Category Archives: October Afternoon

Just a Hint of Fall: Paper Bag Pocket

Just a Hint of Fall for Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop: Paper Bag Pocket

Hello, Ribbon Lovers! We are nearly half way through the month of August and Fall is peeping around the corner. It’s time to break out the Really Reasonable Ribbon Club Colors of Autumn Assortment in our monthly RRR BLog Hop. You should be coming here from Karen’s lovely blog. If so, you are right on track. Without further ado, here’s just a hint of fall in a sweet little paper bag pocket.

October Afternoon’s Apple Cider collection makes a perfect playmate for the Colors of Autumn Ribbon Club Assortment. I just love seeing all these cute fall images inside my paper bag pocket!

I worked with Square in a Square Tangerine Satin, Turftan Brown Delicate Stitched Satin, Autumn Bold Diagonal Stripe Ribbon, and Tangerine Checkerboard Satin Ribbon.

Making a paper bag pockets is quick and easy. Start with a brown paper lunch bag, fold it up to make three little pockets, line the pockets with designer paper and stitch up the sides. Then stuff to the gills with all kinds of goodies!

Cute Little Paper Clip Embellies

Look at these super cute paper clip embellishments! I made them by punching out 2 half inch circles for each clip. Hot glue was added to the center of one circle and then it was placed on the backside of the paper clip. The other circle was pressed into the hot glue from the front side of the clip, making a neat platform for these adorable puffy stickers that came with the Apple Cider collection. They add a festive feel to the paper bag pocket, don’t you think? I’m sure I’ll be making more of these!

From here, you will hop on over and see what kind of fun Deborah has in store for you. Visit all the blogs on the hop, leave a nice comment and then hop on over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog to answer Bonnie’s question of the month. Then you’ll be entered into a drawing to win your very own Colors of Autumn Ribbon Club Assortment so you can add just a hint of fall to your projects!

Thanks for stopping by! Now go get your craft on!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Cakewalk Happy Birthday Card

Cakewalk Happy Birthday Card for RRR

Hello, Ribbon Lovers! Our sweet l’il grandgirl celebrated her 4th birthday recently. Naturally, I had to make her a special card for her special day. So I pulled out my Really Reasonable Ribbon and worked up this super fun retro Cakewalk Happy Birthday Card to help her celebrate.

I love this retro color palette of teal and aqua. I carried it out by embellishing my card with cheery Red Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon topped with a White Iridescent Metallic String Bow. Simple punched circles are dressed up with a WOC Trellis Rose and some Red and White Sweetheart Blossoms.

To add texture, I lined the base panel with a strip of Melissa Natural Crocheted Lace. This combination of ribbon, lace and flowers really make this card birthday party ready!

If you are also a fan of this great retro color palette, you’ll want to take a peek at the April Ribbon Club Collection, which features a fantastic mix of red and turquoise ribbons.

If you’re not a member of the RRR Ribbon Club, you can find all the details HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Tag! You’re It! Christmas Tags in Bags

Tag! You’re It!

Christmas Tags in Bags for Really Reasonable Ribbon

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!

It’s time for another fabulous challenge at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Our theme this time is “Tag, You’re It!” Create a tag with ribbon or trim and share it with us over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon BLOG . I used the the fresh, fun ribbons in the October “Crazy for Christmas” Ribbon Club Assortment to make some super cute retro styled Christmas Tags in Bags. Check out these ribbons!

These ribbons put the jolly in Holly Jolly! Since they have such a great retro vibe, I pulled out some cute October Afternoon papers and went to work.

I layered these super fun retro papers and ribbons onto Chevron Striped Middy Bitty Paper Bags. They are the perfect vehicle for presenting a gift card or cash during the holidays. You can even tuck in an individually wrapped chocolate, pouch of hot cocoa, tickets, a Christmas cookie or any smallish gift. And you can use the sparkly clothespins to hang them on the tree!

This snowy white Mary Crochet lace is perfect for winter projects. It adds great texture when used as a border piece on this envelope. And I have a new ribbon crush! This Poppy Red Taffeta Ribbon ties the prettiest bows and pairs perfectly with the cutie pie Mittens on Poppy Red Grosgrain Ribbon, too. In fact, that’s one of the things I love the most about the Ribbon Club at Really Reasonable Ribbon. All the ribbons complement one another. It makes it so easy to pull together a great project! My double loop bow was topped with a snowy white WOC Magnolia Blossom.

I carried the ribbon theme inside the card with a pair of punched and paper pieced mittens held together by red burlap string, and more pretty mitten ribbon. This time I layered it up with Forest Green Satin Ribbon with a Grosgrain edge.

Here’s another version of this same design. This time I topped the crochet lace with Christmas Fun Flowers Satin Ribbon. For some reason, this ribbon reminds me of the old fashioned Christmas hard candy my grandmother had around during the holidays. I wrapped the top of my bag with Emerald Checkerboard Satin Ribbon tied in a simple square knot. Then this was topped with a loopy string bow made with Parrot Green and Red Burlap String.

I paired these two ribbons up again on the tag inside the bag, adding a Red Cottage Rose to pretty it up even more.

I love the combination of the Forest Green Satin with the playful Christmas zig-zag ribbon. And I used the burlap string bow again here…it just seemed right for the image. I backed my sentiment banner with a little bit of the same Forest Green ribbon to make it pop off the page.

And i used the same Dynamic Duo on the gift tag inside the envelope. I hope you’ll make some of these cute Christmas Gift Card Tags in Bags for your own stocking stuffers. They are addicitive…once you get started, you just want to keep on making them!

Now dig into your crafty stash and make some fabby tags with ribbon or trim! Tag! You’re it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Get a Head Start on Christmas

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge: Get a Head Start on Christmas

Hello, Ribbon Lovers!

Oh what fun it is to get a head start on Christmas! Really Reasonable Ribbon is giving you a gentle nudge with this month’s challenge: Get a Head Start on Christmas. The design team has worked up some super fun projects using Christmas ribbons and trim. And you get to play along! Just visit the RRR BLOG and link up your own holiday project using ribbon or trim and you, too can get a head start on Christmas!

After making that huge December Daily mini album, I decided to make a card for this challenge. I used more of the Crazy for Christmas Ribbon Club Assortment and retro papers from October Afternoon to make this frosty snow man card.

Don’t you just love him? After stitching the background paper to my base, I used the darling Christmas mittens ribbon to form a border on the top and bottom of the card. My polka dot panel was topped with snowy white Mary Crocheted Lace to add nice texture and to mimic freshly fallen snow. But the star of this show is the amazing double loop bow that I tied with Red Delicate Stitched Satin Ribbon. This is probably one of the easiest ribbons to use when tying a multi layered bow. And it comes in a rainbow of colors!

This 5″ x 7″ top fold card has loads of layers, and so does my bow. Adding a touch of gold metallic string adds such a nice pop of glimmer and shine, especially when paired with some mini jingle bells or a glittery white clothespin.

The inside of the card opens to reveal a pocket stuffed with ribbon topped tags. I used Christmas Fun Flowers Ribbon as a border on the top half of the card.

The pocket on the bottom has been decorated with a sparkly Christmas tree and some festive Red Zig Zag on White Satin Ribbon. I love this ribbon because it makes me think of old fashioned ribbon candy! YUM!

The tags inside the pocket were made by stamping some of my Christmas stamps onto white cardstock. Adding the ribbon made them really special!

Now it’s your turn! Get a head start on Christmas and make a holiday project with ribbon or trim, link it up, and I’ll be popping by to take a look at your work of art! Can’t wait to see what you make!

If you’d like to purchase this card, you can find it in my ETSY shop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

Crazy for Christmas Mini Album

Crazy for Christmas Mini Album for Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop

Hello Ribbon Lovers!

It’s time for another fabulous blog hop at Really Reasonable Ribbon. You should be hopping over from JENN’s fashionable and fabulous blog. If so you are right on track. If you’d like to start at the beginning of this hop, go over to the Really Reasonable Ribbon BLOG where you’ll find the complete list. You don’t want to miss a single stop along the way, because I’ve seen the previews, and there are some fabby projects for your viewing pleasure. I used the the fresh, fun ribbons in the October “Crazy for Christmas” Ribbon Club Assortment with retro papers from October Afternoon to make a massive Christmas mini album. Just check out these fabby ribbons!

These ribbons put the jolly in Holly Jolly! The retro vibe was perfect for some October Afternoon Christmas papers that I’ve had hoarded away for quite some time.

This 5.5″ x 7.5″ chunky album has chipboard covers, an “O” ring binding and is chock full of Christmas cheer.

Tabbed pages divide the album up into 4 sections. It’s filled to the brim with Christmas cheer and has loads of room for photos, recipes and journaling.

The colors in the Crazy for Christmas Ribbon Collection are a perfect match for these papers, and I’ve used them to accent layout pages throughout. Just add photos or journaling and you’ve got a great December Daily Album!

I kept the inside pretty simple, so that the photos can take center stage.

I love using ribbon as borders on pages.

A little stitching, a little square knot bow…adds such a festive feel to the album.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care!

I think I used every single smidge of ribbon and trim from this gorgeous Crazy for Christmas assortment.

This is great spot for recipes, cookie photos or baking day photos. The ribbon adds a lovely shine!

Room for more recipes and photos.

I keep a list of the cookies I make each year, and this would be a great spot to do it.

A little rusty metal star is glammed up with some Dazzling Diamonds Stickles on the final recipe page. Then we go into a section devoted to Christmas Morning.

Room for loads of photos! This snowy white Mary Crocheted Lace adds such great texture!

I’ve used it again here, along with sparkly icicles to give the page a real wintry feel. The opposite page has a pocket with tags that are topped with silky soft Emerald Checkerboard Satin Ribbon.

This page would be great for photos of kids on Santa’s lap!

And these pages have room for family photos.

I tucked a tiny piece of Mary Crocheted lace behind my tag and I also used it as a border. It just pops off the page.

Here’s a look at all the scrumptious ribbons tied onto the binding rings. So festive!

From here, you will hop over to see how Cherry used these same ribbons to make a fabulous project or two. When you’ve visited all the blogs in this hop, make sure you return to the RRR BLOG and answer Bonnie’s question of the month so you can be entered to win your very own Crazy for Christmas Ribbon Club Assortment.

If you haven’t signed up for the Monthly Ribbon Club, now is a great time to do it, because Bonnie has a special deal where you can get TWO Ribbon Club Assortments at a great price! Who doesn’t enjoy getting a package of fabulous ribbons in the mail each month. If you’re looking for a great Christmas gift for the crafter who has everything, this would be a fabulous choice!

And, if you’d like to purchase this Crazy for Christmas Mini Album, you can find it in my ETSY shop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy by Design

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