Something From Almost Nothing - Ribbon

Continuing my way through Shimelle's Something From Almost Nothing class, I completed three layouts based on Prompt Three, which contained inspiration to use ribbon. I'm also working toward completing our 10th Anniversary Cruise album, although I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it during the Paperclipping Play Along this month. I did take time to look through all the layouts I've completed so far and came up with a plan for the flow of the album. I knew I didn't want to do anything chronological, so I've decided to create sections that will house my various layouts. I'll use punched tabs to designate these sections:

Bon Voyage - a few layouts of us heading out from home & ready to board the ship
The Ship - layouts with photos of the ship and our stateroom
On Board - the various activities we enjoyed on board, including the fantastic food
At Sea - the view from the ship (sunrise, sunset, shorelines, other ships)
Cozumel, Mexico
George Town, Grand Cayman
Falmouth, Jamaica
Reflections - final layouts with our reflections photos and journaling from each of us as we reflect on the cruise

This first ribbon layout will go in the Cozumel section. This layout is a scraplift from Prompt Three - I used a wide ribbon (folded in half) along the right side and created several "flowers" by covering glue dots with fiber.

This next layout fits in the Bon Voyage section and also has a ribbon down one side (this time the left), along with a couple of ribbon pieces (red with black dots) and a small bow.

And finally, my favorite layout from this prompt started by using Shimelle's idea of looping pieces of ribbon around the edge of an item. I chose to add ribbon loops to my title block, which I created with one of my photos.

 

I used a divided page protector for this layout showcasing photos from the Royal Pallooza parade. These photos were not all that great (blurry and a little too dark), but the happy ribbons really brighten things up. I added a strip or two of ribbon to the additional photos and used both sides of the page protector to make this a double sided layout.

 

I like the way this divided page protector allowed me to create the 6x12 pieces, then quickly fill in the 3 4x6 slots. I'll definitely be using more of these as I continue to work on our cruise album.