Ribbon Weaving

Hello Folks, Laura here today.

Back in September, I shared a woven clipboard with you.  I had a few ideas for other ways to use this Mad Weave in my crafting.

I made a few hexagon templates a little larger than twice the width of my ribbon and set about weaving around them.  Again you can watch a video of the weaving instructions here as it is much easier to watch than to read if you see what I mean.

I used super strong sticky tape on the backs of the hexagon to secure the ribbons in place.  I then had three tiles of woven ribbon.  My original plan was to use these as embellishments on a scrapbook layout but when I saw them I thought a card would be a good use of them too.

I use a square card blank and added a sentiment stamped and embossed on vellum and pinned to one of the hexagons.

I've used 9mm satin ribbons available here.

Thanks for looking, I hope you have all had a Happy Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year!
Laura

Silk Ribbon Roses

Morning, Ali here sharing some of my Silk ribbon embroidery.

Only a few sneak peaks as it is a new kit in the making, it is still in my embroidery hoop!

The roses are called French Knot roses and use 7mm silk ribbon.  Have you tried them?

Our silk ribbon is a dream to work with and can be found here

Have a great day, cold and crispy here 

Get Well card

Morning guy's, hope you are all enjoying your Boxing Day festivities !!

 

Always with winter we need a few "Get Well" cards with all the nasty bugs going round. So here is a bright and cheerful one using some yellow sheer puff dots ribbon.

 

 

Quick and easy to make and you can find all the fab sheer puff dots ribbon HERE

Don't forget to check out our ribbon challenge over on Face Book  which you can find HERE We love seeing what you make using ribbon !!

hugs Diane xx 

 

Last minute Christmas TAG

Hi crafters!

Are you ready for Christmas? I'm in a big mess of paper, cards and presents that I have to deliver..

Here in Italy we celebrate also Christmas Eve, so I have to set up everything for tonight!

I leave you here a quick last minute idea to create a small tree tag for your presents.

My friend really appreciate it!

For the tree tag I used:

Star ribbon(I love the versatility of this ribbon)

Happy Christmas ribbon



I would love to send you my best wishes for Christmas and hope that these holidays will be peaxe, relax, family and lot of love.

Happy crafty day!!
Sara

Peg Fairy made using Organza Swiss Dot Ribbon

Hi Everyone,

It's Sarah B here and I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and to share one of my peg dolls I made using the Organza Swiss Dot Ribbon in White with Pink, Lilac and Turquoise dots

 

I had seen peg fairies about and came across some pegs and wooden balls so had a play and was really happy with what I made. I had such fun painting the face and creating the hairstyle! The ribbon finishes the doll of perfectly :) 

Thanks for looking,

Sarah B  x

Grattis Kid och Riita!!!

Need chocolate?

Giving away chocolate these days?

Why not use the chocolate ribbons

for wrapping your gift or decorating the card?

Pink chocolate ribbon is HERE. 

KEEP CALM ribbons are HERE.

Thanks for visiting our blog, 

have a great week and don't forget the 

challenge at our Facebook page!

Bye everybody!

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La Vikinga

Christmas Wreath

Sarah here with a pretty Christmas wreath featuring the Nisse Ribbon Collection.

I started by winding the wreath with tiny string lights before adding any embellishments. The battery pack was secured with glue on the back.

Using the sweet Nisse ribbon I made a loop to hang the wreath and topped it with a bow. I then wound seam binding and eyelash ribbon around the wreath and secured at the top.

I decorated the wreath with paper flowers, snowflakes and sequins and then added some white acrylic paint to tone down the colours and create a snowy effect to go with the Nisse ribbon.

A dash of iridescent glitter sprinkled over dabs of glue added some sparkle as a finishing touch.

You can check out the full process video here 

Thanks for joining me today.

Sarah

5 minute cards with Toppers

Happy Thursday Scatty Jan here today......

We all do it don't we? Yes there is always a need for a last minute card, someone forgotten pops up or an unexpected card pops through the door, I am sure I get caught out most years.
So this year I set myself a target 5 minute cards
I had discovered Crafty Ribbons do the most cutest toppers at an absolute amazing price
Check them all out Here

I really can not wait to get my hands on more of these beauties
I simply grabbed a few dies and popped them through my big shot but to be honest you could just use them as they are
So I gathered all my supplies and set the clock....

I dusted round each image with Distress Oxides, die-cut 3 little tags and stamped a sentiment in each and adhered a little string , layed up using foam tags to stick each topper to white card stock (cut at 3.5 x 3.5) , attached my ribbons, and then adhered to coloured card stock (cut at 4.0 x 4.0). I then glued to my 5 x 5 white card blank , attached my tag and a couple of dew drops to each card. I then stopped the clock
I worked on all three cards together and I stopped the clock at 14 minutes and 25 seconds!!
The lush ribbons are from the Christmas Cupcake Collection
and I have used
Christmas Cupcake ~ Happy Christmas Chocolate
Christmas Cupcake ~ Happy Christmas Red
Christmas Cupcake ~ Happy Christmas Turquoise

Thank you for looking
xx

Hello gingerbread girl!

Hej! By now you know it means "hello" in

Swedish, right? Today I wanted to show a card

where I matched the fun gingerbread ribbon

with a patterned paper:

HERE is the entire collection of ribbons

called "Gingerbread House"

More information about the materials

can be found on my blog HERE.

Have a great week you all!!!

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La Vikinga

Sweet December

December is already here. Monthes passed so quickly. It's time to think about Christmas and all thinks around.

Today I'm wishing you a sweet December to think serenely during this period.

I used Ginger words ribbon from Gingerbread house collection to make this card and a very easy origami to do the christmastree. As I put on the middle, it looks like a pop-up card.

You could make it with children. 

Hoping you would have a sweet December as mine.

Christelle

psss! I have a new website. You're welcome to visit it and comment!

You're Beautiful Russian Doll Ribbon Card

Good Morning Everyone! 


Today I am sharing my Russian Doll themed card. I love Russian Dolls and my daughter is obsessed with the one she has, when I saw this ribbon I was so happy :) I have used the Dolls Ribbon from the Russian Doll Collection.

I matched my papers and inks to the ribbon to create this card. The stamp set and mask I have used is the Beautiful Babushkas by For the Love of Stamps. I inked through the pattern, then separately stamped and coloured the little Russian Dolls, greeting and flowers using Distress Oxide Inks. To finish I added the beautiful ribbon and some sequins.

Thanks for looking, 

Sarah B

Penny Slider card

Hi there Jan here today to share with you a little card that I made

A Penny Slider card

I am new to these and really love them there so much fun

The lovely ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons

Sheer Puff Dot - Royal
very scrummy
Don't forget to join in our challenge you could win some yummy Ribbons!!
You can join in here
There are lots more details and photo's of my card on my blog
xx

Flying Pigs!

Hi folks, Laura here today.

When I saw this ribbon I knew I wanted to recreate the little tomte in paper form.  Who could possibly resist a nisse riding a pig?!

I made a pattern and paper pieced him together in matching cardstock.  I tried to include all the details from Ali's design.  I made it slightly dimensional by layering - I guess that is decoupage?

I attached the nisse to the card in such a way that he spins... now not only do we have a nisse riding a pig we have a flying pig!!

I'd love to give you directions on how to create a spinner card but I worked from several tutorials that I found on YouTube and still ended up wandering off on my own path.  I will share clear instructions when I have them, it's on my list of things to do in the new year.

Supplies:
Ribbon from the Nisse collection from Crafty Ribbons
Sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps
paper from my stash

Thanks for looking!
Laura

Advent ribbons

God Morning peeps

Today i am sharing some inspiration for you using these fabulous Advent ribbons which you can find HERE at Crafty Ribbons

These are fabulous to use as they are already in the strips so very easy to sew and if i can do it I'm sure you can, as i am not a sewing person at all...lol

I would have maybe added some padding  and a backing but time won I'm afraid....

thanks for your visit 

x Carol x

Pink ribbon fairy !!

Morning guys !!

Just sharing my cute pink dolly peg ribbon fairy with you today. Just right to hang on your Christmas tree and use up your scraps of ribbon !!

 

  All you need to do is paint a dolly peg white, draw in hair and features with black pen plus shoes. Then make a pom pom using your ribbon scraps the old fashion way with two circles of card with hole cut in middle, but leave a hole in middle when wrapping ribbon round to push dolly peg into before cutting apart and tying thread round. Add big bow for wings and attach another piece of ribbon to hang her up with.

The ribbons I have used are:

Pink Gingham and Check: HERE

Pink Polka Dots: HERE

Pink Stripe: HERE

Pink French Cotton Lace: HERE

Wow so many fantastic colours to choose from, what colour will your fairy be ??

hugs Diane xx