Blog Hop Time!

Today is the day! It's not only National Scrapbook Day, it's time for the first Blog Hop for Really Reasonable Ribbon!! I am really excited about the Design Team Announcement today! As you all know by now, I'm a ribbon NUT and am so happy to let ya'll know that I have been asked to be on the https://www.reasonableribbon.com/DT! Yippeee!! What a perfect fit for me! You all MUST go check out their prices!! The site is loaded with beautiful ribbons and seriously, their name is perfect!! It really is so reasonably priced! I would go so far as to say that it's actually really fabulously priced!!

Ok... Back to the blog hop information! If you are starting out with my blog post your next stop should be back the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog to get a true start on the hop and to check out the PRIZE!! Yes, after all what is a blog hop without prizes? You will also want to check out all the ideas that the new design team is sharing along the way.

So, click here to get started! Really Reasonable Ribbon

If you have made your way here from Cassie's Blog your next stop is Kym's Blog. Here is the link: Kym's Blog

Kym will have the next stop for you!

NOW... Prizes... Well, it is National Scrapbook Day and I did just make a ribbon design team... and because I feel like giving something away...
I'm having a RAK today!! All you have to do is leave me a comment and I'll enter you into a drawing for a Ribbon Rak! If you want to follow my blog, that will make me even more happy! :) I'll use a random generator and announce the winner on Sunday evening! Easy!

Finally, I wanted to share a little card that I made up.



I was reading some of the comments from people at the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog and noticed that there were a lot of requests for how-tos on ribbon flowers. There were also requests for things that were flatter for mailing and layouts. This is a super simple idea for a flower.

To make the flower, you will need 5/8 inch satin ribbon, tape, and a hole punch. (I used my Making Memories Eyelet tool to make my holes.)

First, use a circle of some kind to find you placement for your flower. Mark five places equally around the circle. Mark a place in the middle for your flower center.


Next, use your hole punch or eyelet punch to make a hole in each of the marked places. Your center hole should be bigger than the outside holes. It will look like this.


Now, cut a long piece of ribbon and thread it through the holes. Start from the back with one of the outside holes and go through the center to make each petal. Repeat the process with all 5 petals.


Secure the ribbon ends on the back with tape.


Your finished flower should look like this. For the card, I put a brad in the middle. You could use a button or anything else you would like for the center.


You can use all different sizes of ribbon for this. If you are using a thin ribbon, you will want to put your holes closer together. If you use a thicker ribbon, I would suggest a sheer or other really flexible ribbon. There are loads of choices at Really Reasonable Ribbon, so be sure to go check it out!

Have a great National Scrapbook Day and thanks for dropping by!