The Ribbon Carousel • Sparkle Blog Hop

The Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are thrilled be teaming up with the talented designers from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps to bring you an amazing blog hop jam-packed with crafty inspiration!

Hop along and leave some blog love for our designers for a chance to win one of two great prizes!  The Ribbon Carosusel will be giving away a $15 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store and Sparkle Creations will be giving away  Traveling Josh and Suitcase Ruby !  The winner of the $15.00 Ribbon Carousel gift certificate will be announced on the Sparkle Creations blog and the winner of Traveling Josh and Suitcase Ruby will be announced right here on our blog!  

Ready to hop?  

So glad you're hopping with us!  Prizes will be selected randomly from comments left on the DT blogs!  The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Hop will run through Friday, July 20th at 11:59pm EST.  Blog Hop winners announced Saturday at 8:00 PM EST

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

The Ribbon Carousel • Button & Bows

This week our super talented Crewmate Jessica Diedrich is our hostess with the mostess for our weekly challenge.  She is challenging us to embellish away with buttons and bows on our creations.   

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items,paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine,lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). *** 

 For my card I used 5/8" Dual striped Organic Cotton Twill Striped Ribbon in red

Come and play with us this week at the Ribbon Carousel!

Thanks for all

your sweet Comments!

Getting Sketchy with The Ribbon Carousel

For my card I used the 1 1/2" Natural Spidy lace Crochet Ribbon  & the Antique Gold Vintage Seam Binding  from the Ribbon Carousel 

This  week our fabulous Crewmate Debbie Carriere is challenging is to a sketch challenge!

We would love for you to play along with us!   Up for grabs is a $5 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store! 

Here's the sketch:

Come over and play! 

Thanks for all your sweet comments! 

The Ribbon Carousel • Photo Inspiration

And just like that, it's May! 

AND today is the 

Ribbon Carousel's very 1st Birthday!

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you got a jump on shopping with the Birthday Coupon code!  Sign up for the newsletter HERE if you haven't already!

We've done a bit of re-organizing in honor of the Ribbon Carousel's birthday!  We've given our shop and our blog a little face lift and we've combined our company blog with our challenge blog so everything will be all on one place from now on!  Be sure to become a follower if you aren't one already so you don't miss out on any of the sales, announcements, prizes, blog hops, tutorials, and challenges!

Today we are sponsoring the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge so we'd love for you all to play along!  You can find the challenge HERE!  

Now, lets get started with the first challenge of our new term with some of our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates from our spring term that kicks off today!

Our verteran Crewmate and newly appointed Dirty Dozen Design Team member Angela  is challenging us to a Photo Inspiration Challenge this week and we hope you will play along with us!

Given that April showers bring May flowers, I think Angela did a fine job choosing the inspirational photo for this challenge:

The prize up for grabs is a $5.00 gift card to the Ribbon Carousel Store! 

Here is my card using the

5/8" Sky Blue Dual Striped Organic Cotton Twill

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

The Ribbon Carousel • No Sew Tutorial

Laura here, I am always in need of unique gifts to give to my friends when they throw their fabulous dinner parties. Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a no sew apron and matching oven mitt, using

The super cute wide Black/Ivory Striped Grosgrain ribbon, and Craft Glue from the Ribbon Carousel Store!

(Supplies: 1 oven mitt, 1 matching cotton napkin, craft glue, 5 yards of wide grosgrain ribbon, and an iron)

First, I went to a local kitchen store and bought one oven mitt and a matching plain cotton napkin. I then ironed all the creases out of my apron and folded it long ways so that one side was about 5 inches longer.

I then placed where I wanted my beautiful ribbon to go, and lightly used craft glue to adhere my ribbon. I told you, No Sew... brilliant!!! Sewing machines scare me, and craft glue works like a charm. :D 

Make sure your edges are folded over all pretty and glued down firmly. I found that spreading my glue with my finger tip evenly on my ribbon worked the best. I then cut and glued my ties for the apron at the top of the skirt itself, in-between the fold of the apron on both sides. 

I then used my left over wide stripped grosgrain to line my oven mitt so it would match. And there you have it a simple but super cute apron and matching oven mitt is born!  I also added little bows to my apron and mitt with ribbon from the RC Store! :)

This project is super fun and easy and will wow your friends with the possibilities of ribbon!

Thanks, 

The Ribbon Carousel • Color-a-licious

This week’s challenge is to get colorful!  Use those bright colors you might not usually choose.  Come on…get a little sassy!  You’ll be just like our fabulous sponsor this week…. 

Totally Stampalicous!

Come and play with us at The Ribbon Carousel for your chance to win some fabulous prizes! 

Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge of the week. Any submissions made prior to the challenge date will be deleted. Be sure to include some 
type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool. 

For my card I used The Ribbon Carousel's Fuchsia/Pink Sheer Two Tone Shimmer Ribbon

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

The Ribbon Carousel • Getting Sketchy with YNS!

This week we’re hopping with our sponsor, Your Next Stamp’s Designers to bring you TONS of inspiration using this week’s challenge sketch and the adorable stamps from YNS!  Our fabulous designer, Debbie Carriere, has provided both teams, AND YOU, with a fun sketch to play with this week.

We are excited to have Your Next Stamp as our sponsor this week!  Your Next Stamp offers a wonderful variety of fun and whimsical rubber stamps and dies.  Karen is offering up a discount to all of the players here at The Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog!  Thanks so much Karen!!  

The Challenge: Use the sketch above and enter your card at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog by next Monday at 11:59pm EST.  Details on the blog.

The Blog Hop : Visit each of the designers below.  Leave a comment on each blog. End at the Ribbon Carousel blog and enter your name in the Inlinkz! You have until Friday 11:59pm EST to complete the hop.  Winners will be announced on Saturday! 

 What can I win if I hop?: One (1) $25 gift certificate from Ribbon Carousel or One (1) $10 gift certificate from Your Next Stamp. 

Here are the designers participating!  Good luck and enjoy the hop!


Thanks for all your sweet comments!

The Ribbon Carousel • Baking with Twinery

This week at The Ribbon Carousel we are hopping, and baking with Twinery, incorporating bakers twine in your project is always fun, and the Twinery has some awesome twine.

Head on over to The Ribbon Carousel's challenge blog to play along for your chance to win some yummy prizes.

For my card I used Pink Sorbet Twine, Celery Grosgrain/Satin Edge Ribbon. You can purchase these ribbons here, at The RibbonCarousel's Store.

Thanks for all your sweet comments!
Laura

Ribbon Carousel • Cause we Felt like it!

This weeks challenge at the Ribbon Carousel is simply to use felt on your project, because... we felt like it! Hahahaha, I love this company and design team we have some serious talent go check out their creations and play along for your chance to win some yummy prizes from our sponsor Whimsical Designs 

I made a tag for my project and used a felt flower. I also used my favorite ribbon from the Ribbon Carousel is Celery V Shaped Twill. Swoon I can't get enough of this ribbon! Also The Ribbon Carousel is offering 15% off all orders through the month of March!!!


Thanks for all your sweet comments!

The Ribbon Carousel • Colors & Swirls

There are so many ways to use this inspiration piece at the Ribbon Carousel. 

For my card I chose to work with The Ribbon Carousels Vintage Seam binding. The seam binding comes in so many beautiful coors! 

We are also excited about our sponsor this week, Bugaboo Stamps.

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

For the prize this week, Bugaboo Stamps is offering up 7

 Free Digi’s to this week’s winner!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Ribbon Carousel • Blog Hop

Hey everyone! It's another first at the Ribbon Carousel!  We have a special surprise for you this week. We have partnered up with the amazing Market Street Stamps for our weekly challenge AND a 2 day Blog Hop Extravaganza!  First let's get to the amazing Blog Hop!

For the next two days, the Market Street Stamps and Ribbon Carousel Designers will be showcasing the amazing stamps from Market Street Stamps and the beautiful ribbons from RibbonCarousel.com.  And of course, we're giving away some AMAZING prizes! 

Here are all the Blog Hop details:

What: Market Street Stamps and Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop!

When: Tuesday, February 7 through Monday, February 13 11:59pm EST

Where:  Market Street Stamps Blog and Ribbon Carousel Blog

How:  Start the blog hop at either the Market Street Stamps blog or Ribbon Carousel blog.  Visit each of the designers blogs featured on both days, Tuesday and Wednesday. When you have completed the Blog Hop, leave your name on the Inlinkz on either the Market Street Stamps Blog or the Ribbon Carousel Blog.  You have until NEXT MONDAY, February 13 at 11:59pm EST to complete the entire hop.

3 Prizes for 3 winners:  We’re giving away Two $25 Gift Certificates to the Market Street Stamps store and a brand new Ribbon 

Now, with all of this going on, we thought we better make this week’s challenge an easy one! 

So…..Anything Goes!

You know the drill to enter our challenges, right?!  Make a creation using anything that comes on a spool somewhere on your project, and enter for a chance to be one of our TOP SPOOLS! 

Here is my card using the fabulous Faith in You stamp set from Market Street Stamps. 

Be sure to hop on over to the rest of today’s blog hop participants!  Here is a list to help you hop.  And don’t forget to visit the Ribbon Carousel Blog tomorrow too for the rest of the blog hop designers!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!