad Stars from stash, Paper Doily from The Ribbon Reel, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Crushed Shells, PTI Fresh Snow Ink

TFL!

TRR Challenge #38 'Damask Delight'

Welcome friends to another fun fortnightly challenge at The Ribbon Reel!  It's Debbie's turn to host this week and she has chosen this beautiful inspiration photo .....

and ask that you create a card/project inspired by the NEUTRAL PALETTE in the photo
and include A DAMASK PATTERN, LACE / RIBBONS

Here is my card...

I wanted to have a go at creating a card without patterned paper and dug through my stamps to find this beautiful damask background stamp from Darkroom Door. 

The damask stamp was inked with Versamagic Sahara Sand on to white cardstock.  I used my trusty tape gun to stick it onto a kraft card.  The central label was created with my nesties with kraft and white cardstock.  The sentiment is from WMS also inked with Sahara Sand.  I sprayed Crushed Shell Glimmer Mist on to some Cameo Beige seam binding and tied a double bow and added a couple of mocha beige cherry blossom and an ivory tea rose.  Oh and a few pearls!

Yesterday I spent the day putting together a few gift bag sets to sell in my NOTHS shop so I had gift bags on the brain.  There were a few sweets left over which were used as props so I decided to create a little gift bag for them.  I used a large glassine bag and inked up the same damask stamp.  I've not stamped on a glassine bag before so wasn't sure if it would work.  It took a little while to dry but created a great look.  The sentiment label is also from WMS. 

Challenges:

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #117

That Crafty Place - Create Background

Crafty Calendar - September, Browns & Creams

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Cardstock - Kraft and White Cardstock

Stamps - Damask Background from Darkroom Door from The Ribbon Reel, Rescue Remedies and Say It Loud from WMS

Ribbon - Cameo Beige Seam Binding from The Ribbon Reel

Flowers - Mocha Beige Cherry Blossoms, Ivory Tea Roses from The Ribbon Reel

Ink - PTI Fresh Snow, Versamagic Sahara Sand

Other - 3mm Snow White Self Adhesive Pearls from The Ribbon Reel, Nesties and Glassine Bag