Sunday, September 02, 2007

Inspiration {R} Ribbon

How versatile is ribbon? Very. Here's a few things you can do with ribbon:

- Tie ribbon onto the book rings or spiral of books.
- Tie ribbon onto a paperclip for a fab embelly.
- Make a gatefold card or journalling space, set eyelets and then use ribbon in a lacing effect to close the gatefold.
- Use ribbon as a flower stem.
- Use short lengths of ribbon around a punched out circle to create a flower effect.
- Tie around a chipboard letter.
- Fold a short length of ribbon in half and staple to your project.
- Rubber stamp greetings onto a piece of cotton or twill ribbon.
- Use rub-ons on ribbon.
- Use dotty ribbon with stripey paper or vice versa.
- Add flowers to a length of ribbon to create a daisy chain effect.
- Fray ribbon ends for an aged look.
- Attach a charm to your page or card with thin ribbon.
- Create a pull-tag with a looped piece of ribbon.
- Thread thin ribbon through chunky buttons and tie.

Ooooooh I could go on and on. Ribbon is so versatile and I must admit I use it on probably every project!

Ribbon storage can be fun too. Find an old box, decorate and make holes to poke the ribbon through. Use a piece of wooden dowling across your workspace to hang ribbon reels on.

Or use messy baskets like me...........



Either way, have fun!!

2 comments:

Kaz said...

I lurve ribbon too, but mine doesn't look as neat as yours!! you've got some scrummy ones there - love that smiley face - most of my cards have ribbon on somewhere.

Unknown said...

Thanks for the great ideas Caroline! I am impressed with your ribbon storage. Mine is in a plastic food box. I'll blog and add it to the forum/gallery for you all....