Use Your Stash - April = Ribbons

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Today I am showcasing Ribbons!  If you are like me, you buy ribbon and then never use it.  This was the perfect time to get out my (rather large) stash of ribbon and figure out something to create.   A 2-page spread layout is what I finally came up with.  It is extremely colorful, and well, let’s be honest – a little on the elementary side, My Dear Watson.  But, I like it and I usually don’t go for the less sophisticated-type of project. 

First, I cut about 3 inches from each ribbon I had on hand…. OK, it’s more like about 90% of the ribbon I had on hand, but – I did use most of it.  Then, I cut each ribbon piece in half.  On Colonial White cardstock, I placed a giant yellow circle that I inked around in, surprise surprise, Sunset ink.  I have no idea where I got the large yellow circle.  I was looking through my paper stash and found it.  That is when I decided to make a sun out of the circle.  The first lot of ribbons I had cut in half were then used as the rays on my sun. 

On the 2^nd page, I used the other group of ribbons as the stems for flowers.  Next, I inked just about any round-flower’ish looking item I could find and adhered the flower to the ribbon/stem.  Some of the flowers are Close To My Heart products, such as Heirloom Assortment, Just Blooms White Daisy, Bliss Level 2 (retired), and the Dimensional Elements Mixed Shapes.  I also used the Just Blooms Paper Shapes (butterflies).  All of the other flowers are listed below in my Non-CTMH shopping list.

For the saying, I used the Cocktail Alphabet in Black ink. 

This was a pretty easy project, but I had fun being silly with it. 

Close To My Heart Shopping List

Liquid Glass - Z679

Colonial White Cardstock - 1388

Just Blooms Paper Shapes – Z1463

Just Blooms Variety Pack – Z1300

Bliss Level 2 Assortment – Z1355 (retired)

Dimensional Elements Mixed Shapes – Z1683

Heirloom Assortment – Z1635

Bitty Brads Metal Assortment – Z1368

Round Sponge – Z697

Designer Ribbon Pink Collection – Z1384

Designer Ribbon Blue Collection – Z1385

Glitz Glitter Gel – Stardust – Z1313

3-D Foam Tape – Z1151

Micro-tip Scissors – Z534

Tulip Ink – Z2166

Pear Ink – Z2197

Pacifica Ink – Z2192

Cranberry Ink – Z2116

Sunset Ink – Z2191

Spring Iris Ink – Z2148

Parchment Ink – Z2142

Gypsy Ink – Z2190

Sunflower Ink – Z2150

Sunny Yellow Ink – Z2152

Black Ink – Z2105

Non-CTMH Shopping List

* K & Company Wedding Paper Flowers – these were inked in many different Close To My Heart colors

* Recollections Dimensional Flower Stickers

* 23 different types/colors of ribbon that I’ve had anywhere from 1 month to 5 years

Now hop on over to Theresa's Blog for more ideas of using up your stash.