Been keeping busy with some fun projects over past few weeks. I only see it increasing now that Christmas is getting closer and closer. I have some exciting things planned in addition to GOODchristmas. I’m missing a pic of a large wipe case that I made for my friend April Diaz – who just came back with her husband Brain from meeting their 2 kiddos for the first time about 1 week ago (I highly recommend checking out her blog).

If you want to know how I make the ribbon boards, check out my tutorial HERE.

Check back for my Special Thanksgiving Post

on Friday.  Thanks to my friend and very talented ”crafter” Alissa Circle of Rags to Stitches Boutique for her help with this up coming project!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

So sad…my friend Janice from work is moving up to N. Cali with her husband and two boys.  I thought making her a Ribbon Picture Board that she can put pictures of all our fun times together on the CVICU would be a nice going away gift. I also made her a Wipe case (How-To blog coming for this), because I remember her seeing one a few months back and wanting one.

Ribbon Picture Board (3 color/style)

Wipe Holder

I did some things a little different on this Ribbon Picure Baord than I talked about on my eariler post (see, no need to go word for word…allow yourself some creative freedom… let me know how it goes – I’d love to see pictures of your projects!)

For starters, I one used 3 types of ribbon. I didn’t think i could do this at first. I was about to told off on this project until I could get more ribbon, but then I thought I should just try and see what happens. As luck would have it, I really like how it turned out.

Can’t wait to give Janice her gifts tomorrow!

I got this idea from a picture @ Michael’s craft store. It’s super cute and fun. It can be done both on a small scale or large scale.

Materials

* Canvas (16″x20″ is what I used in the demo, but I’ve done as small as 10″x13″ and as large as 26″x48″). I get my cavases from Michaels

* Ribbon – you will need at least 7 differnet colors/patterns of ribbon. The amount depends on your canvas size. For 16″x20″ you will need at least 4ft of each (you will have some leftovers). I get my ribbon from Michaels and Stampin’ Up!

* Push Pins (ones with long neck) – clear and white (or colored if you’d like)

* Small Paper Clips – with plastic covering. White or colored.

* Hot Glue

* Accessories - Ex: Chip board (mine is from Stampin’ Up!) – letters, numbers, shapes, tags, etc.

* Pictures – to post on your board when you’re finished.

How to Make a Ribbon Picture Board

1. Chose color scheme. For this project I chose blue, white and brown.

2. Play around with ribbon set-up. See what you like the best, take a picture so you have something to reference while attaching the ribbon.

3. Start attaching ribbon. Start at one side and leave at least 2″ extra of ribbon on each side. This will make it easier to attach the ribbon. Use hot glue and/or staple gun to attach ribbon.

4. Attach one side (let glue dry), then pull ribbon as tight as possible. The ribbon needs to lay as tight to the board as possible so the pictures can be held in place.

5. When you’re finished with one side, measure out your ribbon of the next side and glue/staple one end to the canvas (only ONE)

6. Weave the new ribbon in and out of the already place ribbon. Attach the other end of ribbon to the canvas.

7. Accessorise with decorated chip board letters/numbers. I used a tag with the word “twins” stamped on it, because the board is for some friends @ my work that are, SURPRISE… having twins.

8. Tie pieces of ribbon to small colored paper clips. Use on magnet part of board, to help keep pictures attacted to ribbon, or just to embellshments to your pictures.

9. Tie pieces of ribbon to pushpins. The pushpins can be pushed into the canvas just fine, without anything behind it. Feel free to attach corec board to the back if you want. I did it once and it did not seem to help, just added more time and money to the project.

10. If giving as a gift, attach picture(s) to display what the board is for.

This project is so much fun, I think I’ve made 6 in the past 2 or so months as gifts.