Ribbon Flowers

Hello everyone. I'm really flattered to be able to contribute to Inspirational Tips and Techniques and so for my first contribution I'd like to show you how to make a folded ribbon flower.

So above, is the finished flower and now I'm sure that you all want to see how I made it.

First you will need to assemble your ingredients:

On my table I had:
4 strips of hot pink satin swiss dot ribbon each measuring 15 cm.
A few buttons. I hadn't yet decided which ones to use. You will need one bigger than the other though.
Cotton
A needle. Use a sharp one.
Start your flower by putting some glue on one end of the ribbon:

Fold it to the centre add glue to the other end and fold that to the centre too. Your ribbon should overlap and form a loop that the glue holds together in the centre.



Once you've done this you can layer up the pieces as seen in the picture below and now you're almost ready to sew them together.

I played around with the buttons that I had on the table and I finally chose a pink and a green button as I liked the way that they looked.

You need to be aware that you are sewing a lot of layers of ribbon together so that's why you will need a sharp needle. I started by sewing just two pieces together to get the position right.


Now layer up the pieces and sew together. Add your buttons and sew together and your flower is ready to go...

This and other tutorials are available on my Craft Fairy blog.

P.S. I take requests for tutorials.

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sending you sunshine

Woo Hoo it is Thursday!!! You know what that means...it's my day over on 365 Cards {and tomorrow is friday}!!

Today's challenge is:

"Leaf" it up to me!

Stamp it, draw it, cut it out, use an image or the real thing, but there must be at least one leaf on your card.

Surprisingly, this was a difficult challenge...nothing was hitting me, kwim? I have single stamp images of a leaf {or two} but nothing too exciting. Then I remembered this A Muse tree that I have...I was going to be ultra-insane and paper piece the leaves but those puppies are way tooo small. So I colored them in with copic yg03/yellow green. I knew I wanted to add buttons and played around a smidge then finally decided on my crochet trim AND foof-a-la buttons...nice little shabby chic touch, whaddy think?

I hope that you'll join me in today's challenge...come on...join in on the fun!!!

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Friday's 5th Avenue Goodness

Happy Friday!!!

Today's 365 Cards Scor-it Challenge is scoring a pattern. I was thinking of scoring a pattern on a Fabriano card but remembered this Making Memories 5th Avenue paper that I picked up at Target. I realize that you can't really see how the paper looks but I scored on the blue lines. It makes for a nice unexpected texture on that designer paper.

Here's a close up of the paper...hmmm...still can't really see it but it is there :)

Show us what you got....I'm certainly going to keep this challenge in mind to pep up some old designer paper!!

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paper: misc black, making memories 5th avenue accessories: prima, misc buttons, satin ribbon from paper source.

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I can see clearly now...

I have been behind on my sketch challenges this week...have been having too much with my mini Scor-it! This is for Card Patterns Sketch 10. I adore the look of acetate but it is a bugger to photog. I just got my new shipment of Thickers ala Peachy Cheap {double shipment! woot woot!!} I teamed it up with a smidge of Hambly goodness {it is folded in half so that I can write my message on the inside of it} and my vintage buttons.

Thanks for taking a peek...remember to come back tomorrow...it's my day over at 365 Cards...

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Sassy Cheer

Happy Friday!!!

I'm horribly behind on some cards...actually sympathy ones. They have got to be thee hardest cards to make...I'm non-traditional in certain card making projects. Can you believe that this "Sassy Cheer" card is a sympathy one? Yes, it is nice and bright and cheery....what could be better? It definitely depends on the recipient...and this is going postal today for a young blogging buddy of mine that recently lost a family member. I'm crossing my fingers that when she opens up the envy that this card will make her smile...

The card base is Stampin' Up Chocolate chip and the oh-so-cute paper is Sassafras Fruit Slice Land...reversible...the scalloped heart band is the flip side of the rainbow design....I could NOT resist the scalloped edge. I picked it up from the fabulous online store, Peacoats & Party Hats. Candice's blog is fabulous...I loved this post with her Haunted Couture Kit.... soooo stinkin' fun! I actually took the time to stitch the fun button onto the American Crafts felt flower...I figure that it will have a better chance going through the USPS that way...

I hope you all have a magnificent weekend...I have a feeling that it is going to be a soggy soccer Saturday for us....

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stamps: stampendous paper: stampin' up chocolate chip, sassafras fruit slice land ink: versafine vintage sepia accessories: american craft's greenhouse flower, vintage button, stampin' up word window punch & slit punch

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