Decorate with Ribbon Scraps

Hi Everyone!

It's less than a month until Christmas and time to decorate, send greetings and wrap some gifts!

It's a good time to use up some of my leftover ribbon scraps from the projects that I created this year, too! I can never throw them away. I put them in a baggie and save them for projects like this. 

 I started with some simple shapes that I cut from felt. This is stiff felt (Friendly Felt from Kunin), but you can use regular felt, too. Shapes like a stocking, a tree, an ornament or a gift are simple to cut out and decorate. If you need more shapes, use cookie cutters.

Besides felt shapes, you'll need:

Thick tacky glue or hot glue and glue gun

Ribbon scraps (Gwen Studios)

Tags, bags or blank cards

Backing fabric or paper

Glue the ribbon scraps onto the felt.  Use binder clips or clothespins to hold while they dry if using tacky glue.  Glue to your surface. or create a fun garland by tying them onto more ribbon.

Here's a gift bag that I created with a green square of felt, ribbon scraps, a chipboard word and a rectangle of cardstock.

Ribbon Scraps Gift Bag

Here's a card with felt trees, sparkly Gwen Studios trim, cardstock and a chipboard word. I cut strips from the wide trim at the bottom of the Gwen Studios trim and glued it on the trees.

Trim Scraps Card

It's easy to make ornaments or gift tags.  Here's a circle with three rows of ribbons across the red felt circle.  For this tag, I used double-sided tape, pressed on the silver ribbon and then the red/silver ribbon.  Press the ends down on the back and add a loop for hanging.  Cover the ends with another circle of felt.

Ribbon Scraps Tag

Don't have ribbon scraps? Look for Gwen Studios ribbon at your favorite craft retailer:  Joann's, Walmart, Michaels or Amazon.

Looking for more holiday ribbon ideas?  Go to the Designer Crafts Connection blog.

Happy Holidays!

Breaking News!!  Gwen Studios now has Buttons!

Gwen Studios Round Plastic Sewing Buttons Value Pack, Assorted Sizes, 1 LB, Solid Christmas Colors - Walmart.com

I can't wait to design some projects with these!  Of course, you can add them to any of the designs above.  As a member of the design team for Gwen Studios, I'll be receiving some soon.

Back to School Backpack Clips

 

Back to school! Is it really that time of year already?!! Yes, it is!  In less than a month, the kids will be heading back to school.

Here are some quick ribbon tags that they can use to decorate a gym bag, backpack or binder using Gwen Studios ribbon.

Start with the finding you will use to attach the tag.  This can be a key ring, a large paper clip or a large lobster clasp.

For the ribbon, you'll need about 15" of 1/4" or 3/8" satin ribbon.

Slide the ribbon through the loop of the ring or clip. Make an overhand knot.

Slide on large hole beads, like pony beads.  Then, add a name or nickname and other fun beads. Overhand knot after the last bead.  Trim the ends of the ribbon.

For this tag, the pony beads slide on over both ribbons.

For this tag, which can be used on a book or binder, the beads slide on one ribbon.

For this tag, use two strands of ribbon and one of cord.  The cord is beaded with acrylic beads.

With the variety of ribbons available from Gwen Studios, the choice of beads and charms and YOUR imagination, these tags will be your unique creations!

You can find Gwen Studios ribbon at Walmart, Joann's, Michaels and on Amazon.  Here are a couple of links to get you started:

Sweet Shop ribbon

Satin Ribbon

For more Back to School crafts using Gwen Studios ribbon, check out the Designer Crafts Connection.

Rainbow Suncatcher for Gwen Studios

 Hi everyone!

Gwen Studios not only has some of the cutest ribbons available as you've seen from my past posts, it has spectacular patches.

Here's what I received for this month's designing:

With these, I created a sparkling rainbow suncatcher:

The colors are so bright and cheerful.  I love the polka dots!

To make my suncatcher, I cut 7" pieces of ribbons in rainbow colors and arranged them on the back of one of the rainbows overlapping the edges slightly.

This is the back of the polka dot ribbon.  I glued the ribbon on to hold it in place.  You can also carefully iron-on the ends of the ribbon.  Then, I added a second rainbow patch over the top.  Since they are symmetrical, the edges match.

Before adhering the patches to each other, I inserted a loop of thin white ribbon.  Follow the instructions on the package to iron the patches together.  Then, I trimmed the ends of the ribbons diagonally.

Here's the finished Rainbow Suncatcher.

What a great addition this would make to a child's room or any sunny window!

Here's where you can find these products from Gwen Studios at WalMart:

Sequin Rainbow Patch

Fox Patch

Star Patch

Unicorn Patch

Mermaid Patch

Solid and Polka Dot Ribbon Assortment