Showing posts with label Really Reasonable Ribbon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Really Reasonable Ribbon. Show all posts

Friday, January 10, 2025

The Dragon & the Knight

      Guess what?   There's a new challenge starting today at Star Stampz and it's the first one of 2025.  Boy, I'm not used to typing 2025 yet.  I had to go back and correct it from typing 2024.  :-D  Our theme is always Anything Goes with an optional theme.  This time, the option is "Inspired by a Song."

     I took that to heart and went searching for a Star Stampz image that had a dragon because "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was running through my head.  The image is The Dragon and the Knight.  I colored it with my Ohuhu markers, then cut it with a Tonic Studios die, and cut the corners with a Uchida punch.  

     I did the same things to a piece of DCWV dp and used it for the frame around he image.  The background was made with another piece of dp from that same DCWV stack.  I know I tend to use DCWV papers more than any others and part of that is because they are a favorite of mine but also because I own more DCWV stacks than any other brand.  That may have happened because when I first started paper crafting, the craft store where I made my purchases back in those days carried mostly DCWV,  I've used other brands over the years but I still tend to go back to DCWV.  (and I have a HUGE stash of it which I'll never use up, even if I live to be 100!)

     I added a wrap of purple Really Reasonable Ribbon and tied a bow with it also.


     Challenges:

     Come play with us in this challenge, won't you?   If you don't find yourself inspired by a song, you can always enter an Anything Goes card.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Friday, November 22, 2024

Letter "S" - 30 Days of Holidays

     I think this is my favorite Beccy's Place image!  At least I know that I've used it every Christmas season since I first bought the set, how many years ago?  Too many to count.  :-D  It's the Winter Window and the sentiment is also from Beccy's.

     For the letter "S" I have: Stripes, Sparkle, Satin ribbon, Sanjoki markers, Stones in the wall, Snow, Scraps, & Stickles.

     In the past, I've colored the stone in red-orange shades to look more like brick, blue stones with dark accents, even brown stones with black accents but this time, I colored it with several different, light gray and blue gray markers to enhance the winter feel, and light brown-gray markers on the branch, all from Sanjoki.  I added a few white highlights to the snow on the branch with a gel pen.  I used a deep yellow marker on the candle and added Stickles to the candle flame so that it would sparkle.

     The image was cut with a die from QuicKutz.  The striped dp used for the background came from an old DCWV stack and it was a scrap in the basket.  The satin ribbon was from my stash and I'm pretty sure it was from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  It has a very nice, but rather subtle, sparkle in it.  I used my bowmaker to get the double loop bow.  I really do think ribbon and bows are my favorite embellies because they are so easy to add and work perfectly on nearly any card.


     Challenges:
Just Us Girls (winter & snow)

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Family Togetherness

      This is another collaboration card with my sis-in-law, Lainy.  A few weeks back, I introduced her to alcohol markers (a medium she had never used before) and her grasp of how to use them effectively came so quickly!  She is truly a fantastic colorist.  But the actual card making, layout, and design has become my end of the collaboration because she really loves the coloring more than the card making, which I love both ends of that particular crafting endeavor.  :-D

     The image on this card is clip art, printed in grayscale, and colored with Ohuhu mrkers.  I notice those are the markers she tends to grab first though I also have a wonderful array of ProMarkers and Sanjoki markers, plus a scattered few Copics.  Eventually, as the markers run dry, instead of refilling any of them, I'm shifting over to the Ohuhu markers altogether.

     I cut the image with a die from QuicKutz, then rounded the corners with a Fiskars punch.  I inked the edges of the image and layered it onto a piece of Recollections dp.  The black bow is a triple-loop bow made on my Zutter Bow-It-All and I used ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I have two of those bow makers (version 2.0 and version 3.0) and I wouldn't give them up for anything.  

     The only place I can find them anymore is on Amazon but having both of them means that Lainy and I can get work together making some good-sized bows for the holiday wreaths we are going to make for family.  We've been going through old crafting stash and scouring local craft stores for ribbons, wreath bases (all kinds), Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas 'foliage' picks, and small decorative bits that will enhance the wreaths.

     Ok, now for a look at the card.  I'm going to use this one for a Thanksgiving card.


     Challenges:

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Broom Flying - Pass or Fail

      Did you know that witches of any sort must take and pass a test before they are allowed to fly their brooms on Halloween?  That's true and I suppose it includes Harry Potter, too, but it certainly includes these little House Mouse critters.  :-D  

     This image was colored with Ohuhu Pastels for the leaves and grass and ProMarkers for the mice, the sky, and the brooms, then cut with a QuicKutz die.  Both of the white and orange frames were also cut with QuicKutz dies from that same set.  The background dp came from a Recollections Halloween stack.  I used my bow maker to tie the sheer bow with ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I used that same ribbon to wrap around the card front.


     Challenges:

     That's it for today.  I may have another post tomorrow if I finish the card I have underway right now.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Spring Birdhouse

    For me, nothing says "spring" better than watching the sparrows and meadowlarks build their new nests, flitting in and out of the birdhouses which hang from the tree branches near my house.  "Bird Nest or Bird House" is the new theme for our challenge which begins today at FarmQuest.  As usual, our underlying theme is "Farm or Country."

     I chose an image from my rather large collection of digital stamps from Beccy's Place.  I added color with alcohol markers, pencil, and gel pen, then fussy cut it with scissors.  I layered it onto a scrap of brown dp (Recollections), die cut the scrap with a Spellbinders die, and used a Fiskars punch on the corners.  

     The pink dp is also a scrap and I have no idea what company made that paper.  The ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon which I used to both wrap the card front and to make the bow.  I added a large sequin to the bow and called it finished!


     Challenges:

     I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this fortnight.  We love being inspired by you and what you create.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Friday, September 29, 2023

Defining Gratitude !

      Once upon a time, way back when I first began serving on Design Teams, I was invited to join the team at 613 Avenue Create.  After a couple of years, I resigned because life just got waaay too busy.  Now, I'm pleased to announce that I'm happily back on that DT.  :-D

     As always, we have an "Anything Goes" theme but there's also an optional twist if you choose to use it and this month that option is "Autumn Colors." 

     This image is from QKR Stampede and I thought he was perfect for an autumn card - an old moonshine framer.  lol  I colored him with my Sanjoki markers, then cut him and the rust orange frame with octagon dies from QuicKutz.  I found a scrap of dp from DCWV and used a Taylor Made embossing folder on it.  The gauze paper for the background is also from DCWV.

     I found a strip of mesh ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon) in my stash and added it for more texture.  I thought it worked really well with the gauze texture behind it.  The sentiments were printed and one was cut with a QuicKutz die, and the other was fussy cut and matted.


     Challenges:

     Pop on over to 613 Avenue Create and see what all the other DT have done for their inspiration cards, then get something made and come enter it into our challenge.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Friday, June 30, 2023

Wild Roses

      It's Friday morning and that means it's time for another "Anything Goes" challenge at Crafty Cats.  We always offer an OPTIONAL second theme and, this week, it is "Embossing."  Our sponsor for this challenge is SheepSki Designs and they provided images for the DT to use on their inspiration cards.  However, I happen to have a large collection of SheepSki images and I chose this one for my card:  Wild Roses.

     The roses were colored with Sanjoki alcohol markers, then hand-cut with scissors.  I chose a delightful, flowery, Cuttlebug embossing folder to do the dry embossing but first I used my very old (brand name unknown), "Linen" EF on the CS, then embossed over that with the Cuttlebug folder, which also happens to be called "Wild Roses."  :-D  

     I chose ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and wrapped it around the card front.  I cut the sentiment with a die from Avery Elle and added it on top of the ribbon.  The bow was made from felt, folded and wrapped around the middle.


      Challenges:

     I hope you're going to come and play in our challenge this week.  I know you think we on the DT just do cards to inspire you but the truth is that we love being inspired by what you create and enter, too.  See you there and Happy Crafting.   NanaConnie

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Bella & Benji Kiss

      Here's my first DT card for February, featuring this darling new image from Conie Fong called Bella and Benji Kiss, and you can find it by clicking on the name.  The sentiment is part of that set.

     I colored the image with water color paints, then cut it with a die from Lawn Fawn.  The red frame was also cut with a Lawn Fawn die and the frame piece was embossed using my 'Linen' EF.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The plaid ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the grosgrain bow was tied using my bow maker.  


     Challenges:

     That's it for today but now that my camera is working again, I'll be posting several cards over the next week or so.  :-D   Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Turkey Day

      Welcome to my next DT post for Through the Craft Room Door!  Our challenge themes are always "Anything Goes" and they now run for 2 weeks at a time.  This time, our sponsor is Eureka Stamps, sold by Stamp on It!  I chose this really fun, scribble drawing, called "Double Line Turkey." 

      I printed the digital image onto kraft paper, then colored with a black ProMarker and a white gel pen.  I highlighted between the double lines with a gold paint pen.  I used an octagon die from QuicKutz to cut the image and I inked the edges with another ProMarker.  I found a scrap of DCWV dp and layered it on top of a piece of brown CS.  I used sheer ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon to wrap the card front and to tie the multi-loop bow.


     Challenges:

     I hope you'll come and play in our challenge this fortnight.  Remember, Anything Goes so you have no excuse not to join.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sunday, November 6, 2022

30 Days of Holidays - "E"

      Here's my second post today and my second Christmas card for the day.   This one I made for the Letter "E" at Beccy's Place 30 Days of Holidays.  Here are the "E"s I managed to use:  Elf, Evergreen, Ecru, Embossing, and Embellishments.

     I used my ProMarkers to color the Beccy's Place image, then cut it with a QuicKutz die.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I selected an evergreen CS for the background and embellished it with mesh ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon) and with two, embossed strips of red.


I was inspired by the sketch at Build Your Stash ...
but I flipped it top to bottom and used my sentiment as their narrow strip.


     Challenges:

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Autumn Cat

      I'm excited to announce that I have joined the DT at the Crazy for Cats Challenges!  Our first challenge launches today even though it is technically our November challenge.  From now on, the monthly challenges will start on the First Friday of each month.

     But starting today means that we cat lovers on the DT can post our inspiration projects on the Cat Lovers Hop 2022, a fun hop I've played in for a good number of years now.  :-D  

Today is the second day of the six day Cat Lovers Hop 2022.

     For our own challenge, our sponsor is Lawn Fawn and for my card I used Lawn Fawn metallic hologram paper and the image was cut with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Square die.

      I colored with ProMarkers and water color paints.  The image piece was framed with orange CS after I used a ProMarker to ink the edges.  The leafy ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the sentiment leaf is a chipboard piece from Recollections which has been in my collection of embellishments for at least 6 years.



     Challenges:

     Come play in our new challenge!  We feature felines, of course, and all the rules are on the new blog.  Think about joining in the Cat Lovers Hop, too.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Vintage Pumpkin Witch

      I've used 3 other vintage Halloween images this month but those were all from Lilli Rin and this one is from Taylor Made.  I've already entered the Taylormadecards4u challenge this month but I still wanted to share this card.  

     The image is pre-colored and I cut it to size with my Fiskars paper cutter.  The polka dot ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the small pumpkin is fabric.  Pretty CAS design on this card.


This is also my Day 22 entry for the
 LeighSBDesigns 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop.
 

     Challenges:
Double Trouble (circles + Halloween)
Inspiration Station (large pumpkin)

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

All About the Boos

      I'm so excited about something new going on in my life which is actually a return to something old.  A few years back, I was a DT member at Through the Craft Room Door.  Back then, they were a weekly challenge and now they have changed to a fortnightly (every 2 weeks) challenge but the theme is always Anything Goes.  Recently, they had a DT call and I asked if it was possible for me to return to the team and they graciously said "Yes."  :-D

     So, this is my first DT card since returning to the DT at TTCRD (much easier to type!) and our sponsor this fortnight is Oddball Art.  The prize is a $10 voucher to the store.  The image I used is called "Penelope 3" but the sentiment and the spider actually came from a different Oddball Art set (which I can't find in the store so it may have been retired. ;-( )  I thought they were perfect for making the Penelope image into one for Halloween so I merged them before I printed the image.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then cut the image with a QuicKutz die.  The purple CS diamond shape and the orange CS were cut with another QuicKutz die.  The purple piece was turned 1/4 turn and the corners were trimmed off at the edges of the card front.  The pumpkins were cut with an Impression Obsession die, and the bats came from a Die-Versions die set.  The black ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the bow was double loop bow was tied with my bow maker.


     I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this time around.  Remember, it's Anything Goes so how can you not have something to enter?   Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie 

Saturday, October 8, 2022

The Spell

     I awoke really early this morning (as in still night time) and couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and made 5 cards with images I had colored over the past 3 days.  They were all Halloween, of course, since this is the still warm and wonderful month of October.  However, the nights are getting chilly.  I know that to be a fact because the fuzzy felines have been crawling under the covers to cuddle themselves against me, soaking in the body warmth.  :-D

     I started with this card which features a LeighSBDesigns image, called the "Robed Hand."  The sentiment comes with the hand image.  I used ProMarkers to color the image, then cut it with a QuicKutz die.  The background dp came from a Recollections stack and the ribbons (both the green and the black) came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The bow is one of my signature, hand-sewn bows with a pearl.

     


This is also my Day 10 entry into the 

I was inspired by the sketch at Sketch Saturday
which I used it as the starting point.

     Challenges:

     That's it for today and now I'm going back to bed to catch upon all that lost sleep.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Totally Batty

      I have been digging through the box of Halloween crafting supplies and found several items which I had completely forgotten or which I simply haven't used in ages.  I found these three, old, foam stamps (Does anyone remember those?  Cheap and usually in the discount bin.  :-D) with different bats. Perfect for Halloween.  The sticker tags which used to be on top have long ago disappeared so I have no idea what company made the stamps but I'd dare bet they were "Made in China."  lol

     I found an Onyx ink pad which also hasn't been used in several years but which still had enough ink to stamp the three bats onto lavender CS.  Before I cut them, I typed a sentiment, moved it into place so that it would print below the bats, then ran the CS through my printer.  I cut the image with a QuicKutz square die.  

     I colored the eyes with gel pens and added tiny, white, Vampire teeth to one of the bats.  I used two scraps of orange CS and mounted everything onto a black card base.  The sheer & satin, black ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and I tied a double loop bow using my bow maker.


This is also my Day 6 entry into the 

     Challenges:

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sunday, October 2, 2022

All Hallow's Eve

      I'm hard into my Halloween cards because I make so many.  I give or mail to all my kids (yes, they are grown), all my grandkids (most of them are grown), and this year to all my great-grands (all still young or very young!)  Many of my friends receive Halloween cards, too, as do the wonderful Volunteers at the local senior center.  It means about 50 cards total and I'm still adding to the stash to get up to that number.

     I've done a series of cards using svg files (mostly from the Silhouette Store) because they are fast and easy, and there are some really fantastic, spooky, images out there for Halloween.  This is one of them.

     I added gel pen to the candle flames, then cut the orange CS and purple CS with rectangle dies from Spellbinders.  The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die.  Both the striped ribbon and the polka dot ribbon for the bow came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the bow was tied using my bow maker.  A fun CAS design.


This is also my Day 2 entry into the 

     Challenges:
Polkadoodles

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Vintage Halloween

      I'm so proud to announce that I am now a DT member of the This is Halloween challenge blog !  We do Halloween or Gothic themes all year around with a monthly challenge each month.  We are sponsored by Lilli Rains Designs and this month I've used lovely vintage Halloween images from the "Cute Vintage Halloween Collage 2" set.  

     I'm only showing you one image from that set today, but I will post two more during October just as reminders of the monthly challenge.  This is a pre-colored image, cut with a QuicKutz rectangle die.  The background was done with a scrap piece of burlap fabric mounted onto a square, white card base.  The ribbon was hand-tied using ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.


     Challenges:

     Here's what's in the full set: 

     Come play with us this month!  It's Halloween month and this challenge will be a great excuse for you to get cards done for family and friends.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Bluebonnets for a Texan

    I have three grandchildren who were born in Texas, to say nothing of several friends who live there.  I have always thought of the Texas state flower, the Bluebonnet - from the lupin family, as one of the most fascinating flowers.  I'm just now learning to color them and I have a long ways to go before I achieve perfection, but I used this image for a Texas birthday card.  :-D

     Colored with water colors, and cut with a QuicKutz die.  The sentiment was also cut with a small die from QuicKutz.  All the paper stripes were scraps bits from the basket.  I used my 'Linen' embossing folder on the navy blue and cranberry pieces before layering them onto an an aqua card front.  

     The patterned ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and I used sheer ribbon to sew one of my signature bows with a pearl.


     Challenges:
Butterfly (Wisteria & Wild Blue Yonder)
Penny's Paper-Crafty

     Have yourself a wonderful weekend and Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

A Butterfly Birthday

      Here's my first September DT card for Conie Fong.  Once again, I'm using my favorite card base, a large, square card shape; my fav because it allows so much more room for design and embellishment.  It features a delightful image called "Butterfly Princess" and the sentiment is also from that same set.  I colored the image in rich, autumn, colors using water color paints, then cut the image with a Tutti Designs die.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Unbranded die.

     The image and the sentiment pieces are backed with sparkly, holographic paper from Lawn Fawn, which I trimmed to the exact size of the die cut shapes.  For the background, I chose paper from a Recollections stack.  Both the metallic, sparkle ribbon and satin ribbon for the bow are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  I used my bow maker to tie the double loop bow.


     Challenges:

     Remember, Conie Fong has challenges each month into which you may submit either just coloring or completed projects using Conie Fong images.  The August and September challenges have been combined into one album on the Facebook page.  Because the challenges are run on the Facebook site, you'll have to join but that's a quick and easy procedure.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Who, Me?

      I have to start today's post with an abject apology to all my followers and to one or more artists who still remain unknown to me.  I got myself into trouble by relying on a friend of mine who sent me dozens and dozens of stamped or printed images over a period of a few months nearly 2 years ago.  

     I had suffered a flash drive crash and lost all my digital images which had been collected over a period of more than 10 years.  Needless to say, I was devastated.  My friend, who was concerned that I might stop card making altogether, undertook to stamp (or print, in the case of digital) images and actually mail them to me in batches over a period of a few weeks.  Many of the digital images were printed in grayscale and that was my introduction to that particular style of image.  I learned to love grayscale because of the wonderful shading and highlights they provide when they are colored.

     I really appreciated her efforts and undertook to use many of those over the last 20+ months.  This week, I learned that at least some of the digital images she sent me were copyright protected and I therefore had no right to use them.  Unfortunately, when she mailed them to me, she gave me no information regarding what company or artist created or owned them.  I HAVE NOW REMOVED THE POSTS FROM MY BLOG which were referenced when I was notified of the copyright violation and I don't intend to use any more of the unused digital images she had sent me.

     All of that in order to say that I have no idea if the image I used for this card was one she sent me or not.  It was lying on my craft desk (as opposed to being in the file of things she sent me), colored up and waiting to be used, before I was notified about the copyright issue.  I turned it into this card and then realized that it might well be something she had sent me.  I have no information regarding the artist or company but that's true of a lot of images I had gotten at a crafting group where we each stamped an image and then shared them when the group met to make cards or scrapbook pages together.  However, I think this one was a rubber stamped image.

     So, if anyone can identify the artist, please let me know and I will immediately give them credit for the image.

     I used ProMarkers to color the image and add the colored border around the edges.  I cut it with a QuicKutz die.  The plaid paper came from a Lawn Fawn stack.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The ribbon and the fabric flowers came from Really Reasonable Ribbon.


     Challenges:

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie