Ribbon slides...

are the topic of today's DRS Designs blog challenge! Have you tried the new ribbon slides by DRS Designs?? They are so cool...instead of buying slides and depleting your supply every time you use them, DRS came up with an innovative idea to make the slide into a stamp. Now you can stamp your slides and never run out!! For a hoarder like me, it's music to my ears!!!

Be sure you stop by the DRS Designs blog to check out the inspiration provided by the rest of the design team. In addition to the inspiration, you'll see that one lucky participant in the challenge will be eligible to win some ribbon slides for their very own! Anyone can partipate as long as you use some kind of ribbon slide for your focal point. On Sunday, January 25 one random winner will be drawn from all the entries. The winner will win a selection of ribbon slides...BUT...if the winner also used DRS Designs stamps in their project, they will win an even bigger selection of slides! We really hope you play along. Be sure to use DRSC12 if you upload your creation to a public gallery. Remember, the only way to be entered in the drawing is to post a direct link to your creation on THIS post...

So, enough babble! Here is my project for the challenge...goodie bags! You don't have to use your slides on just cards...they are a quick and easy addition to any gift bag...



and some individual shots...





and a close up of the flower detail...



These are some bags I had in my stash - I won't even tell you how long I've had them!! When they fell off the shelf the other day, they were screaming to be used for this challenge! For the gold bag, I simply stamped the slide and sentiment in gold and then heat embossed with gold powder. I ran my black grosgrain through, added a gold brad and I was done!

I have to say that the silver one is my favorite!! I stamped the slide and sentiment in black craft and then heat embossed with clear powder. I stamped the slide again in black classic ink and then colored with markers. I didn't emboss it because I didn't want the embossing to crack when I cut out the flowers. After coloring and cutting, I added a large pearl brad to the center where the ribbon would normally slide through. I added a couple of tiny pearls and colored the other flower centers with my stardust pen. I then adhered the flowers with pop dots. The flowers above are primas, again with the addition of pearl centers. The "leaves" are a green prima that I cut the petals off.

This was a fun project. I hope you have a chance to play along. We would love to see how you can inspire us with your creations using these great slides!

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