Picture Challenge

We have a new challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon - to be inspired by this picture. You can use the colors, the animals, the textures - however it inspires you! We are also being sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Stamps - so I used this cute little framed Giraffe for my card.

I had the Animal Grosgrain - zebra ribbon in white, but the black and white didn't match my card - so I colored it with my copics and airbrush. White ribbons are great for this! We hope you will have a chance to play along!

Challenges:
Get Sketchy: sketch

Vintage Week at the Beary Scrap

Hi! Today is my first day of Tuesday postings for the Beary Scrap! And I am getting to share one of my favorite styles of cards - Vintage! For you to understand how much I love vintage, you have to realize that before I was even 10 years old, I had an amazing collection of vintage clothes. I loved all of the gorgeous laces and handiwork - and I was absolutely over the moon for beaded purses and flapper dresses. So now, are you beginning to understand some of the influences in my work?

I used a stamp by Stampavie and papers by MME Laundry Line. (Can't you just see those papers being reminiscent of an old beaded evening gown?). After I colored my stamp with copics, I did the Cracked Glass technique over the top, to give a really aged look. I used Distress Ink over the top to get down into the cracks. Finally, to make it authentically vintage - I added a piece of antique lace and a mother of pearl button.

Thanks for looking!

Challenges:
Stampavie: sketch
JUGS: Cracked Glass
Sir Stampalot: All Distressed

Criss Cross Cards

Hi! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are nice and rested so you will be ready to get creative with Karen's Doodles! This week, we are challenging you to make a Criss-cross card. These are really not hard (here is the tutorial).

I used Little Helping Hands for my card. I think this would be the perfect little note to Get Well Soon. I hope you will give this a try!

Challenges:
Create4Fun Challenges: red,white, blue

Monthly Blog Hop Really Reasonable Ribbon - Setember

Welcome to this month's edition of the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog hop. We will be highlighting different ribbons from the store and you will have the chance to win our Ribbon of the Month kit! How awesome is that? If you have been following the ribbon path to get here, you should have arrived from Kym's blog. If you just stumbled upon this hop, then you will want to go back to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings to start. Be sure to leave a little love at each team member's post to be eligible to win this month's kit.

For my card today, I used this adorable stamp from Belles n Whistles - Princess Tales. I thought she was deserving of some of my most girlie-girl ribbons. I love the pink glittery ric-rac (doesn't every princess need sparkle and pink?). I added crocheted lace to the side and ruffled it by simply using a piece of Scoretape along the back and pleating the lace as I laid it down. Finally, I used some Cotton Candy Baker's twine on my button. The papers are from Webster's Pages.

So, I guess it's time to get hopping to the very talented Amber's Blog. I know she will have something fantastic to share with you.

Here is a blog hop list for you, just in case you get lost along the way.

Jacque
Iwona
Cassi
Robbie
Kym
Gini (You are here)
Amber
Susan
Kerri
Trudy Sjolander
Cheryl
Erika

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - sketch
Artful Inkables- Distressed Out
Creative Inspirations - Lace and Sparkle
Cuttlebug Challenge - birthday and layers
Wild Flower Wednesday - scallops and buttons
C.R.A.F.T. - pastels
Creatalicious - vintage
Stamp and Create - pearls and gems

Color challenge at the Beary Scrap!

Hi, and happy Saturday! I hope that you have enjoyed our Gold and Cream plus One theme this week at the Beary Scrap. Today is my last day posting on Saturdays - from here on out, I will be sharing some Beary Goodness on Tuesdays.

As you can see, I chose to use rosy-red for my other color. I used papers from My Mind's Eye -Laundry Line. If you don't have any MME papers, now is a great time to stock up. Not only does Kimm have some great sales going on, but a little birdie told me there's going to be a contest soon (but you have to use MME papers). Also, the new lines are coming in - Alphabet Soup,
Holly Jolly, and Lost and Found (my favorite!). The Cherry Blossom stamp is from Flourishes. I added Ivory Flower Soft to the centers, and then added a tiny gold bead in the center. I used Glimmer Mist to help distress the edges and and that glimmer that I love.

You have until the 14th to play along with our sketch challenge. The winner will recieve a $20 gift voucher to the Beary Scrap!

Challenges:
Pile it On - Pile on the layers
Stamptacular Sunday: Distress it
Lexi's Creations: Flower Power
Mojo Monday - sketch
Shabby Tea Room - Tag, You're it
Artful Inkables - Distressed out
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Tickets
Creative Inspirations - lace and sparkles
Penny's Challenge: Birthday
Creatalicious - vintage
Color Create - Red, gold, cream
Bunny Zoe - vintage
Stamp and Create - Pearls and Gems
Fussy and Fancy - Christmas colors

Did you watch Flower Soft TV this week?

Hi! I just wanted to let you know of some exciting things that are happening at Flower Soft! Hopefully, you have discovered Flower Soft TV, with a new episode every Friday. My card today uses the special download you can get to go along with last week's episode all on Halloween. I printed this cutie out from my computer and cut her out using my Nestabilities. I stacked the images to give depth, and also used my copics around the bottom image to add some shadows. I used the Violet Flower Soft around the edge of my border - I love it paired with the black cardstock.

I told you we had some exciting things happening, that you won't want to miss out on!

• Flower Soft is now a member company at Splitcoast Stampers. Come join the fun!
• We are now hosting challenges with prizes on our forum at SCS.
• Be sure to watch each new episode of Flower Soft TV on Friday, because each Friday there will be trivia questions (again with PRIZES) based on that day's episode on the Flower Soft Friday thread at SCS.
  

So, you've got lots of chances to win some wonderful Flower Soft products and get inspired with great tutorials.

This week, our challenge is Birthdays. We hope you will play along.

Challenges:
2 Sketches for You - sketch
Spoon Full of Sugar - Animal Crackers
Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Fun
The Pixie Cottage - furry friends
Simon Says Stamp and Show - holiday fun
Paper Play - autumn colors
S2G - spots and dots

Pretty In Pink

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice, long weekend! I had a great time yesterday - my sister and nephews came over and we crafted, played tag and grilled pizza. It was absolutely beautiful weather, and we all had a wonderful time.

We have an easy challenge for you at Karen's Doodles - Pretty in Pink. I wanted to use a very feminine image for this week, so I used Angel. I also added tons of sparkle to this one with Glimmer Mist, stickles, crystals and glittered cardstock. Can you say girlie-girl?

I used 1.5" satin rose ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and made the rose by putting a large Zot dot on a square of paper and attaching the ribbon length to this. I then started twisting the ribbon, while I wrapped it around the flower center. Then I used Fabri-tac Glue to hold the whole thing down and added it to my card. This rose takes about 30 seconds to make, but really looks very luxurious.

We hope that you will play this week. Karen keeps adding really cute images that I know you will have fun coloring.

Challenges:
Midnight Madness: Sketch
Copic Creations: Pleats or folds
Artful Inkables- Distressed out
Papertake Weekly- Just the One
Creative Inspirations - Pastel pink, green, cream
YNS- anything goes
Paper Sundaes- Mixed mediums(copics, wings colored with Glimmer Glaze)
Stamptacular Sunday - Distress it
Crafty Catz- 1 image, 2 DP, 3 embellies
Creatilicious - vintage
Cute Card Thursday: material girl
Stampin for the Weekend: Shabby/vintage
Oh Alice: Shiney, sparkly
Bunny Zoe: Vintage

Where did I put my........?

Do you ever feel like you are running around like a chicken with it's head cut off? This has been one more crazy week! I finally got my computer back this afternoon, but after I got it all hooked up, I realized that I don't have a clue where my digital camera is! So, this is the scanned version of my card for the Beary Scrap. As soon as I figure out what I did with my camera, I'll add a better pic for you!

We have a great sketch to play with this week - and we would love for you to play along with us! Now please don't look at my sketch for the inspiration! I apparently printed out the wrong sketch to use (I told you - it's been crazy!) I used some Cosmo Cricket papers (Jack's World). I love how great they looked with this little topper from Flower Soft. These toppers are a real time saver. They are printed designs (you get several of each design,) so you can cut them out and layer them rather quickly. We don't have this particular one in stock, but we have some others that are just adorable. I especially like all of the Hedgerow Friends series. I added some of the Citrus Crush Ultra Fine FS for the pillows and rug. The velvet flower and leaves are from Prima.

I am off all of next week, so hopefully, I can get my studio back in order!

Challenges:
Wee Memories: In the Forest

Favorite Colors of Flower Soft Blog Hop

Ready for a hop? How about a challenge too?

This week’s challenge – Use your favorite color (or colors) of Flower Soft!!!

We’ll be giving away TWO prize packages! One prize package will be given away on the blog hop and another will be chosen among people who make a card using Flower Soft and post it in the Splitcoast Gallery using the keyword FSC01. Both prize winners will be chosen and announced on the Flower Soft blog on September 8^th. The winner of the Splitcoast Gallery challenge will have their card featured on the Flower Soft Blog on September 10^th!!!

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be a prize winner chosen randomly among the blogs. The prizes (one set for Splitcoast players and one set for the blog hop!) :

Moments in Time Stamp set Man of the Match

Ultra Fine Toffee Flower Soft

Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft

Flower Soft Glue

The prize winner will be announced on the Flower Soft Blog on Wednesday September 8^th. Good luck!

If you didn’t start at the beginning of the hop please go to the beginning at the Flower Soft Blog.

You would think that this would be an easy challenge - use your favorite Flower Soft colors, but I love them all! So it was hard to choose just a few. But, since I am getting geared up for fall, and since this weekend is the Apple Festival in my home town, I chose some wonderful fall colors. I used the Ultra fine Sage, Strawberry and Toffee. I really liked being able to add some depth to my shadows with the Flower Soft.

Want even more inspiration? Do you like video tutorials? Make sure and visit Flower Soft TV!

****Next on the hop is Linda Beeson.

Flower Soft Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Dina Kowal

Vicki Garrett

Debbie Seyer

Deb Felts

Gini Cagle

Linda Beeson

Cibele Glazer

Have a great time hoppping!

Challenges:
JustRite Inspiration: sketch

It's a Floral Challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbons!

How about an easy challenge? You know you love flowers, and that's the challenge that we are giving you at Really Reasonable Ribbons. We are being sponsored by AIFactory - who just happens to carry the Doodle Pantry images that I love! I used the Mini Rose Pot. Not only was my image floral, but I used this great new sheer woven rosettes in pink. It comes in several different colors that you will love! I also added some of the pink velvet ribbon on either side.

To punch my circle, I used the Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch #915 and the positioning guide, which lets you punch the inside of your circle - very cool! To see a video on how to use this, check this out.

We hope that you will play along with us!