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Let’s begin with the winner from last week’s Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style — we had created projects conveying Words of Comfort if you missed it.  The winner was selected this week  from right here on my blog.  The winner chosen by random.org was #28:

Queen Mary

Here’s what Queen Mary had to say:

“Wow Sharon, this is beautiful!  I love that you used the blog hop prize in your card.”

Congrats to you, Mary!  Please contact me at ssj@up.net with your mailing address to claim your prize which can be seen on this post.

Many thanks to Mary for playing along and to all else who played.  We love to have you participate and share your comments with us.  And it’s only by playing along that you have a chance to win!   Please join us each Saturday for our weekly blog hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

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Last Saturday Jessie came over and we colored Easter Eggs.  And of course we couldn’t leave it at that!  Here’s 3 that we decked out in some Easter finery:

Jessie went in search of an abandoned bird’s nest, but no such luck, so she made this little nest of dried grasses.

Each egg is decorated with May Arts 1/2″ Loop Trim, 1/8″ Silk Ribbon and Prima roses, both Fairytale and Avon Roses.

We ran 1/8″ Scor Tape around the egg vertically, making it super easy to apply the trim just by laying it on top of the tape.

Then we used Aleene’s glues to adhere the little silk bow and the roses.

And here they are again!  Quick, easy, fun and pretty!

Items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store as linked above.

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Thank you for stopping in.

And here’s a little tip for those of you who like to try to win the Blog Candy we offer each Satuday.  Check in this week on Friday as well  – that’s all I’m saying!

See you soon and have a wonderful week.

Welcome to another Saturday with our regular feature – Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.  Today the design team was asked to create a project where the sentiment is the focal image, conveying Words of Comfort.   This type of card is a long time favorite for me and  I know you’ll love all the projects the design team has created. You can find the link list at the end of this post.

Here’s my card for today:

I took the opportunity with today’s challenge to make a sympathy card for my stash.  I can never seem to get ahead on sympathy cards, try as I might.

And just a word about sympathy cards in general.  I often get comments from readers that they are surprised to see my sympathy cards with either a fair amount of color or highly embellished.  Many feel sympathy cards should be more plain and somber, considering the circumstances.  Well, I certainly do make those type of sympathy cards as well, but I see nothing wrong with putting a bit of extra time, effort, love and embellishment into a sympathy card — especially when I know the receipient will truly appreciate a hand made card.  If it puts a little smile on their face for only the few seconds it takes them to read it, then my mission was accomplished!

Unbeknown  to me until I started writing this description, I used two different paper pads for my card front.  I had  two new pads by Lily Bee Design opened in front of me, trying to decide which to use.  Well, I apparently pulled one sheet from each pad, but it works for me!  The top damask type sheet is from Victoria Park and the lower dotted sheet is from Buttercup.  I love both those pads and had a hard time deciding, so I guess this is a good trade-off — LOL!!!

All Lily Bee Design pads can be seen here.

The sentiment I used today is from JustRite’s With Sympathy clear set – certainly a go-to set for sympathy cards and more.  There is a Spellbinders die made for JustRite specifically to go with With Sympathy and other JustRite sets — Nested Oval Medallion Labels Die — but I didn’t use that die set today.  I opted to use Romantic Rectangles — a new Spelbinders release that I am really loving.  I used the same stamp set and same die set on the card inside as well, shown further down.

One little word about Romantic Rectangles — I have both a Cuttlebug and a Grand Calibur Wizard.  When using this die, no matter which machine I use, I have to run it through a few times to get it to cut all the way through and around.  I’m assuming it is only because of all the intricate detail, or perhaps my machines are loose?  Whatever the reason, I love this die and it is certainly no problem to crank it through an extra time or two — just wanted to point that out in case anyone else is experiencing the same — not sure, maybe it’s only me.

I like to use Versa Fine Onyx Black ink for crisp, clear sentiments.  And these pads seem to last almost forever, truly!

I adorned the sentiment rectangle with Lippy Red Kaisercraft Rhinestones and it is elevated using 3D Foam Squares.  I like this brand because the paper topping peels off very easily.

This was a fun ribbon treatment.  I’ll give you a quick how-to with links to the supplies.

Using a length of 1.5″ Satin Pleats run 1/4″ Scor Tape along the center seam line.

Adhere 1/4″ Grosgrain with Picot Edge on top of the 1/4″ Scor Tape.

Run 1/2″ Scor Tape along the seam on your card panel where the two papers meet.

Slowly adhere the ribbon strip (pleats with grosgrain attached) over the 1/2″ Scor Tape, pleating as you go.  I use my finger as a measurement to get the pleats evenly spaced.  Pre-plan where you want to place your flower cluster and apply the ribbon flat in that spot (no pleats), then resume pleats until you reach the end of the panel.

Make a fairly large bow of 5/8″ Crochet Lace (black) and leave long tails that you will trim when done.

Being very generous with your glue (I use Aleene’s glues from superstores), glue on your lace bow and then layer the embellishments as follows:

Glue on two leaves from Prima’s Laraine flower package — I used Black Tie

Position and glue on two of Prima’s Petal Pins – I used Beads (yes, you could push the pins through, but once I’m gluing I add them to glued layers)

Glue on flowers — I used the larger black flower from Prima’s Laraine Black Tie and two Fairytale Roses in Coral.

Press and hold with your fingers for a bit until the glue takes hold.  Once it dries, these are on tight and for good!

I always like to use the left over pieces from cutting the card front for the inside and that’s what I did here.

The inside sentiment is from the same set used on the card front, JustRite’s With Sympathy clear set.

This was fun! The pretty little strip of trim was made of black cardstock using the largest die in the Romantic Rectangles set that I used for the focal image sentiment.  Just another way to get a bit more use out of a die set.  I am totally delighted with the pretty little border and will ceratinly use this die for borders again!

And here’s my finished card in its A6 Clear Box.  This is one of the cards in a bit larger size that I’ve been enjoying of late.  The card is 6.5″ x 4.75″, made this size so it perfectly fits inside an A6 Clear Box.  Whenever I make a card with dimension, I put it into a Clear Box for protection as soon as I am done.  These boxes also make for a really WOW impression.  People love getting a card in a clear box — it’s universal — LOL!!!

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Store News

The section of Prima Flowers is filled to overflowing with sweet, lush goodness!

There is a lot of new paper with olders pads at reduced priced — search by the size you prefer (6×6, A4, 8×8, 12×12)  and then you can narrow it down by manufacturer.

There are a lot of NEW Spellbinders dies, with much of the older supply at reduced prices.

Spellbinders double embossing folders, M-Bossabilities, are in stock!  Fabulous idea by Spellbinders — you get 2 embossing folder designs for the price of one!

You can scan all new product under What’s New?

You can see all reduced items under Specials.

You can also find reduced items in the Sale Bins.

Check out the Categories on the left sidebar of the store for easy browsing.

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Blog Candy

Today’s Blog Candy consists of the following:

6×6 pad of Enchanted by Bo Bunny (a luscious black and white pad in elegant/classic designs)

Stamp Simply Basics Embellishment Kit in Hot Pink (contains 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon, Fairytales Roses, Rhinestones)

1.5″ Satin Pleats in White

5/8″ Crochet Lace in Black and White

1/4″ Grosgrain with Picot Edge in Black

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 3 and will be posted here on my blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Please enjoy your hop around the blogs of these fabulous designers.  I know you’ll love their projects!

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Barb Schram

Holly McMillen

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I am so glad you stopped in today and joined our hop.   I hope you enjoyed it!  We love having you visit us and we enjoy hearing your comments.  Many thanks!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

See you soon!

Let’s begin with the winner from last week’s Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style — we had created Mother’s Day projects if you missed it.  The winner was selected this week  from Holly’s blog.  The winner chosen by random.org was #71:

Barb Plummer from Ontario, Canada

Here’s what Barb had to say (referring to Holly’s project):

“So beautiful Holly! The colours are so soft and feminine. Thanks for your inspiration.”

Congrats to you, Barb!  Please contact me at ssj@up.net with your mailing address to claim your prize which can be seen on this post.

Many thanks to Barb for playing along and to all else who played.  We love to have you participate and share your comments with us.  And it’s only by playing along that you have a chance to win!   Please join us each Saturday for our weekly blog hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

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Today I have an absolutely lovely card to share with you that Holly made:

Holly will share more details on Saturday during our regular Saturday Ribbon Inspiration Hop, but for now I’ll give you the supply list:

Stamp:  Wordsworth – Poetry of the Earth (See all Wordsworth stamps here)

Paper:  Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings 6.5″ pad and  Sweet Nothings Collectables (the bird)

Prima Avon Roses – Romantique

1/4″ Silk Ribbon – Ivory

Kaisercraft Pearls

Classic Oval Nestabilities

All items available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Store News

I have added some new paper pads to the store — here’s a quick look.

These are by Lily Bee Design:

Victoria Park

Handmade

Double Dutch

Buttercup

All pads in stock by Lily Bee Design can be seen here.

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The following are by Melissa Frances:

Attic Treasures

C’est La Vie

C’est La Vie Tags

All product in stock by Melissa Frances can be seen here.

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The following are by Graphic 45:

Olde Curiosity Shoppe 8×8

Little Darlings in 12 x 12, also available in 8 x 8

All product by Graphic 45 can be seen here.

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Floral Ovals

And I had to show you this Spellbinders die that I’ve been waiting for so long – it finally arrived.  Can’t wait to play with it.

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More Store News

The section of Prima Flowers is filled to overflowing with sweet, lush goodness! They are selling quickly and being replaced just as quickly, so we are good to go!

Prima paper is available in 6×6 and a larger A4 size (a tad over 8 x 11) and some in 12×12.

There are a lot of NEW Spellbinders dies, with much of the older supply at reduced prices.

Spellbinders double embossing folders, M-Bossabilities, are in stock!  Fabulous idea by Spellbinders — you get 2 embossing folder designs for the price of one!

You can scan all new product under What’s New?

You can see all reduced items under Specials.

You can also find reduced items in the Sale Bins.

Check out the Categories on the left sidebar of the store for easy browsing.

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Thank you so much for stopping in today to check out what’s new here.  LOVE having you.

We are having it back to typical cooler (cold) spring temps and really high winds — it’s good to be inside.  And you can bet I’ll be digging into some of that new Lily Bee Design paper later tonight!

Please join us again on Satuday for our regular feature — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

See you Saturday, if not before!

Welcome to another Saturday with our regular feature – Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.  Today the design team has Mother’s Day projects to show you.  I think we all like to create something just a little special for Mom.  I know you’ll love all the projects they created and you can find the link list at the end of this post.

My project for today involved a bit more than I usually do on a card front, but I had fun putting it together – a vintage collage look.  My Mom sewed all of our clothes when we were children, so I wanted to go with a sewing theme for her card.  She taught me to sew as a young girl and those lessons have served me well.  Papercrafting has kind of taken over sewing in my life these last 10 years or so, but I still love to look at and feel stacks of beautifully folded fabric.  And I love looking through the pattern books.  I still do on occasion, even though I haven’t made a piece of clothing in years.  Oh, if ONLY the days were longer –

I used a variety of product on this card and I’ll link all as I go.

My card is a favorite size, 6.5 x 4.75″, made to fit perfectly into an A6 Clear Box.  I put all my cards with dimension into a Clear Box as soon as they are done. This protects the card and it also makes a GREAT presentation.  The Clear Boxes are mailable as well.

The paper used is Sweet Nothings by Kaisercraft.  The angelic postage stamp die cut in the upper right corner is from the coordinating package of die cut Collectables.

I used a new Spellbinders die to create the pink base upon which I layered all my elements – Romantic Recangles.  This die set is one of those items that I knew I had to have the moment I first saw it.  It’s gorgeous!  I actually cut one of the designer paper from Sweet Nothings and cut another of plain vanilla cardstock and adhered them together with glue.  I needed my based to be sturdier to layer on all the elements.

I used a stamp by LaBlanche,  Scissors, for the stamped image, which got kind of buried, but you can see it.  It is gold embossed onto a sheet from the same pad, Sweet Nothings.   To emboss I use Versa Mark, Super Fine Embossing Powder, and a heat gun.  I distressed the edges of the stamped panel just with my scissor blades.  I do have a distressing tool — somewhere — but the scissor blades work for me!

I absolutely love the fine detail of all the LaBlanche stamps.  You can see them all here.

Mother is taken from an Our Daily Bread Designs set called Mother’s Day.  I also used this set on the card inside.  To cut out Mother I used a favorite new little die in a Spellbinders die set called Nautical Frames and Accents.  It’s just one tiny little die, but it is just perfect for so many of my needs!  It has the clipped tail on one end but you’ll notice I have that tail on both ends of my Mother sentiment.  Just run it through as normal, then remove the paper and flip it around in the die so the tail piece cuts the other end.  Couldnt’ be any quicker.  Doing it this way I can get a piece with tails on both ends — oh, such a little die, but it makes me SO happy.

Our Daily Bread Designs stamps are perfect for so many occasions.  You can see all in stock here.

LOVE my little dress form.  This one is from a Spellbinders Nina Brackett set called Sewing Elements.  Another must have die set if you like sewing themed projects!  And once I’m talking sewing — this Decorative Dress Forms die set is another keeper!  My dress form is popped up using 3D Foam Squares and accented with Kaisercraft Pearls and Rhinestones.

The ribbon used on this project is May Arts 100% Silk — in 1.25″ and 1/4″ in Mauve.

Both bows were made on the Original Bow Easy.  Long curly tails were tacked in place with glue dots.

The roses used are by Prima – Aneglica Roses and Fairytale Roses.

The pins are NEW Petal Pins by Prima — they come in Beads, Pearls or Iced — LOVE these!  I used the Beads.

To adhere all my ribbon, flowers, pins, etc. I use Aleene’s Glues from super stores or craft stores. It is very inexpensive, holds tight and dries clear.  Just make sure when adhering larger and more dimensional objects to press and hold a bit until the glue takes hold.  Once adhered, they are on tight and forever!

And here’s the card inside, using sentiments from Mother’s Day by Our Daily Bread Designs.

The paper inside is from the same Sweet Nothings pad.

All items used on today’s project are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Store News

The section of Prima Flowers is filled to overflowing with sweet, lush goodness!

Prima paper is available in 6×6 and a larger A4 size (a tad over 8 x 11) and some in 12×12.

There are a lot of NEW Spellbinders dies, with much of the older supply at reduced prices.

Spellbinders double embossing folders, M-Bossabilities, are in stock!

You can scan all new product under What’s New?

You can see all reduced items under Specials.

You can also find reduced items in the Sale Bins.

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Blog Candy

Today’s blog candy includes:

Gabrielle 6×6 pad by Bo Bunny

Stamp Simply Deluxe Embellishment Kit in Teal (contains Trellis Roses, Pearls, Silk, Lace and Velvet)

1 Flower from my opened package of Millinery Collection Flowers

1 yard of Prima Tassel Trim

I hope someone can make a nice Mother’s Day project out of these supplies.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 27 and will be posted here on my blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Enjoy your hop around the blogs of these fabulous designers.  I know you’ll love their projects!

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Holly McMillen

Linda Duke

Deb Saaranen

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Thank you so much for joining us today.  I hope you leave with some little bit of inspiration, giving you that desire to create just a little something!

I wish you a wonderful weekend and we’ll plan to see you real soon!

I’ve been busy loading the store with new product and today I wanted to point out the new Prima flowers that have been added.  I truly love my Prima flowers and can hardly make anything without adding at least 1 flower to it, and often many more  – along with a pretty bow, of course!  Below I’ll show you one color of each new flower package in stock and link you to the store where you can see all the colors.

Charlotte in Coral Ice — see all colors here.

Miss Godiva in Blush – see all colors here.

Lady Godiva in Grape Ice – see all colors here.

Laraine in Sorbet – see all colors here.

Kennedy in Vintage.

Charme Roses in Songbird – see all colors here.

Perle Bebe in Meadow Lark – see all colors here.

Flutter Bits in Nature Garden – see all colors here.

Petal Pins in Beads – see all types here.

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You can also check out the full line of paper pad collections with coordinating embellishments:

Almanac Collection

En Francais Collection

Meadow Lark Collection

Nature Garden Collection

Songbird Collection

Sun Kiss Collection

Prima papers are an excellent value for the cost when you consider how many sheets are included in each pad.

All items shown above are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked.

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The Spellbinders categories are loaded with new product as well — Dies and Embossing Folders.

You can scan all new product under What’s New?

You can see all reduced items under Specials.

You can also find reduced items in the Sale Bins.

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Thanks much for stopping in.  I hope you enjoy all the new Prima products.

I’ll be back real soon — on Saturday morning if not before.

Have a great end of the week!

Let’s begin with the winner from last week’s Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style — where we were creating with checks.  The winner was selected this week  from Deb’s Blog.  The winner chosen by random.org was:

Charlene from Paper and Ink Playground

Congrats to you, Charlene!  Please contact me at ssj@up.net with your mailing address to claim your prize which can be seen on this post.

Many thanks to Charlene for playing along and to all else who played.  We love to have you participate and share your comments with us.  And it’s only by playing along that you have a chance to win!   Please join us each Saturday for our weekly blog hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

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I’ve had these beautiful turquoise colored Primas and tassel trim on my work table for a couple weeks.  The color has just been calling my name, so tonight I made a card to add to my stash — a general purpose Thinking of  You card.

Bo Bunny’s Gabrielle has that same turquoise type color in it so I knew what pad I wanted to use.

I made this card a tad over standard size — 5.75″ x 4.5″ so it fits perfectly into an A2 Clear Box.  The Clear Boxes actually fit the envelopes that go with the standard sized cards and are great for card sets that include envelopes.  However, when I make a card with bulk I like to use the Clear Boxes for the cards individually.  And in that case I like to make the cards to fit the boxes exactly.  Thus the reason for my somewhat odd sizes at times.

Prima Tassel Trim – Green/Blue

Prima Millinery Collection flower – Bud

May Arts 5/8″ Crochet Lace – Ivory

Bow made on the Original Bow Easy

Spellbinders M-Bossabilities embossing folder – Enchanted

I LOVE the new M-Bossabilities embossing folders by Spellbinders.  You get 2 designs per folder — genius!  It just depends on which way you fold it — so easy.  They also come in 2 sizes.  Although I used a smaller folder on this project I am SO happy to have the larger folders available for other projects!

You can see all M-Bossabilities in stock here.

I did use a Perfect Pearls Pigment Powder Kit on my embossed panel to give it some shimmer and shine.  It looks very nice in real life, but the photo doesn’t do it justice.

Sentiment from With Sympathy by JustRite - a clear stamp set that has become a FAV of mine

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Spellbinders Fancy Tags One

Kaisercraft Pearls

Maybe this sheet was a bit busy for a card inside, but I liked it and I think one can still write over it — maybe for a more casual situation rather than a serious one.

And before I move on, I just want to say there is some ribbon that is such a GREAT match to this pad (Gabrielle) that I just wanted to point it out:

May Arts Silky Crushed Ribbon in Teal (04),  Rose (20) and Champagne (02) - fabulous matches to Gabrielle.

Prima flowers that compliment this paper beautifully are the Angelica Roses in  Dreamy and Jewel.

Card sample with Rose ribbon here. Here’s a card sample with Teal ribbon, but it’s a different pad.

All items available from The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store as linked above.

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Here’s a little peek at what Deb has in store for you today.

PLEASE check out Deb’s Post – she did a little walk down memory lane showcasing some of her favorite springtime cards used LaBlanche stamps.  I know you’ll find some beautiful inspiration there!  The LaBlanche stamps are wonderful to work with — highly detailed images with beautifully elegant designs.

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Thanks much for stopping in today — as always, I do so appreciate it!

We are enjoying weather with temps WAY over and above what is normal for us — it’s been in the 80′s which is truly unheard of for us this time of year.  But I’ll take it over snowstorms any day!!!

Have a wonderful week and I’ll be back on Saturday, if not before!

Welcome, welcome!  It’s Saturday so that means another Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style Blog Hop!  Glad you joined us!  Today the design team is focusing on incorporating checks into their designs — totally FUN.  Personally, I LOVE checks — they take me back to my childhood and remind me of spring and summer — so today, checks it is!

And, I used a new pad of paper today, making it double the fun.  Here’s my project:

The paper is by Prima — Sun Kiss in A4 size.  It is also available in 6×6, just scaled smaller.  This pad was just a delight to work with and to me it just called for some checked ribbon!

The cardstock used is SU Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.

This card is my favorite size of late – 6.5 x 4.75″.  Making cards with this much bulk means they don’t fit into a regular envelope.  I like to encase them in a Clear Box, both for protection and presentation.  Making the card this size means it fits perfectly in an A6 Clear Box.

The large die-cut plaid piece on this card was cut using Spellbinders new Labels Twenty-five.  A simple, yet classic shape.  Just the kind I really love!

My sentiment is from With Sympathy by JustRite.  I make a lot of sympathy cards and With Sympathy is a great set for those; however, I have found it has sentiments very useful for other occasions as well, such as today’s card.  I have also made Valentine Cards using sentiments from With Sympathy (kind of a comical thought when you think about it — LOL — but it works for me).  Here’s those Valentine cards if you care to take a look.

And I’m really jumping all over the place with product on this card.  I was SO happy with the little banner die I used on the sentiment.  I’ve been hand cutting tails like that on small sentiment banners for ages.  Well, now I have the perfect sized die in JUST the shape I wanted.  It’s contained in a new Spellbinders die package called Nautical Frames and Accents.  That’s a GREAT die set for all the nautical/beachy themed summer projects sure to come and it surely fills my need for that petite little banner.

A Kaisercraft Rhinestone in Bronze was used.

Making the bow/floral focal point on a card is always my favorite part and this was a fun one.  Here’s what I used:

7/8″ Gingham Ribbon – Natural

Burlap String – Natural

Original Bow Easy

Prima Angelica Rose Collection – Dreamy

I use Aleene’s Glues from local superstores, and I’m generous with it.  It is inexpensive and it holds super tight.  NOTHING is ever loose or comes off.  Just be sure to hold bulky items with a bit of pressure until the glue takes hold.

Here’s the card inside.  Using the dark Chocolate Chip for the card base, I needed a lighter inside to write on so I used a coordinating sheet from the Sun Kiss pad.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Store News

Check out What’s New? This is the quickest way to get a rundown on newly added items.

Prima papers and Spellbinders dies and embossing folders are the most recently added.

The A4 size Prima paper is a favorite new item of mine, and it looks like you are all enjoying it too!

For you bargain hunters, remember to check out the Sale Bins and Specials.

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Blog Candy

May Arts Ribbon Sampler – Spring Checks

Today’s blog candy is a springtime sampling of various checked ribbons in a variety of sizes — all quality ribbon by May Arts, put together for you at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

All checked ribbon can be seen here.

All Ribbon Samplers can be seen here.

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 20 and will be posted here on my blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Blog Hop Link List

We have some creations today that will surely knock your socks off!  Jerri Kay Jimenez continues to play along with us and we also extend a warm welcome today to Linda Duke who will be joining our team again.  So happy to have both of you talented ladies back with us!

Enjoy your HOP today!

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Holly McMillen

Jerri Jimenez

Linda Duke

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Thank you so much for joining us today and leaving your comments.  It is SO much appreciated by those of us who create projects and post them with the hopes of inspiring you in just some little way.

Have a wonderful weekend!

See you real soon!

Sorry this post is so late but I’ve been super busy.  The winner from last week’s Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style was chosen from right here on my blog.  The winner chosen by random.org is #79:

Corrine Ann who said:

“Beautiful, beautiful spring cards! Love them all! From the paper colors, bird design, verses, ribbon, flowers and more, they are just so pretty! Thank you so much for the spring inspirations!”

Corrine Ann, please contact me at ssj@up.net with your mailing address to claim your prize.

Corrine Ann has won this Spring Green Ribbon Sampler – available here.

You can see all Ribbon Samplers here.

Many thanks to Corrine Ann
and all others who played along.  We LOVE having you join us each Saturday for our weekly feature — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

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Store News

NEW Product has been arriving — check out  What’s New? to see some new paper in stock by Prima (12×12, A4 and 6×6) and Spellbinders new dies, Edgeabilities and M-Bossabilities.

I am so glad you all are liking the A4 size — personally, I love it!

All available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

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Thanks for checking in today and we hope you can join us Saturday morning for our regular Saturday feature — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.

I hope you are experiencing the beautiful warm days that we are here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Have a wonderful Friday and we’ll see you tomorrow!

Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style.  This week the design team girls are Thinking Spring.  Spring perhaps has sprung for many of you, and some of us are just getting our first glimpses of it.  Whatever your weather, we hope you enjoy our spring-like creations today.

Here’s the quick and easy card trio I made:

I’m excited about the paper I used for this project.  I’ve tried out a new size that I’ve never used before.  It is an A4 size which measures about 8.25  x 11.75″ .  It is less bulky to store than a 12 x 12 but offers sheets large enough for an 8 x 8″ scrapbook page and is a great size for altered projects requring sheets larger than 6 x 6.  The pad is Meadow Lark by Prima.  SOooo lovely — filled with birds such as I used today and other pretty florals.  This pad is also available in a 6×6 and as such the patterns are just scaled a bit smaller.

All the A4 size pads by Prima in stock can be seen here.

My cards today are my latest favorite size – 6.5″ x 4.75″.  I make them that size so they will fit perfectly into an A6 Clear Box, both for protection and presentation, and mailing as well.

The sentiments used on all cards are Verve Plain Janes.  This one is Psalm 46:10.

I love using Scripture for cards of encouragement.

All Christian/Scripture stamps can be seen here.

This Plain Jane is Psalm 46:1.

The ribbon used on all cards is Celery 1.25″ Silk by May Arts.

All the bows were made on the smallest legs of the BIGGER Bow Easy.

The flowers used are from a new Prima package called Charlotte in Lilac.  They have lots of glitter on them!

All Prima flowers in stock can be seen here.

This Plain Jane is Psalm 37:4.

All stamps in stock by Verve can be seen here.

All the sentiments were cut using Spellbinders Labels Four (one of my long-time FAV dies).  Labels Four Small is the coordinate to this die.

I used the smallest black pearls in the Kaisercraft Pearl packages for the birds eyes — adds just a nice little bit of dimension.

I also used Kaisercraft Rhinestones in Lilac and Split Pea.

This card trio was quick and easy as I made use of the pretty birds in the paper.  Using paper in this way is always something I enjoy doing.  Just add a sentient and some pretties — ribbon, flowers and bling — and you’re done!

All items are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked.

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Blog Candy

Stamp Simply Ribbon Sampler – Spring Green available here

As always, this is a Mystery Blog Candy, meaning the winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog will greatly increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 13 and will be posted on Sharon’s blog on Wednesday or thereafter.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Good luck!

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Store News

Don’t forget all the items at reduced prices to make room as new product arrives.

Check out the Sale Bins.

Check out Spellbinders as most are reduced as we await a shipment of new dies.

All items at reduced prices can be seen here under Specials.

All new product added can be seen here under What’s New? You’ll see some lovely new LaBlanche silicone stamps there.

All LaBlanche stamps in stock can be seen here.

These are great for Easter.

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Please enjoy yourself as you HOP along to check out the designs created by these fabulous designers:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (you are here)

Deb Saaranen

Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner

Jerri Jimenez

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Thank you all SO MUCH for joining us today.  We love to have you stop in, check out our  creations and let us know what you think!

I wish you all a wonderful spring-like weekend ahead.  Our forecast promises us sunny, warm spring days!

See you real soon.

This week’s winner from our weekly Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style Hop was chosen from Deb’s Blog.  The random winner selected was:

Dottie

Congratulations, Dottie!  Please email me at ssj@up.net with your mailing address so I can mail your prize package to you. The blog candy Dottie won is this Stamp Simply Easter Candy Sampler:

Stamp Simply Sampler – Easter Candy available here

Thank you to Dottie and all else who played along. As always, we love to have you participate!

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I have a simple trio of cards to show you today.  Jessie will be attending her first shoe box swap in a couple weeks.  And on top of that Jessie has never stamped, so she’ll be in for a fun-filled day with lots to learn.

This is the shoe box swap card I came up with for Jessie — yes, VERY Michelle Woerner-esque.  Thank you, Michelle, for your inspiration.  I always love when you do circle cards of this nature.

Jessie is a bit more fun and funky than traditional and I know she likes a burnt orange color, thus my paper choice.  All papers used are from the same pad — Devonshire by Kaisercraft — and it’s even on sale.

All Kaisercraft pads can be seen here — many are at reduced prices of 33% OFF.

These were easy to prep making various size circles using the Spellbinders Petite Circles.

The bottom border strip is cut 1.25″ wide.

The sentiment is from Your Special Day Medallion Labels, a cling set by JustRite.

Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink was used — love it for crisp sentiments.

The sentiment circle is popped up with a 3D Foam Square – the backs peel off these foam squares very easily, making them my preferred choice.

The flowers used are by Prima - Delightful Day in Aurora.

All flowers by Prima can be seen here.

I used Burlap String for my little bows.

Again, all papers are from the same pad – Devonshire.

This pad offers a nice variety of color and prints.  This in the soft blues is my favorite!

Just a close-up of the floral.

As Jessie preps these cards for the swap, all components will be inserted in a Card Sleeve, nice and organized (see sleeve on left).  Then once the participants make their cards, they can use the sleeve to protect their card (see sleeve on the right).  Card Sleeves are available here.

And that’s it for this trio of quick and easy, clean and simple, shoe box swaps.  I hope the girls who make them like them.

All items used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

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Check This Out

Here’s just a peek at Deb’s GORGEOUS  card with a rose floral, so appropriate in so many instances.  You can find it in full on Deb’s Blog here.

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Store News

Check out the Wooden Flourishes by Kaisercraft recently added to the store.

And don’t forget all the items at reduced prices to make room as new product arrives.

Check out the Sale Bins.

Check out Spellbinders.

All items at reduced prices can be seen here under Specials.

All new product added can be seen here under What’s New? You’ll see some lovely new LaBlanche silicone stamps there.

All LaBlanche stamps in stock can be seen here.

All Christian/Scripture stamps can be seen here. In addition to JustRite, we have a wonderful supply by both Verve and Our Daily Bread Designs.

These are great for Easter.

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Thank you SO much for stopping in again today. I do SO appreciate that you take the time from your day to check in every once in a while.

I hope you have  a great week — the promise of spring is in the air around here!

I’ll be back soon!