Good News! Good News!

We are thrilled to announce that we've added another Designer 

to the Ribbon Carousel Crew!

She is crazy talented and just plain crazy so she will fit right in!  

She was recently featured as a Ribbon Carousel Shining Star!  

Please welcome...................

PEGGY TOOLE!

Hi everyone!  My name is Peggy and, I am married to my best friend and biggest supporter and we have 3 great boys ages 12, 13 and 16! They are my biggest fans and critics and always let me know what they really think of my cards good or bad!  I have been stamping for about 6 years now and love all the wonderful people I have met in real life and online!  I am beyond excited to be joining the Ribbon Carousel Crew and to be working with such a talented and fun group of ladies!  I don't think I can make a card without some sort of ribbon or twine so this is heaven!

Peggy is currently a designer for the Greeting Farm, Your Next Stamp, and Drunken Stampers Challenges.  We are so happy that she is willing to share her time and talents with the Ribbon Carousel as well!

Please welcome Peggy to the Crew!

Ribbon Carousel and The Alley Way Stamps Blog Hop

We are thrilled to be teaming up with the Alley Way Stamps today for an amazing blog hop packed with tons of talent and inspiration for your enjoyment 

with a pot of gold at the end for the blog hoppers! 

That's right.  I mean prizes! We're talking some GREAT prizes!  

We're a small company from Utah that specializes in clear photopolymer stamps that are made right here in the USA! These stamps are fun, whimsy, and sometimes a little quirky. We try to keep them trendy. The sentiments will always put a smile on your face. We began in January 2012 with the release of four stamp sets and are now up to 17 and growing.

Now, lets talk about the prizes!  

One lucky blog hopper will win a ribbon carousel from us and another lucky blog hopper will win TWO stamp sets of their choice from The Alley Way Stamps!

There are TWO MORE prizes up for grabs!  We will be giving away a $10 gift certificate on our Facebook page and The Alley Way Stamps will be giving away a stamp set on their Facebook page (winner's choice!)

Here's what you need to do to qualify for the Facebook prizes:

1. Head on over to our Facebook page, look for the post about this blog hop and say hello there!  Be sure to "like" us if you haven't already!

2.Head on over to The Alley Way Stamps Facebook page and say hello there, too!  Be sure to "like" them, too!

3. Come back to our Facebook page and tell us you've done it!

4. Share the post on our Facebook page about this blog hop with a friend for an extra 

    chance to win!

And the crowd goes wild!

OH BOY!

It just got even dirtier here at the Ribbon Carousel!

Did you hear that our one and only Crewmate 

DEBBIE CARRIERE

has made the Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen Design Team?!  

Congratulations, Debbie!  

We're so proud of you!

Hop on over to Debbie's blog and congratulate her!

RCC53 - Gettin' Sketchy with Debbie Carriere

Ready for another Challenge with the Ribbon Carousel Crew?! 

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:

Check out what our Crewmates have done with the sketch for a little inspiration!

Katie Skiff

Stephanie Muzzulin

Jessica Diedrich

Debbie Carriere

Laura Davis 

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). ***

We'd love for you to join us this week! Here are the details:

• 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. 

• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, (use the keyword RCC53) with a direct link back to THIS post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! (A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!)

• Link up your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post. Your image may take a little while to pop up, but don't worry, it will appear shortly.

• Come back the Friday after the challenge ends to see if YOU are a Top Spool!

Using Ribbon in a Different Way with Savannah O'Gwynn

Hello, friends:}


Savannah O'Gwynn here today sharing how to use ribbon in a different way! 


Some of you know that I'm addicted to RIBBON! I love my chevron twill ribbon...I love my vintage seam binding...but I also love the burlap twines! There are so many beautiful ribbons available HERE from the Ribbon Carousel! 


Lately I've noticed that my gloves (various kinds--but all of them) needed some help! We use gloves when "canning" {read more about it HERE}. My gloves were always getting lost at the bottom of my bike basket. So I stitched on some cotton twill ribbon to the outsides so they could hang from my handles! LOVE! 

Instructions: 

1. Measure out ribbon {mine were about 12 inches long}

2. Fold over ribbon and pin to outside of gloves. 

3. Use a regular stitch to attach ribbon into place. **You can also use a zigzag stitch.

I also attached some ribbon to my shower gloves! 

Then I decided to get a bit fancy! 


I noticed that my "cleaning gloves" needed some ribbon. I hardly ever clean...so I thought adding some ruffled ribbon at the top would motivate me! 


Here's how I created these ruffled ribbon cleaning gloves:)




Supplies needed: gloves, ribbon (I used some 7/8" solid/ivory checkered ribbon), paper piercing tool, pins, sewing machine, thread

Then I set up my sewing machine.

I created my ruffled ribbon first.

Next, add your ruffled ribbons around the top of the gloves. **I had to remove my sewing machine shelf in order to stitch such a small area.

And there you have it! Simple and sooooo pretty! 

I have to say that the jury is still out on how much these ruffled ribbon gloves motivate me....I'm sure I'll have to clean someday....but not today:)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my tutorial! Be blessed;)

Good News and Bad News

So, I've got some good news and some bad news.  

Which shall I deliver first?  

Lets get the bad news out of the way.  

Our talented Crewmate Angela Thomas has decided to resign from the design team.  She is super busy now that she has been welcomed in the dirt pile.  That's right.  She's one of the Splitcoast Stampers Dirty Dozen.  We are oh-so-proud of her and wish her nothing but the best.  Thank you, Angela, for all your hard work and for all of the inspiration that you have provided to us!  We will miss you, Donkey!

*** Sniffle, sniffle ***

Now, on a brighter note......I have a special announcement!

Please welcome our newest addition to the Ribbon Carousel Crewmates

TRACY VALURE!

Hello, I'm Tracy Valure and you can find me at Tracy's Stamping Corner (http://tracysstampingcorner.blogspot.com. I live in Sunny South Florida!  I have been happily married to my best friend for 13 years. I have two fabulous children - Michael, 12, and Kara, 7.  My mother-in-law introduced me to scrapbooking right after getting married. We started stamping a few years after, so I have been stamping now for about 10 years. I love to do both, but find the most pleasure in card making. I think because it is instant gratification!!  I work full time. In my spare time, what little I have, I love to read and SHOP! My husband and I also do alot of traveling. My friends and family actually pick relentlessly at me because of the amount we vacation! I'm a huge facebook junkie, I love social networking. I am also quite the party animal! ha! Hubby and I try to have a date night every other weekend, kid free!  I swear that's what keeps us going!!!  I am so grateful to join the Ribbon Carousel Team!!

Please welcome the 

outrageously talented Tracy to the Crew!

Ribbon Carousel Shining Star

Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms out there!  

I hope you get pampered and spoiled rotten by the short people in your lives!

Sunday means it is time to thrust one of beloved customers into the spotlight to show off how they've used some supplies from the Ribbon Carousel store on their craft creations. 

This week's Ribbon Carousel Shining Star is..........

PEGGY TOOLE! 

It was THIS card in particular that caught my eye that Peggy had posted on our Facebook page:

ACK!  I just love this monochromatic card, the embossed panel, and of course, that yummy V striped pink ribbon!  She embellished with a button and some white hemp cord.  

The V Striped ribbon is available in 11 colors

and you can check out our selection of hemp cord HERE.

Congrats, Peggy, on being this week's Ribbon Carousel Shining Star!  Be sure to hop on over to Peggy's blog to check out more of her gorgeous work and to congratulate her on being featured here on the Ribbon Carousel blog!

Did you hear we are going to give away a set of 10 spools loaded up with your choice of twine, jute, or baker's twine?!  Once we get to 500 blog followers, we will randomly choose one of our followers for the prize!  So, if you are not already a follower, get to it!  Tell your friend!  The faster we get to 500 blog followers, the sooner we will get to give away the prize!  

Another Prize is up for Grabs!

How would you like to win a set of 10 solid maple hour-glass spools 

filled up with your choice of baker's twine and jute

Help us reach our goal of reaching 

500 Ribbon Carousel Blog followers 

and one of our followers will win this fantastic prize!   

If you are not already a blog follower, start following us now!  Tell your friends!  Share the news!  The sooner we get to 500 followers, the sooner you have a chance to win!  

This post will also be on our Facebook page so be sure to share this giveaway news!

And we have some winners!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Ribbon Carousel and There She Goes Blog Hop!

I have the honor of announcing the winners of the There She Goes prizes!

The winner of the $50 There She Goes Gift Certificate 

was randomly chosen from Karen Giron's blog.  

And the winner is ..............  

Miriam Prantner!

And the Facebook winner of the There She Goes $10 gift certificate goes to.....

Norma Gomez!


Both of you can email Jessica at 
Jessica@thereshegoesclearstamps.com
to claim your prizes!

To find out who the winners are of the ribbon carousel and the $10 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store, head straight over to the There She Goes blog or Facebook page!

Congrats to the winners and thanks for hopping with us!

RCC51 - Top Spools

Hey there everyone! Thanks so much for playing along this past week! We LOVE seeing all your creations!!

The Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have cast their votes and I have the honor of announcing this week's Top Spools!

Without further ado, here are your TOP SPOOLS:


Liz O.

Debbie Marcinkewicz



Tangii Crain

And the random winner of the $5 gift certificate to the Ribbon Carousel Store  is 


DOROTHY S.


Please email Corinna at corinna@ribboncarousel.com to claim your prize!






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Fresh of the Spool Friday

Well, hel-lo-oooooo!  Have you been sitting by your computer, biting your nails, and anxiously awaiting this week's FRESH OFF THE SPOOL post?  

Knew it!

  

The Ribbon Carousel Store is jam PACKED with new goodies!

Lets get started and check out what's new in the store this week.

Let start off with all the new Indie Chic Products, shall we?

We have the Citron Collection!  

We've got the 6x6 paper pad, the brads, the buttons, and the tape!

   

   

We have the Nutmeg Collection!

We've got the 6x6 paper pad and the tape.

  

We've got the Saffron Collection!

We have the 6x6 paper pad, the brads, buttons, and tape!

  

   

And we also have the pretty Indie Chic - Ginger 6x6 paper pad!

How about some Crate Paper?!

We've got the the Storyteller 6x6 paper pad, the Pretty Party 6x6 paper pad and the Pretty Party brads.

  

We've got some new My Mind's Eye in the store , too!

We've got the Nostalgia 6x6 paper pad and the On the Sunny Side 6x6 paper pad with coordinating brads.

    

We've also got the Simple Stories Summer Fresh 6x6 paper! 

You still with me?  We're not done.  That's right.  There's more!  

Next up is Prima!

We've got the Doodle Deux 6x6 paper pad, wood buttons, and Melisse paper flowers.

  

We've got Prima wood embellishments!

We've got envelopes, gears, typewriters, and words.

  

  

We've got Studio Calico products, too!

We've got the Take Note 6x6 paper pad, the Abroad 6x6 paper pad, wood veneer states and keys.

  




We've now got self adhesive pearls in 7 colors!
We have champagne, denim, hot pink, mango, rose, snow, and yellow.








You STILL with me?  Good.  There's more and I am really excited about it the rest of this so lets keep going!


We now carry the Copic Marker Mask It Medium Tack Sheets!  








We now carry the Crewmates favorite white card stock for copic coloring!
You can now get 25 pack sheets of blending card by X-Press It from the store!








And now for the best of all........drum roll please..........
We are now carrying the new sturdy 
100 lb double thick smooth Bazzill cardstock!  
EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!


  




Try out all of the colors with a sampler pack!  
That's three sheets of all colors - 84 sheets in total!
AND you can order the colors individually in 25 sheet packs now, too!


Can you stand it?!?!  The Ribbon Carousel has become your one stop shopping center for all of your crafty needs!  ONE STOP SHOPPING!  Does it get any better than that?!  
I think NOT!  


Now, don't forget that we offer free shipping on orders over $60.00 within the United States and free shipping on orders over $125.00 to Canada and over $200.00 shipping to all other destinations!  


And one last thing before you head to the store...........
don't forget about the sale going on through Monday!  Use coupon code MOM30 for an extra 30% off your order!  
*sale does not include Ribbon Club Kits, Vintage Seam Binding, Baker's Twine (10 yard) samplers)




We hope you are excited as we are about the addition of that beautiful new sturdy 100 b. Bazzill card stock as we all are here at the Ribbon Carousel!


Happy Mother's Day !
Enjoy your weekend!