Crafty Secrets April Linky Party

Welcome to the Crafty Secrets April Linky Party!  We are excited to be partnering with Really Reasonable Ribbon  in this fun cross-promotional event that we are calling "Anything Goes with Ribbon."

Really Reasonable Ribbon sponsored the Design team this month, giving us the beautiful April Ribbon Club Collection of Ribbons to add to our projects. Here’s some info about our gracious sponsor.

"Really Reasonable Ribbon" is the ribbon source that has been meeting the needs of the crafting community for over 15 years.  We offer a large variety of ribbon in sampler packs and mid-length pieces along with full spools at discount prices.  

We offer a wide variety of grosgrain ribbon, satin ribbon, baker's twine, seam binding, sheer organza ribbon, wired ribbon, gingham ribbon, satin double ruffle ribbon, crochet lace, mulberry flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and much more.  Our products are perfect for card embellishments, scrapbooks, hair bows, gift wrapping, sewing and DIY wedding projects to name a few.

Our orders ship same or next day and we offer excellent customer service along with very competitive pricing.

We also carry a wide variety of hair accessories including plastic headbands in a large variety of sizes, french clips, snap clips and alligator clips.

Please visit our Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Blog for great ideas and project inspiration.

Look for free hair bow instructions that will show you how to make adorable hair bows and accessories for your favorite little girl.  You will find new tutorials each month on how to use ribbon in a variety of different projects.  We also feature a new Challenge on the 1st and 15th of each month and we would love to have you play along."

Crafty Secrets shared some awesome goodies with the design team at RRR, and they will be featuring those projects on the Really Reasonable Ribbon BLOG   from April 3rd through April 11th, so you will want to pop over for even more inspiration from the RRR Design team.

To play along, simply create any project that features Crafty Secrets products and add ribbon or trim to your project.  You do not have to use Really Reasonable Ribbon to play along, any ribbon or trim will do.

To thank you for playing along, we have selected a pretty digital paper and a fun seasonal image that you can download from this post.  You may use this on your project if you wish, or save it for another day. You may link any project you like, however if you wish to be eligible for this month's prize package, you must feature Crafty Secrets products in your project.

This month’s lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate for any DIGITAL products in our online store!  You can choose from our Digital Art Stamps, digital paper packs, digital printable sheets or digital Creative Scraps and fill your shopping cart to the brim with wonderful digital vintage goodies from Crafty Secrets!

Link your “Anything Goes with Ribbon” project to this post no later than midnight PT on Sunday, April 19th.  We'll be hopping by to take a peek at your beautiful creations and leave a nice comment on your blog.  On Wednesday, April 22nd, the winner of this month's prize package will be announced on the Crafty Secrets Blog.

So, are you as excited about our Crafty Secrets April linky party as I am??

I was in a very "needy" Spring mood when I decided to make a somewhat

vintage Spring Wreath!

I used a green "moss" wreath form to build my wreath on.

I started out by cutting several images from the 

Digital Birds and Blossoms 4 page download.

I placed them strategically around the wreath where I thought they would look best.

Next came the gorgeous ribbon flowers....

WOW..this ribbon was so beautiful to work with.

I cut several lengths (approx. 3")..these can be any size you want...the longer the piece,

the larger the flower you will have.

Fold the ribbon as shown, then do it for each piece, 

adding one to the other with a needle and thread..

The more pieces you add, the fuller the flower.

Once you are satisfied with the fullness, 

sew the last piece to the first piece and tie off your thread.

There you now have your flower!!

Easy, easy!!

I go to garage sales and buy old pieces of jewelry to use in my projects.

I chose a few pieces for my centers,

but you could use buttons or whatever you want to.

You might notice, I decided to "flip" the pink flower

I wanted to really showcase the gorgeous design on the ribbon!!

The little flower "Rosettes" you see on the wreath

were made by simply gathering along one edge.

To complete the wreath, I added moss here and there.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                         

Take a peek over at the Crafty Secrets blog and see all the creative project

my teammates have created.....visit each blog for a tutorial of their creations!

Design Team Members:

Kathy Clement, DT Leader 

Darlene Pavlick, Dar’s Crafty Creations    

Diane Hover, Nellie’s Nest  

Elizabeth Lincoln, Paper Past Times   

Ginny Nemchak, Polly’s Paper    

Gloria Stengel, Scraps of Life   

Melody Clement, Paper Melody’s   

Michele Kovack, Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker   

Shantaie Fowler, Inking Pink    

 Sheila Rumney Design and Photography  

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge .... "A" is for  "ART"
Crafty-Dee Bowz .... ATG with a handmade bow
Artistic Inspirations .... ATG With A Twist of Flowers
That Craft Place .... Easter/Spring
All  Crafts April/May .... Anything But A Card