Ribbon Rosettes Tutorial and Card

Hi Everyone,
I am back today with the one of the ribbon ideas I have been promising!  I will show you how to make pretty ribbon rosettes that can be used in a variety of ways.  I added mine to a card, but they could be used on a headband, jewelry, a scrapbook page, alters items, etc....  Let's look at the finished card first.

Materials List:

Blue Wired Crinkle Ribbon (AW03) May Arts

Stamp: Flower Text (S5506) Hero Arts

Ink: Onyx Black VersaFine

Ranger Distress Markers: Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Mustard Seed, Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans

Cardstock: white, black, and Not Quite Navy (Stampin' Up)

Yellow Crystal Stickers 10 mm-Mark Richards

Fabri-Tac Glue

Sharp Scissors

Instructions:

• Cut a length of the Blue Wired May Arts Ribbon   

• An eleven inch piece of ribbon will  make  2 two inch rosettes

• Cut the ribbon in half lengthwise with a sharp pair of dressmaking shears

• Sew the two short ends together with needle and thread ( I used regular sewing thread)
• Make a small knot on the top edge so that the stitches made on the short end don't gather up

• Run gathering stitches down on long edge

• Begin to pull the stitches to gather the ribbon

• Pull the thread to tightly gather the ribbon 
• Now your rosette has taken shape.

• Take several more stitches across the center of the rosette to secure the ribbon 
• Knot the thread and cut the thread

That's it!  Wasn't that easy!!  Now you are ready to decorate a project with your hand made embellishment.  ***If you use a narrower ribbon, skip the step of cutting the ribbon in half lengthwise.  

Here is how I completed my Card:

• Make a card base with Not Quite Navy CS
• Layer with Black CS
• Stamp the Hero Arts stamp on white CS with Black Onyx ink

• Color the flowers with Distress Markers with the colors listed on the Materials list
• Add to the card base

• Use Fabri-Tac glue (or another strong craft glue) to attached the rosettes to the card
• Add the large Yellow gems in the center of the rosettes  ( I used the Fabri-Tac glue on the gems too)

Wouldn't you love to receive this card??  I think it would be great for a birthday, get well, or a thinking of you.  You could make a bunch of the rosettes ahead of time and keep them for future use.  I like to keep a few on hand.  But, sometimes I make them specifically for  a particular project. 

 I hope you will try to make these fun hand made embellishments.  

*****A Few fun Challenges for my Folk Art flowers
Challenges 4 Everybody: anything goes
Stamping Sensations: summer blooms
ABC Challenge: O is for open
Crafting Musketeers: use a stamp
Creative Moments: lots of layers
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I will be back later with an idea that uses some of those ribbon scraps!!  Don't throw those away!!

I wish you a happy day.  Love ya.

Karen