RIBBON WEAVING

 

Here are a few card samples of the ribbon weaving technique I'll be teaching at my July 18th Christmas in July Tea Party Class at Scrapbook Island. This looks a lot harder than it is....so come and learn the secrets to making your 2010 Christmas card with the WOW! factor by calling (408)978-89oo to attend this class. (More Tea Party info. is provided in the column on the right.) I'll be posting non-Christmas ribbon weaving cards on Sunday...so check back then.
(Stamp in center of middle card: SU Spotlight on Christmas with Real Red ink)

Ribbon Weaving & Video Tutorial

For my loyal blog readers, I now how have a video tutorial for this ribbon weaving technique. It looks a lot harder than it is to make, but it does take practice! Be sure to leave the left side of the ribbon about 3 inches longer than the right once you get to the breast cancer ribbon portion of the video....so grab a 2-yard piece of 1/4" wide grosgrain ribbon and view the video HERE. Written instructions by another talented crafter Sue Wilson can be found HERE.

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: The Ribbon Wreath Revisited

I recently found a post on Pinterest that made me smile BIG TIME...it was a picture of a lovely framed mini Christmas quilt with a ribbon wreath added in the center for the "O" in JOY....and it was a pin from my oh! so talented friend, quilter, teacher and paper crafter Julie Cefalu on her blog called THE CRAFTY QUILTER! It's like a celebrity sighting when I see a Pinterest picture showing something that a friend of mine has created =)

...and this post was especially exciting because she said in her post that she had learned how to do the ribbon weaving technique from little ole' me! I use this technique for putting Christmas wreaths on cards. You can see samples of the ribbon wreath used for cards below and watch my how-to video to give it a try yourself! First up is Julie's card:

The following two cards are some of my favorite Christmas cards of all time:

CLICK HERE

for more ribbon wreath card samples and here's
my video tutorial so you can do it, too!

...and here is a Christmas card I made
with some of the supplies my WONDERFUL
friend Mel recently gave to me:

The Envelope:

Love those cute little 3-D reindeer

stickers from Sandylion!

More Ribbon Weaving!

Here are two more non-holiday cards made using the ribbon weaving technique that I'll be demonstrating in my July 18th Christmas in July Class at Scrapbook Island. For more details, see the Tea Party info. in the right column...and to see the post showing my original Christmas cards using this technique, click HERE.