Sorry I haven't posted here for quite a while! But I'm playing catch-up. I have a tutorial to share with you today and a couple more scheduled for next week.
I saw the idea for this ribbon flower on another blog while going through my feeds the other day. I just went through my bookmarks and evidently I didn't save it though. So if it was possibly YOU (or you saw it and you know where it is), pleave leave me a comment so I can give you/them credit. On that particular blog, it was an ornamental flower type image stamped in red ink on white cardstock, then the ribbon was woven through it. Edit from Julie: Jennie has given us this link Vicki ~ Hopefully this is where you first saw it :)
Anyway, it gave me the inspiration to try this. So here is my version:
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Supplies: Cardstock, Super Jumbo Flower Punch, Polo Button Brad, Crop-a-Dile (all from The Angel Company), 12" of ribbon, two glue dots.
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Using the LARGER hole on the Crop-a-Dile, punch a hole directly in the center of the punched flower. You can see in my picture how I position the flower to easily line the hole up in the middle.
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Now, on the SMALL hole punch side of the Crop-a-Dile, set the paper guide at the 1/4" mark. See the red arrow in the above picture.
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At the center of each flower petal, punch a SMALL hole. The paper guide that you set in the last step will set your hole at the same depth on each petal.
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Use a glue dot to adhere one end of the ribbon on the BOTTOM of the flower, then thread the ribbon up through the center hole.
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Thread the ribbon down through one of the petal holes.
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Thread the ribbon back up through the center hole.
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Thread the ribbon down through the next petal hole, then back up through the center.
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Continue all the way around the flower, ending with threading the ribbon down through a petal hole. I used my scissor tips to poke the ribbon through the holes.
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Use another glue dot to adhere the end of the ribbon to the back of the flower, and trim off the excess ribbon. The red arrow shows the end piece.
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There are many possibilities to finish off this flower, but I used a 1/2" circle punch and a Polo Button Brad.
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Hope this inspires you to make your own! Don't have a flower punch? Try it with a scalloped circle! Let me know how it goes, I'd love to see it!
Check out my blog,
Angel Stamper, for more inspiration!
Make it a great day, Tootles!