ATTN: Ribbon Lovers...Matches SU colors!!!

[OCDstamper]

I am SO EXCITED!!! After some frustration with SU's ribbon selection and matches (and yes, I am a demo!), I came across a website (www.theribbonretreat.com) with great prices and selection for ribbon and made contact with the owner. I got a copy of her color swatches for their grosgrain ribbon and have been working on matching them to SU's cardstock colors. I was thrilled to match over 35 colors!!!

First, I have to add my disclaimers :
1) These colors match almost exactly (IN MY OPINION!!), though others not listed would also be close matches to compliment the SU paper
2) There may be SLIGHT shade differences
3) I have included some of the old, retired colors for those who still use them
4) I am in no way affiliated with this company...I just saw good prices and selection and wanted to match them to SU's colors

Here's the list that I came up with (Stampin Up's color will be listed first and then The Ribbon Retreat's matching color):
Whisper White/Confetti White= White
Very Vanilla/Confetti Cream= Lt. Ivory
Basic Black= Black
Going Grey= Millenium Silver
Basic Grey= Flannel Grey
Creamy Caramel= Pecan
Really Rust= Nu Rust or Really Rust
So Saffron= Lemonade
Barely Banana= Wheat
Bravo Burgandy/Cranberry Crisp= Beet
Only Orange= Apricot (a little light)/ Papaya (perfect)/ Orange (a little dark)... any of them look great though
Summer Sun= Gold
YoYo Yellow= Yellow
Pretty In Pink= Rose Pink
Regal Rose= Old Rose/ Pink Passion
Cameo Coral= Dusty Rose
Rose Red/ Purely Pomegranete= Azalea
Marvelous Magenta= Festive Fushia
Real Red= Red
Bravo Burgandy= Maroon
Cool Caribbean= Aquamarine/ Robin's Egg Blue/ Light Blue (all match.. just bring out a different hue)
Bashful Blue= Millennium Blue
Taken with Teal= Sapphire
Tempting Turquiose= Mystic Blue/ Misty Turquiose
Ballet Blue= Capri Blue
Brilliant Blue= Dark Royal
Night of Navy= Lt. Navy
Buckaroo Blue= Williamsburg Blue
Bordering Blue/ Almost Amythest= Wisteria
Lovely Lilac/ Lavender Lace= Tropic Lilac
Orchid Opulence= Dark Orchid
Certainly Celery= Celadon
Mint Melody= Mint
Handsome Hunter= Evergreen

BTW--Most of the ribbon comes in 5 yd. lengths or you can order larger spools from their wholesale website (no tax id # needed). Hope this helps someone else!!-- Jamie

[stamptician]

Quote:

Originally Posted by OCDstamper

I am SO EXCITED!!! After some frustration with SU's ribbon selection and matches (and yes, I am a demo!), I came across a website (www.theribbonretreat.com) with great prices and selection for ribbon and made contact with the owner. I got a copy of her color swatches for their grosgrain ribbon and have been working on matching them to SU's cardstock colors. I was thrilled to match over 35 colors!!!

First, I have to add my disclaimers :
1) These colors match almost exactly (IN MY OPINION!!), though others not listed would also be close matches to compliment the SU paper
2) There may be SLIGHT shade differences
3) I have included some of the old, retired colors for those who still use them
4) I am in no way affiliated with this company...I just saw good prices and selection and wanted to match them to SU's colors

Here's the list that I came up with (Stampin Up's color will be listed first and then The Ribbon Retreat's matching color):
Whisper White/Confetti White= White
Very Vanilla/Confetti Cream= Lt. Ivory
Basic Black= Black
Going Grey= Millenium Silver
Basic Grey= Flannel Grey
Creamy Caramel= Pecan
Really Rust= Nu Rust or Really Rust
So Saffron= Lemonade
Barely Banana= Wheat
Bravo Burgandy/Cranberry Crisp= Beet
Only Orange= Apricot (a little light)/ Papaya (perfect)/ Orange (a little dark)... any of them look great though
Summer Sun= Gold
YoYo Yellow= Yellow
Pretty In Pink= Rose Pink
Regal Rose= Old Rose/ Pink Passion
Cameo Coral= Dusty Rose
Rose Red/ Purely Pomegranete= Azalea
Marvelous Magenta= Festive Fushia
Real Red= Red
Bravo Burgandy= Maroon
Cool Caribbean= Aquamarine/ Robin's Egg Blue/ Light Blue (all match.. just bring out a different hue)
Bashful Blue= Millennium Blue
Taken with Teal= Sapphire
Tempting Turquiose= Mystic Blue/ Misty Turquiose
Ballet Blue= Capri Blue
Brilliant Blue= Dark Royal
Night of Navy= Lt. Navy
Buckaroo Blue= Williamsburg Blue
Bordering Blue/ Almost Amythest= Wisteria
Lovely Lilac/ Lavender Lace= Tropic Lilac
Orchid Opulence= Dark Orchid
Certainly Celery= Celadon
Mint Melody= Mint
Handsome Hunter= Evergreen

BTW--Most of the ribbon comes in 5 yd. lengths or you can order larger spools from their wholesale website (no tax id # needed). Hope this helps someone else!!-- Jamie

Thanks Jamie,
This is a huge help. Can't wait to check out this site.
Jenn

[jtax]

thanks for sharing!

[Skilo]

Do you know if they ship to Canada? I couldn't find anything on the site if they ship outside the states.

[phunkymama]

Awesome, I'm running low on some colors that are no longer available!

[buttons2]

These prices look fantastic. Have bookmarked this web site. TFS.

Wanda

[kphorse]

Very much like what Ribbon and Bows Oh My has. Will check out their prices and see?

[kphorse]

Their prices are about the same as RABOM, they do have the beautiful Double Ruffle Ribbon I love!

[YouInkIt]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[lovetostamp569]

Great job, thanks for taking the time to do this.

[FiStevens]

Thanks for sharing this. Off to check out the website. I hope they ship to Malaysia

[staci.d2006]

thanks for the link and color comparisons!

[annascreations]

Does that color matching apply to the solid sheers or just the grosgrain?

[cmesinden]

I really appreaciate you including info on some of the retired colors. Especially since I still plan on using up what I have!

[prbloom]

They are out of every color of the double ruffle ribbon. I just check. I even thought I could get the white and color it,,,but no luck.

[OCDstamper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by annascreations

Does that color matching apply to the solid sheers or just the grosgrain?

When I asked the owner of The Ribbon Retreat about the solid sheers, she said to just contact her about a specific solid grosgrain match and she can let you know if they will match a sheer. Make sense?? Also, FYI the sheer ribbon comes in 25 yard spools. HTH!

[Jillgunter]

I placed a order last night, I also ordered some hair bow supplies. I want to learn to make those cute korker bows for my daughter. So its a win win for me no madder Shipping was only $3 also, I had about 11 ribbons and a few other things. Also you can pay thru paypal, which is what I did.

[RachelAM]

Going to check it out now. Thanks for sharing!

[Jenmouer]

thanks a bunch -

BTW anything match with Chocolate Chip...I have a whole roll of SU left but I am very afraid of going through my chocolate withdrawls when I finish that rolll

[Jillgunter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenmouer

thanks a bunch -

BTW anything match with Chocolate Chip...I have a whole roll of SU left but I am very afraid of going through my chocolate withdrawls when I finish that rolll

Doesnt SU still have the chocolate grosgrain? I hope so, I use it alot.

[Suzy_H]

good news - thank you!

[wiggydl]

wow!! thanks for all the work :-)

[Dotty]

Well, THANK YOU for sharing this ~ you ROCK!!!

[stamp4me]

thanks for the info!

[OCDstamper]

bumpin up for the ribbonaholics!!

[Zoie]

I have been wanting a ribbon to match pixie pink. Can you tell me if one of theirs does?

[OCDstamper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoie

I have been wanting a ribbon to match pixie pink. Can you tell me if one of theirs does?

I checked again and there is not an EXACT match IMO, but their "Pink" is the closest-it's lighter though. HTH and good luck!!

[Jenmouer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jillgunter

Doesnt SU still have the chocolate grosgrain? I hope so, I use it alot.

only in the 5/8" not the 1/4"

[stampbystep]

only I used WorldWin DoubleMates/Colormates, Tsukineko VersaColor, Tombow Dual Brush, American Crafts Elements (embellishments), and a few brands/types of ribbon.

I came up with this:
Color Matching Chart

[darkahry]

Thank you soooo much for this link!!! I was just working on some cards and TOTALLY frustrated with the ribbon situation, i.e. the sorry selection of SU ribbons..... and then I found you!!!! Thanks again!

[Knutsen24]

subscribing

[hobbywoman]

Are there any colors that match any of the 08 IC??

[Jillgunter]

I got my order today, and I am very happy with it. The ribbon is very good quality and the colors are so vibrant. It was packaged well too, plus I got my order in less than 3 days

[austamper]

I was wondering about IC 08 as well. In particular, wild wasabi and purely pom.

This is awesome!

[OCDstamper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbywoman

Are there any colors that match any of the 08 IC??

Here are the 08 IC matches (some need to be added to my list above--oops!):
Purely Pomegrante=Azalea
Soft Sky=Light Blue
Blue Bayou= Williamsburg Blue
Groovy Guava=Apricot (not EXACT match, but very close)
Wild Wasabi and River Rock= no matches:(

HTH!- Jamie

[Hiding in My Craft Room]

Great list! Thanks so much for sharing!

[cdgreg]

thanks a bunch!

[stamps&cars]

This gal is an SCSer and she has ribbon colors matched up with SU. She had donated a bundle of it to our OR/WA swap. Here is her ebay store. You could ask her about the SU matches....I don't see it mentioned on the ebay store site.

http://stores.ebay.com/U-B-Stampin

[EM+MM]

THANK YOU so much for writing out the list of colors. I was just looking for more ribbon. You are so thoughtful

[KJ]

Quote:

Originally Posted by stamps&cars

This gal is an SCSer and she has ribbon colors matched up with SU. She had donated a bundle of it to our OR/WA swap. Here is her ebay store. You could ask her about the SU matches....I don't see it mentioned on the ebay store site.

http://stores.ebay.com/U-B-Stampin

She has a color map to SU on her ebay site. You can use the link below:

http://stores.ebay.com/U-B-Stampin/C...on-Colors