STAMP SIMPLY with Sharon Johnson — Blog of THE STAMP SIMPLY RIBBON STORE
Feb 11 2012
Welcome to another Ribbon Inspiration Saturday/Stamp Simply Style. Today the design team was challenged to create using the color blue — I think blue is a color we all love and gravitate towards often. I went through a streak a few years back where I think everything I made was blue with black accents — [...]
Feb 04 2012
Welcome, friends! Today is Saturday so that means another Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today the design team was challenged to use Ric Rac in their projects. Ric Rac — what does that bring to mind? Well, for me I think immediately of aprons — aprons from the 50′s era decorated above the [...]
Jan 21 2012
Before we begin, would you please all join me in sending HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to my dearest friend, Deb, who is far, far away in Tajikistan. She is hopping with us today, so you can catch her on the hop or you can scoot over there right away if you wish – you can find [...]
Jan 14 2012
Welcome to our Saturday Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style challenge. Today the design team felt they needed more thank you cards, so we decided to create thank you cards with a twist. We were each to make 2 cards essentially the same, but one being clean and simple while the other one was more decked out. [...]
Jan 05 2012
Today I have a quick card and a quick post. I’ve been itching to use a Prima pad I haven’t had a chance to dig into yet, and today was the day — Alla Prima. LOVE the colors this pad has to offer. You’ll be seeing more from me with these fabulous sheets, but here’s [...]
Dec 17 2011
Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today we are featuring note cards — thank you, thinking of you, blank — any type of note card that can be kept on hand and is at the ready when needed. I had fun making my set of note cards for today, and I was on [...]
Dec 03 2011
Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today we are packaging our gifts up — ready to go! I enjoy putting together a lot of small gifts for friends, neighbors, service workers, etc. The gifts are never fancy or expensive, but just something to say *thanks*, *I appreciate you* or *Merry Christmas*. Taking a [...]
Nov 05 2011
Welcome to our regular Saturday feature of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today we are featuring Twill, a ribbon I have always considered a work horse among ribbon. It’s been around forever, strong and reliable. My initial thoughts when it comes to using twill go towards autumn or masculine themed projects – but twill is so [...]
Oct 15 2011
Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. This week we are not only featuring SILK ribbon, but we are also playing along with the Hope You Can Cling To challenge over at Splitcoaststampers, a month long event to increase breast cancer awareness and to solicit cards for their card drive. There is a LOT going on — [...]
Oct 08 2011
Welcome to another weekly installation of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today we are focusing on Pleats or Ruffles. The Design Team could either use pre-pleated ribbon OR make their own pleats or ruffles out of any type of ribbon. They all took the easy route and use pre-pleated ribbon, but that’s totally OK — I did [...]