Cheesecloth Ghost by Jamie L.

Hey everyone,

Jamie here with a cute halloween ghost.

The ghost is pretty easy to make and super cute when done. All you need is some black felt, cheese cloth, liquid starch, scissors, hot glue, and 5/8" red wired satin ribbon. You will also need something for a form to sculpt ur ghost (i used a balloon and a vase).

You soak the cheese cloth in the liquid starch than drap it around a form or base to make the shape. Let dry over night. Remove from base/form. Cut eyes out of felt and hot glue into place. Make a bow with your ribbon and hot glue into place. All done!

Thabks for stoppin by and have a great day!

Pumpkins! by Melissa Craig

Good Morning!  Melissa here with a fun project that is cute and so easy to make!

I like Pinterest like a lot of us do.  There are some pretty great ideas on there and it can be a wonderful source of inspiration.  I was just perusing some pictures on there when I came across these pretty pumpkins someone made out of scrap pieces of wood.  You can find it here.  Well, I'm a papercrafter - not a woodcrafter, but I really wanted to make these so I set off to do my version.

Using a cut file by Lori Whitlock for the boxes and the stem from a different cut file, I created my pieces.  Inked the edges with Spiced Marmalade distress ink.  I then glued these boxes together to create my pumpkins.  I found a pretty fall foliage bunch at that Dollar Store that I cut apart to add to the top and then finished off with Double Face Satin Ribbon - Copper.

I love how these turned out and now they look fantastic on my desk at work.  My son saw them and said "those are Minecraft pumpkins!"

Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to visit me at my blog.

Back to the basics by Nicole

Hello everyone!  Nicole here on the blog today.  Scrapbooking.  So I've been at it for over 10 years now.  I've gone through all kinds of fads and tried to keep up with the latest and greatest.  Lately though I've started trying to get back to the most important things:  the pictures and words.  As much as I like my layers and all the embellishments I also like this simple layout where a piece of ribbon and some buttons are my only embellishing.

  

I started this layout in Photoshop where I pulled in my photos, typed my title and journaling, and then added some "ribbon".  

Once I was happy with the placement I removed my photos and "ribbon" and printed the text onto white textured card stock.  

I used the wired satin ribbon in Sable and folded it in half to notch the end with some fabric scissors.  I used a little bit of clear glue on both ends to keep the edges from fraying and leave a clean finish.  To attach to my layout I used double sided adhesive. The small finishing touches are some buttons and a little date tag.   

Here is another look at my finished layout.  I'm really happy with the results and love that the pictures and text take center stage while the ribbon and buttons add just a small textile touch.  

The best part of putting together this layout was knowing this moment was recorded and these sweet pictures of my youngest are printed and off the computer. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Happy Crafting, Nicole

Ribbon used on this project:

Christmas Glittered Cards with Grace

Hello there ribbon friends.  It’s that time of the year again. I’m talking about tackling those holiday projects. Today I’d like to share a couple of cards where I used some ribbon and glitter to add some “shine” to these Holiday greetings.

 Instructions:

1. Create your card base. Mine measured to 4 ¼ x 5 ½”

2. Cut a strip of the candy stripe ribbon and adhere it on the center of the card front horizontally. Cut staggered length of the pastel green satin ribbon to create the Christmas tree, don’t adhere yet.

3. Adhere a strip of adhesive on the center of the ribbon strips, pour glitter over it, press to adhere the glitter and dump the rest back into the container or on a scrap of paper. Use a paint brush to clean off the rest of the glitter on the ribbon. Decorate the tree with die cut and stickers.

4. For the frame card-  Adhere some of the pastel green trim around the card front using strips of adhesive.

5 Adhere another layer of adhesive over the center of the ribbon frame and add glitter, brushing off the excess. Decorate with stickers and die cuts.

Here are some pictures of the final product….

Thank you for joining me today and I hope this inspired you to add glitter to your favorite trims to make your next crafting project “sparkle “ even more.

Happy Creating,

Grace

Supplies Used:

Satin,Pastel green, 5/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

Grosgrain,Stripes, 5/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

Paper and stickers- Noel, SEI

Glitter- American Crafts

Others- Adhesive strip, foam adhesive

Pop-Up Card with Jamie

Good Morning Ribbons Unlimited, Inc. Fans!  Jamie back with you and today I am sharing a pop-up card made elegant with Buttermilk Double-Faced Satin Ribbon!  This ribbon is so gorgeous and feels just as amazing as it looks!  

Here's the tutorial:

1.  Cut out all your pieces.  Bend the leaf pieces up from the mat as shown.

2.  Curl your flower petals with a skewer/pencil then layer the two flower pieces together staggering the petals and adhere the center to the flower, pulling the points up as shown.  

3.  Adhere the flowers to the mat with foam adhesive and tie a ribbon to embellish.

4.  Adhere the mat to the card base using foam adhesive, centering.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-Jamie

Ribbon Charm Bracelet by Grace

Ribbon jewelry has been a rage right now. Just check out Pinterest and you will find an enormous array of accessories that combine satin ribbon with some fun pearls, beads and accents. This trend inspired me to create my own charm bracelet. Read on to see how I created my bracelet that my sweet daughter is proudly modeling for me.

Instructions:

 1. Gather your supplies.

 2. Pick pattern papers that have small accents that would be good to highlight as part of your charm. I chose a paper pack that had a fall/autumn theme so I can wear my bracelet in the upcoming season. I also chose to use a 6x6 paper pack since I know the designs would be smaller in scale, which would be perfect for the size of my bubble circle stickers.

I just adhered the plain bubble sticker over the design that I wanted to use and then use my scissors to cut it out. 

 3. Then you add your bubble sticker onto a charm foundation. After looking at my design, I decided to add another charm making it 6 metal charms in all.

4. Next you thread the charms through the satin ribbon. I used my mat (with the grids) to space out my charms evenly. Because the hole of the charm fit nicely with the size of the ribbon, I didn’t need to tie my ribbon in between the charms. These accents didn’t move through my ribbon. I trimmed the ends leaving about 6” on each ends for tying. I added some fray check on the ends so that my ribbon ends don’t fray.

This process can be used for necklaces as well.

Here’s a couple of close up images of my bracelet…. 

Thank you for joining me today and happy creating.

-Grace

Supplies Used:

Satin, Pastel green, 5/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

Pattern papers- Into the Woods, Lawn Fawn

Epoxy stickers and charm metal- Epiphany Crafts

Fray check- Dritz

Tic Toc Cheer Bow Tutorial

Good morning!  Jamie back with you today to share a fun and easy way to create a 

Tic Toc Cheer Bow without having to use heat bond!  

Here's what you'll need:

Two 14" different colors of coordinating cuts of 1-1/2" ribbon

One 2" cut of 3/8", 1/2", or 5/8" coordinating ribbon

Zip tie

Hot glue gun/hot glue

Scissors

1/2" double sided tape

I am using the Lime/White Polka Dot Wired Ribbon and the Lime Princess Glitter Ribbon for my 1-1/2" cuts and 5/8" of the Apple Green/Lime Satin Ribbon for my center.

Here's the tutorial:

 1.  Cut 14" of each of your 1-1/2" ribbons.

 2.  Add 1/2" double sided tape to one end of your bows.

 3.  Join the two bows together.

 4.  Once your ribbons are together, form a loop with one side of the ribbon.

 5.  Form another loop with the other ribbon side.

 6.  Join the zip tie lightly around the center between the loops.

 7.  Play with your ribbon until you have the loops equal and the ends where you want them. Pull the zip tie tight and clip the end off.

 8.  Fold the glitter ribbon tail in half and cut the ribbon at an angle.  Place double sided adhesive on the other ribbon end where you would cut a matching angle.

 9.  Adhere the glitter cut to the ribbon tail, with the straight edge closet to the bow.

10. Your ribbon should look like this now.

11. Fold the ribbon tail in half and cut your angle in.

12. Your ribbon will look similar to this now.

13. Grab your coordinating center piece.

14. Place hot glue on the back and adhere you center ribbon on.  Wrap your center ribbon twice tightly around the center.  Cut your ribbon to fit on the back again and hot glue in place.

15. Add your bow hardware and you are ready to use!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

- Jamie

Making a Cuff Using Ribbon with Pinky

It's Pinky today and I am sharing how to create an artsy bracelet using 

Ribbons Unlimted Satin Single Face Ribbon.

First take the Flower Border  and peel off both sides of protective film. 

Coat one side using alcohol ink. 

Sprinkle gold or copper embossing powder lightly onto strip (alcohol ink will adhere it).

 Now the tricky part- CAREFULLY and SLOWLY heat emboss- this will melt the strip of you go to hot and too fast! Go slow and keep it cooled. If it curls just bend back into place. 

 As you heat emboss shape into cuff. 

Using 1 1/2" Cinnamon Wired Single Faced Ribbon tie through to close cuff. 

Until next time- Keep on creating. 

Products Used:1 1/2" Cinnamon Wired Single Faced Ribbon, Clear Scraps acrylic Border, Alcohol ink,

Ribbon weaved background by Grace Tolman

Hello Ribbons Unlimited Inc. friends. Recently I went to Ikea for some window shopping and also to gather some inspirations. Don’t you just love that place? Anyways I couldn’t resist grabbing a couple of the Tolsby frames. I have seen a few ideas on altering them on Pinterest and I thought I’d give it a go myself.  So with the help of the Apple chevron grosgrain ribbon and a fantastic. Dr. Seuss quote, I was able to create a frame fit for my bookshelf. 

 Instructions:

1. First off cut your cardstock to the size of the frame insert. Mine was 4x6. I then added some thin strips of adhesive on the top and bottom portion of the paper and adhered the ends of my ribbon.

 2. Then I added some more ribbon, horizontally, in a weaving fashion to create my background. I moved the ribbons a few times to make sure that they are even all around. After trimming the excess, I adhered the quote on the center and slipped the paper into the frame.

 3. To add some “dimension”, I adhered some homemade epoxy dots on the four corners of the quote on the OUTSIDE of the frame. This allowed me to add some dimension without adding bulk to the inside of the frame.

 4. Then I tied some satin ribbon into a bow, trimmed the edges and adhered it to the top of the frame. I adhered the ends of the ribbon to the sides so it didn’t block the quote from view. I also layered some flowers and added another epoxy dot in the center for a more finished look.

And here’s some close ups of the finished frame….

Creating a ribbon background to any project creates some unique interest and texture. I hope you’ll give it a go soon.

Happy Creating,

Grace

Supplies Used:

Applegreen/blue chevron 7/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

#088 DFSatin Ribbon, Pastel Green, 5/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

Frame- Ikea

Cardstock- The Paper Company

Flowers- Prima

Quote- Kaiser Craft