SOS - #1 - Ribbon Rewind

Hi Everybody!

 I am sooo excited to show you all my latest entry for a challenge that I have even stayed up a little later then usual just to finish it and post on my blog.  The Challenge Blog site - Shopping Our Stash has their first challenge going which is to use either our oldest ribbon, use the colour that we have the most of or using a new technique that we don't usually do.

Well I went through my stash - all four places........

My Ribbon Jar.....

My Kaszazz Ribbon rolls and a mixed bag of ribbons that won't fit into my jar......

And finally I went to my ribbon box which usually houses my most precious ribbons - the ones that Charlotte knows she is not allowed to touch! Fortunately for her I had already caught her brother earlier today pulling each ribbon out one by one and having such great fun. Argh kids! Got to love them!

Anyway, I decided to go with my oldest ribbon - back in my high school days (dare I say over 20years ago now) I was very fond of wearing tartan or check ribbons in my ponytail! So now I have an abundance of these ribbons left over. I found a great pink & white check ribbon  that would be perfect for one of those twisted flowers that seem to be the thing at the moment.

Creating a flower to make.......

I can't believe how nervous I was in regard to trying the flower - it really is so simple to do and a little bit contagious once I knew what I was doing. I went on to make two more.

The final flower was made from velvet ribbon. It feels so cool to touch!

Do I get extra credit for recycling ribbon too???? The green crinkle tissue ribbon that I used for the leaves was originally on a bunch of flowers that were given to my MIL - she then re-cycled it as a ribbon and bow on a present that she gave me - I made an engagement card for my 3rd BIL with it and used the final scrap on this card tonight.

I had so much fun playing along in this challenge from the Shopping Our Stash ladies. Definately worth popping by their blog and checking it out - I have a link on my right side bar if you want to visit have a look for yourself. I can't wait to see what they come up with for Challenge #2!

Cheers!