Bow Tutorial with Jamie

Good morning!  Jamie back with you today to share a quick and easy tutorial for creating this stunning bow using Ribbons Unlimited Inc. ribbons!

For today's project I am using

Ombre Ribbon, Double-Faced White Satin Ribbon, and some twine.

Here's the tutorial:

 1.  Cut your Ombre Ribbon in three strips to 7", 9", and 12".  Cut your satin ribbon to 9".  For the twine you will need a 10" piece.  This is covered up so you will not see it with the finished bow.

 2.  With your 7" ribbon, fold the piece in half (long ways) and trim the end at an angle.

 3.  Your end should look like this now.

 4.  Repeat with the other side.  Your finished piece should be similar to this.  This will be the bow base.  Set aside for now.

 5.  Take your 12" Ombre Ribbon and fold to mark the center.  Place adhesive in the center on the under side.  Bring one side of the ribbon over and adhere, forming a loop at one end. Apply more adhesive to the center and bring the other side of the ribbon over to form the second loop.  Your ribbon should look like this now.

 6.  Grab your twine and tie a knot around the center of your bow.

 7.  Repeat Step #5 for the 9" ribbon.

 8.  Turn your bow over and bring the twine tails up.  Place your smaller bow in the center of the larger and tie a knot to hold it in place.

 9.  Flip your bows over and grab your base piece.  Bring the twine tails out to the side.

10. Tie a knot around the base piece, centering.  Trim your twine tails.

11.  Turn your bow back over and fluff out the loops.

12.  Tie a bow around the center with your satin ribbon.

That's all there is to it!  Now you have a gorgeous bow that can be used on project, gift wrapping, even in your hair!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-Jamie

Scrapbook page with handmade floral accents by Grace Tolman

Hello friends. Today I’m going to share with you some ways I sprinkle some ribbon goodness into my scrapbook pages. "Selfies" are all the rage now and I decided to print some of mine up for this “on-trend” scrapbook layout. 

Two of my favorite go-to techniques to add ribbon to a scrapbook page are to stamp with it and to create a handmade accent with the trims. In this page, I stamped some sentiment words on the satin ribbon using Stazon. This allowed me to personalize my accents to match my theme.

The second one was creating this beautiful yellow flower with ribbon. I was inspired to create it to match the rose necklace I was wearing on two of the photos. Matching it with something in my photo creates cohesiveness in the project.

Instructions:

 1. Gather your supplies.

 2. Cut a circle big enough to fill the inside space of the doily from pattern paper. Repeat the process one more time and adhere the circle shapes to two doilies.

 3. Adhere the decorated doilies on two opposite ends of the cardstock base.

 4. Cut out 11 ¾” strips from Yellow grosgrain ribbon, add adhesive on the back and adhere to the cardstock creating a frame around the doilies.

Add the photos on the center of the layout, overlapping some of them over parts of the doilies.

 5. Stamp sentiments on the Pastel green satin ribbon. Use an ink like Stazon to make sure your stamped design transfers perfectly on the smooth surface of the ribbon. Cut the ends into notches. Adhere to the bottom part of the photos.

Add stars in between the sentiment phrases using adhesive dots.

 6. Punch out a small circle (about 1 ¼”) from pattern paper. Adhere a large glue dot over it. Cut out 3” strips from Yellow grosgrain ribbon, fold in half and adhere to the circle (with adhesive). Fill the circle with folded ribbon pieces until it resembles a flower. Add a button (threaded with twine) on the center for a finished look. Adhere to the layout.

7. Add the title with stickers and cut out the printed journaling into strips and adhere to the layout.

Thank you for joining me today and I can’t wait to see how you use these techniques on your next project. Happy Creating!

Supplies Used:

#995Grosgrain stripes, Yellow, 3/8”, Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

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

Cardstock- Worldwin Papers

Pattern paper- Crate Paper

Doily and Letter stickers- Doodlebug Design Inc.

Stars- Studio Calico

Button- American Crafts

Bling- Bazzill

Sentiment stamps- Inspired By Stamping

Circle cutter- Creative Memories

Journaling font- Century Gothic, MS Word

Twine- Source Unknown

Handmade Ornaments by Pinky

Good morning Ribbons Unlimited friends, 

It's Pinky today with these beautiful ribbon crystal ornaments, perfect

for any holiday decor and they can be made in any color!

Here is how I created them.

Glitter chipboard snowflakes.

 Using 1 1/2" Double Faced Satin Ribbon in Cream or any color- tie

into large bows. 

 Thread fishing line or jewelers thread into needle.

Thread a crystal (Connie Crystal) through. 

 Stitch through top of ribbons. 

 Tie off to create ornaments hanger. 

Hot glue snowflake into the center of each bow.

And there you have beautify ornaments that make a wonderful gift. 

I even attached one to a card to create the perfect gift,

 I hope you enjoyed today's idea! 

Until next time- Keep on creating!

Pinky Hobbs: Ribbons Unlimited Design Team 

Products Used:

Ribbons Unlimited 1 1/2" Double Face Satin Ribbon (Cream)

Connie Crystals- Sun Catcher

Clearsnap glitter, hot glue gun, Xyron. 

Gift Bow with Jamie Cripps

Good Morning Ribbons Fans!

Jamie back with you today to share a fabulous tutorial for making homemade gift bows I found over on Monica Edward's blog!  The bows are super easy and the results are stunning…just have a look!

The image to the left is after the bow was removed from the template and the image to the right is the finished bow once pulling all the layers apart!

For this bow I am using the Giraffe Print Grosgrain Ribbon in 7/8".  This ribbon is a little stiffer than some of my other grosgrain ribbons so it wrapped around the template well and also holds it shape!

You can find more Animal Print Ribbons through the link below:

http://shop.ribbonsunlimitedinc.com/animal-print-ribbon-c153.aspx

And be sure to check out Monika's tutorial to create your own gift bows!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-Jamie

Dotted Ribbon

Today we're taking a peek at our dotted ribbon. This wired ribbon comes in 1 1/2" width on 20 and 100 yard rolls. It uses our "Lyon" French Wired ribbon as a backdrop, and it's made in Germany. It's a truly luxurious ribbon that's easy to work with. Take a look at all of the color combinations!

Hop over to our online store to shop ribbon today!