Ribbon Treatment Swatch Book

As part of our club meetings for May, we did Ribbon Treatments.  We all made little "swatch books" to attach our ribbons samples to.  I thought I would share these with you with samples and instructions.  Check out my previous posts for a couple of different ribbon applications here and here.

Ribbon Treatment Swatch Book

(Thanks go to Cherie Hunt for the original idea of the swatch book) 

Each page has the ribbon treatment attached to it and the instructions are added to the back.  They are pretty self-explanatory.  Where I need pictures, I’ll add them.  When done, you can punch a hole in the corner and tie them all together with either a ring or with ribbon!!

 

I am including a sample card with each ribbon treatment

 

Attached Knot

Tie a piece of ribbon leaving enough to cut even lengths on either side of the knot.  Attach to your project with a glue dot

 

Stamp Sets:  Papaya Collage (WM 126610, CM 126612, page 75), Teeny Tiny Wishes (WM 115370, CM 127802, page 133)

Card Stock:  Soft Suede, Lucky Limeaid, Whisper White, Floral District Designer Series Paper (126919, page 163)

Ink:  Lucky Limeaid, Soft Suede

Embellishments:  3/8” Ruffled Ribbon Lucky Limeade (122977, page 172), Naturals Designer Buttons (127554, page 176) 

Ribbon treatment is tied once in a knot and attached to front of card with a mini glue dot!!

Bottle Bow

Cut about 11” of ribbon.  Wrap around a glue stick or a Stampin’ Mist bottle.  Tie a knot.  Slide off, Snip the loop at an angle.  Tape the longer pieces around your project.  Perfect tie every time!!

 

This is one I had never tried before and really love it – we always have our mister for the Stampin’  Scrub close – just tie that knot around the bottle, snip and attach to your card!!   I will have to “tell” on myself with this card,  I saw a similar idea with the beautiful polka dotted paper – I looked and looked for that paper in the catalog – literally every page.  And then realized it was the stamp set!!  DUH!!  So we can have that beautiful dotted “paper” in any color!!  Love it!! 

Stamp Set:  Layered Labels (WM 127070, CM 127072, page 103)

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze, Comfort Café Designer Series Paper (126898, page 163)

Ink:  Midnight Muse

Ribbon:  ¼” Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon (now retired, BUT the NEW replacement is absolutely stunning!! ¼” STITCHED Grosgrain Ribbon – it has white stitching down the middle  Item # 126877, page 173)

Big Shot:  Fancy Fan Embossing Folder (127751, page 189), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003, page 191)

 

Craft Bow & Rabbit Ears

With your right hand, make a loop and hold it between your thumb and index finger.  Wrap the long tail up and over your fingers.  Then push the piece into the open loop.  Adjust the tails.

Sorry this looks a little “worn”  – been in my box and got flattened.

 

There are a number of different ways to make this bow.  Rabbit ears work for me, but you can also make a loop then bring the long tail over your thumb/fingers and through the open loop.  Adjust the tails as necessary.

Here’s a picture of the “Rabbit Ears”  

First make two loops as in picture

Place right loop over left loop and then fold right loop around and through “hole” you have made

 

Clear as mud?  Try it, it really isn’t hard.  Adjust loops as  desired

 I used the Seam Binding ribbon on this card and love the way it turned out.  I wove the ribbon through the holes in the Lace Ribbon Border and then attached the bow at the top

 

Stamp Set:  Layered Labels (WM 127070, CM 127072, page 103)

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Ink:  Midnight Muse

Ribbon:  ½” Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon (120922, page 172)

Punches:  Lace Ribbon Punch (not retired), Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border (119275, page 183)

Big Shot:  Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003, page 191), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (117335, page 189)

Double-Back Bow

Punch 2 holes ¼” apart.  Cut ribbon about 6”. Insert ribbon tails into front holes toward the back side.   Crisscross ribbon tails and “feed” both back through the holes to the FRONT side.  Cut tails as needed, but always at an angle

I used to do these all the time until SU stopped carrying the double rectangle punch.  So this time I used the Crop-A-Dile and punched out two 1/8” holes.  You start with putting both ends of your ribbon through the holes from front to back – then bring them up the opposite sides through the front! 

Stamp Sets:  Everything Eleanor (WM 124162, CM 124164, page 112), Perfectly Penned (WM 122890, CM 122892, page 132)

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Soft Suede

Ink:  Raspberry Ripple

Embellishment:  Rose Red ¼” Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Punch:  Scallop Edge Border (119882, page 183), Postage Stamp (122344, page 182)

Faux Knot

Cut length of ribbon needed and tape to the back side of the CS.  Keep ribbon on the spool and tie a knot around this piece.  Then cut.  Ribbon will slide to any area of the first ribbon

I think this is really cool as your knot will slide across your card and you can have it anywhere you want it!!

In this card I slid it to the right – but it will move to any placement!!

Stamp Set:  Layered Labels (WM 127070, CM 127072, page 103)

Card Stock:  Baja Breeze, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Floral District Designer Series Paper (126919, page 163)

Ink:  Gumball Green Stampin’ Write Marker

Ribbon: Gumball Green 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon (126848, page 172)

Big Shot: Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003, page 191)

 

Check back tomorrow for the rest of the Swatch Book – I have a pdf file with the instructions so you can make your own swatch book.  

 

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