Ribbon Creations

I just got back from a long vacation and got inspired by ribbon! I created a yellow coneflower out of a styrofoam ball. 

Supplies:

Styrofoam ball

Black ribbon cut into 4 inch strips

Straight pins

Yellow paper or neoprene

 Cut the foam paper into petal shapes

 Attach the foam with pins like the ribbon

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My inspiration!

Ribbon shop in Paris and a giraffe and an ostrich created out of ribbon.

-lauren

4th of July

For the 4th of July be creative with table napkins and mini meringues!

 Items needed: white chocolate, cup, plate, tooth picks, sprinkles (blue and red), & meringue made into stars (easy recipe on Martha Stuart blog or purchase pre-made.

After you bake meringues, decorate them with colors for the holiday.

 Make a pattern on the meringue by melting white chocolate. Paint a thin layer on the meringue in a pattern.

 Pour sprinkles on top.

  Use bandanas as napkins and fold into a spiral shape like a star.

A place card for guests.

 Glue this ribbon on the top.

 Cut out a star from red neoprene, felt, or paper. Any thicker material to give it a 3-D feel.

-lauren

Sea Themed

I sketched a seahorse on card stock.

 I used the embossing tool from PaperSource to color the seahorse white.                                                                                           Sequins = bubbles!

 Color it blue!

 Tea bag = sand

 Add flour

Glue the sand onto the card

New Project!

Today I made some cards out of tissue paper, sequins, and I used the embossing tool.

 Pick out tissue paper.

Cut multiple sheets of tissue paper into a wavelike pattern like this.

Glue the waves onto one another so it looks like one big wave.

Out of orange tissue paper I drew a fish and cut it out.

Glue the fish.

I added some sequins to the card!

-lauren

Working with Tissue Paper

For this card get two colors of tissue paper.

 Cut a couple of pieces into flowers (this does not have to be perfect!)

 Once you cut it up crinkle the edges.

 Glue all the petals onto themselves and put it on a card.

 Cut out a small square.

 Crinkle it up so it looks like a tiny flower.

 Glue as many of the tiny flower onto the card as you want!

This is the card! I added a "TO:" tag onto the card because it is being attached to a gift.

-lauren

Summer Happy Birthday Cards

Today I started to play with a straw wrapper and decided to make that shape into a fun birthday card!

 I chose some bright summer colors.

 I cut out a strip out of heavy card stock (paper will work also).

 This is how I folded the paper in order to get that pattern. An accordion fold but angled.

 From Paper Source I bought the VersaMark and embossing powder to create a Happy Birthday stamp on the card (to hand write this will also work).

 This tool I ran over the Happy Birthday stamped powder to make it stay 

(take a class at Paper Source and they will help you!)

This is the final product! I added two small paper patterns to make it more interesting!

-lauren