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.

Candy Wand by Crystal

Hello Ribbons Unlimited Inc. fans !!

It's Crystal here and today I have a fun project I made for my daughter , she love to dress up and run around the house like a princess , so today I made her a candy wand , play now treat later . For this project I'm using the 7/8" Aqua DF Satin ribbon from the Ribbons Unlimited Inc. online store , lets get busy and I'll show you how I made this ..

Supply list :
6" wide sparkle tulle
7/8" Aqua DF Satin ribbon
Giant Pixie Stix
Tim Holtz mini snowflake rosette die
cardstock
scoretape
shatter proof plastic snowflake
a bottle cap with an image ( I just punched out a princess from the packaging off a toy my daughter received ) (#trash to treasure )
felt circle
sharp scissors

put score tape on end of rosette die cut
I added glue dot to hold rosette in shape so I could hot glue the felt circle in place

punch the image from toy packaging and make the bottle cap

next tie a bow with tulle

the layer should be tulle bow then glue pixie stick to tulle bow , next glue the plastic snowflake

glue the rosette with bottle cap and add my Aqua satin bow

close up to my finished candy wand

I am sure my daughter will love this and I hope it has inspired you to create something fun

for your little one and look at that toy packaging a new way lol..

Thanks so much for stopping by , leave me some feed back if you loved this project ,

I love hearing from my scrappy computer friends who love getting crafty : )

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for Ribbons Unlimited

Gift Box with Jamie

Good Morning!  Jamie back with you today sharing a fun gift box embellished with one of my favorite ribbons, the Golden Olive Double-Faced Satin Ribbon!  There are 196 colors available in widths up to 2-1/4" on the online store, and you can even special order widths up to 4"!  

This box opens up on both ends to reveal a box inside, 
which is perfect for stashing candies in!

Here is the tutorial:

1.  Cut the boxes and mats then fold the boxes on the score lines.

2.  With the smaller box, place adhesive on the four side tabs and adhere them to the box sides to form its shape.  With the large box, place adhesive on the four tabs then adhere the long sides to them as shown.

3.  Adhere the smaller box inside the center of the larger.

4.  Place adhesive on the sides and the coordinating tabs then adhere those sides to the box and fold that tab over within the smaller box.  Do this for both sides. This will hold the center box in place.

5.  Adhere the mats in place and place your goodies in the box.

6.  Once mats are in place, I punched a small hole in each side so that I could run my ribbon through.

7.  I push the ribbon up through the holes and pull the ribbon tight as I close the box.

8.  Cut out the Thank You sentiment and adhere to a tag.  Note: I cut my Thank and You apart so that I could move them to fit my tag better.  Tie a bow on the box and then tie the tag to the bow.

The ribbon really gives the box an elegance!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
-Jamie

Holiday Gift Giving Ahead! Pinky

It's getting to be that time of year again- time for making those

holiday gifts and preparing for November and December. 

Why not create a beautify handmade recipe book for that loved one

who adores your cooking or wants to save their own recipes!

For this Recipe Album I used a Clear Acrylic album 

then instead of tying it together I used a giant paper clip that I attached

a beautiful silky ribbon bow from Ribbons Unlimited. 

The paper clip is perfect for adding more pages too. 

I used the Double Faced Satin Key Lime Ribbon in 1 1/2". 

I really just wanted it to POP and it does!

Everything about this is handmade and will be treasured. 

I cannot wait to see the face of the recipient. 

Pinky Hobbs- Ribbons Unlimited Designer-

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

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

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

Gift Set by Pinky

 Hey there RU friends, 

It's just me Pinky today with a fun birthday gift project idea.

Today I am sharing this gift bags I created using the Kraft paper and my Silhouette. 

Here is how I created this project:

1. Cut out gift bag using Kraft Paper

and Silhouette Cameo or other digital die cut machine. 

2. Assemble gift bag. 

3. Glitter decorative top  of the gift bag.

4. Using negative cuts from hits bag- 

stamp Happy birthday Sentiment onto heart. 

5. Glitter edges of heart. 

5. Using double sided tape- adhere a strip to all for sides of 

an invitation. 

6. Glitter with coordinating glitter. 

7. Adhere sentiment heart to center and negative flourishes. 

8. Add bows using Ribbons Unlimited Double Face Satin Ribbon 1 1/2" Aqua 

beneath heart and onto the bag- folding the ribbon in half for the card. 

Fill bag with goodies and give!!

It's fun to create the perfect stripe of glitter using double sided tape. 

Ribbons to accent any project at Ribbons Unlimited!

I hope you enjoyed my birthday project today. 

Feel free to share with your friends, and don't forget to like us on 

Until next time- Keep on creating!

Pinky Hobbs- Ribbons Unlimited Design Team Member

Products Used:

Ribbons Unlimited Double Face Satin Ribbon 1 1/2" Aqua 

Neenah Classic Linen A2 Folded Invitations Avon Brilliant White, BROWN BAG Kraft 8 1/2 x 11, Clearsnap Glitter, Silhouette Cameo, Xyron High Tack Tape.