Graduation Gift Set by Nicole

Graduation season is here.  Since I work with the youth at church I had a graduation to celebrate this year.  Our local high school colors are black & yellow with white accents.  I used Black/White Polka Dot wired ribbon, Sheer Organdy ribbon in Apple Green, and Dazzle Ribbon in Ivory to decorate this gift bag.  

I added the Black/white polka dot ribbon through the holes in the bag and secured it on the inside with Helmar Fabric Glue.  Side note:  Between the depth of the holes in the bag and the wire in the ribbon the handles stood up on there own.  I love the look and height it creates to the finished bag.  

The organdy ribbon I used to make leaves.  I brushed Helmar Stiffener & Draping Liquid to lengths of the ribbon with a foam brush.  Fully saturate the ribbon and let dry.  

After a couple of hours the glue dries and the ribbon becomes stiff and you can carefully peel away from the paper plate.  

The stiffener makes the ribbon stiff, but it also allows you to cut the ribbon and keeps it from fraying.  I used a pair of fabric scissors and cut the ribbon in to leaf shapes.  

I glued these to the bag handle.  

I then took a length of the glitter ribbon to make my flower.  I threaded it onto a piece of wire to form the base.  

I formed the wire into a circle and twisted the wire onto the base cutting off the excess.  

I took another length of the glitter ribbon and began gluing it around itself to form the center making sure to cover the wire and inside.     

My finished flower.

I glued this on top of the leaves. Once finished I decided to add some depth to my flower with a yellow marker making the insides of the flower a little darker.  

Here is a look at the finished gift bag and card I gave to the graduate.  She loved it!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  

Happy Crafting, Nicole

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All digital svgs are from digiplayground.com

Happy Graduation Tutorial/Digi Cut by Jamie

Ribbons Unlimited, Inc. Designer, Jamie Cripps is back with a fun freebie -- a digital cut file that you can download for FREE! Jamie also includes instructions to create the banner in her 'Happy Graduation' card. Jamie used patterned paper, a custom die cut, SRM graduation stickers, and black grosgrain ribbon;

The FREE digital cut download (which contains both a .svg and .studio file) to create the ribbon loop tag used on Jamie's card can be downloaded by clicking HERE! The die cut should be used with 1/4" ribbon.

 

TUTORIAL

 

 1. Cut a black grosgrain ribbon to 8-1/2" 

 2. Cut the Ribbon Loop Tag digital cut file onto cardstock 

 3. Place foam adhesive on the back of the circle and both of the stars 

 4. Place the large star in the center of the circle 

 5. Adhere the smaller star in the center of the larger star 

 6. Cut your black grosgrain ribbon in half and grab the tag die cut. 

 7. Using the first slot on the right side of the tag, insert ribbon as shown 

 8. Create a loop on the back side of the tag and push the loop up through the second slot 

 9. Repeat step #7 on the left side 

10. Repeat step #8 to create the loop 

11. Adhere the ends with adhesive 

12. Adhere the assembled circle in the center of the tag to finish 

Thank you, Jamie! We'll have another FREE digital cut file for you next Monday. In the meantime, we're loading up the blog this week with projects galore, be sure stop in and see us!