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

Organdy Ribbon Roses by Crystal

Hello Ribbons Unlimited Friends!!

It's Crystal here with a tutorial on how to make roses out of Organdy  2 3/4" size ribbon! Ribbons Unlimited Inc. has a ton of colors so I am sure you will find the right color for your project.  If you follow my blog any at all you know I love making flowers and I will make them from anything that will hold still..lol. Today I am making these roses for hair clips, but again use your imagination as these can be added to anything to doll up your projects.

Lets get started

Take your ribbon and fold back and forth until you have 8 layers square 2-3/4 
(this doesn't have to be exact)

Your ribbon should look like this now...

Find the center and make starter hole with a piercing tool:

Then add a brad to center of the ribbons

Cut each layer apart so they are now single layers

Next make cuts from each corner to the center, do all four sides

Then twist the layers so they are all off-center and use your heat gun and carefully heat the ribbon and it will melt and curl (I use a heat gun and not lighter because the lighter will leave brown or black on light ribbon and with the heat gun you also have more control).  Do this until you have the desired look!

Your completed rose should look similar to this:

Here is the back side of the rose:

I also made a smaller one use half the width (folding it over) and only do 4 layers:

Cut in half and now you have 8 layers, add brad and make your cuts and heat

Here are my 3 flowers! 
Don't you just love how pretty these are? 
This Organdy ribbon has a beautiful shimmer to it...

To finish my flowers, I make loops for the leaves with the lime organdy delight 5/8" ribbon

Then I add felt circles to the back for a more finished look...

TIP ALERT: If you are making these for little baby's with fine hair add some of the No slip sheet  (found by the liners for the kitchen cabinets) to the inside of the clip now the flower will not slip on fine hair!

Now a look at my finished hair clips!

Organdy 2 3/4' light pink Delight Sheer ribbon 5/8" - lime green crystal brads heat gun hot glue gun pink felt white marabou feathers hair clips

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Thanks for stopping by the blog , I hope you learned something new to try with the amazing ribbon found at Ribbons Unlimited! Be sure to stop by the store and order some for those upcoming projects. 
Get scrappy and make something that makes you SMILE : )

Hello Card and Flower Tutorial by Jamie Cripps

Good morning!  Can you believe we are almost at the end of August?  Crazy.  It's Jamie back with you today sharing a bright and cheerful card and a tutorial so you can recreate it too!

For this card I am using the Citron Velvet Nylvalour 7/8" and

the Hot Pink Double-Ruffled 7/8" ribbons!

Here is the tutorial:

1.  Cut a 6" piece of the Hot Pink Double Ruffle Ribbon

2.  Cut a 22" piece of the Citron Velvet Nylvalour 

3.  Tie a knot with the Hot Pink Double Ruffle around the Citron Velvet ribbon as shown.

4.  Trim off the ends of both ribbons so you only have the knot remaining.  This will be the center of our flower.

5.  Use a 2" Gluber (you can also use label paper or hot glue) and place the knot in the center.

6.  Begin wrapping the ribbon around itself, twisting slightly as you go but make sure you have the velvet facing up at all times.

7.  Your flower should look like this when finished.

8.  Next gather your supplies for your card.  I have two pattern papers, a card base and another 30" piece of the hot pink ribbon.

9.  Cut your main pattern paper to 4"x 5" then tie a bow around the center.

10. Next adhere your flower to the right side of the bow as shown.

11. Cut a 4" x 1-1/4" strip from your second patterned paper and punch the edge with a border punch.  Add adhesive to the top portion.

12.  Glue the piece under the bottom of the main pattern paper.

13.  Then glue the piece on to the front of the card base.

14.  Next add foam adhesive to the back of the wood veneer sentiment.

15.  Then add it to the card near the knot of the hot pink bow.

16.  Your finished card should look similar to this!

I love the texture and look of the Velvet Nylvalour for the flower!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Jamie