Hellooooo!!
Wowzers, what a fantastic week we had last week with all your wonderful creations - we got to 301 entries!! Thank you so much for taking the time to enter our competition!
This weeks challenge is:
USE RIBBON ON YOUR CREATION!
Nice and simple hey?! Now onto my (Leanne's) ribbon wreath tutorial. I have been asked quite alot how I made these so thought I should share with you how I did them!
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Who are offering one lucky winner a $10 voucher to spend in the shop!
"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs. My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists. I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"
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My name is Angela and I own Sew Many Cards. I have a husband, an almost 10year old daughter, a two year old son, and a dog/puppy: Hershey. The images of Sew Many Cards came from a dream that my husband had of a group of animals that were "SEWN Together" with patches and stitching, hence the name, which he also came up with. You will find that every image in the. Sew Many Cards collection has patches and stitching, even the ones that are not animals. I love to draw and almost every image is either an inspiration from my family or a request from my great customers and design team, so please ask if you need something specific or would like to request something be made. You can contact me at angela@sewmanycards.com.
An added prize is, if you make a ribbon wreath after seeing my tutorial and add it to Mr Inlinkz, I shall choose one of the ribbon wreaths and they will win a surprise!
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You will need:
Ribbon (green & red)
Gems / Dew Drops (optional for decoration)
1. In the centre of your ribbon you need to make two loops. One is a loop and the other you do a loop that is crossed over at the bottom of it.
2. Put the left loop through the right loop, but twist the right loop so that when we pull it tight it fastens together.
3. Whilst you are still holding the left loop, you need to pull the tail of the righ loop to secure the left loop in place.
4. It should now look like this, make sure you don't pull it too tight though:
5. Now with the right ribbon, make another loop.
6. Put the right loop through the left loop. I find it easier if you put your finger through the loop to keep it in place while you tighten the ribbon.
7. Pull the tail of the ribbon of the loop that you have just put the other loop through (this should be the left hand side one - lol does that make sense?!) You should be pulling the tail of the ribbon that your finger is NOT going through.
8. It should look like this:
9. Make a loop with the ribbon that you have just pulled the tail off (should be the left hand side).
10. Put the left loop through the right loop. Keep your finger in the left loop after you have put it through to keep it in place.
12. It should now look like this:
13. Keep threading the loops through each other until you get to the end of your ribbon (one side may be smaller than the other like mine). It should now look like this:
14. Put the end of your ribbon through the last loop and pull the tail of the looped ribbon.
15. Get the other end of the wreath, and then put the ribbon through one of the loops of the base of the wreath.
16. Tie a knot using the two pieces of left over wribbon.
17. Voila!! The completed wreath!!
You can now jazz up your wreath with a red bow...and dew drops or gems - get carried away!!
Wotcha think?!
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DT Inspiration using Ribbon for the challenge and also some gorgeous images from Softpencil!
Maggie
Moriah
Carol
Vee
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Remember, on the new look Top Tip Tuesday blog, all you have to do to win a prize is:
- Create something using the theme of the challenge
OR - leave a tip (using the comment section)
OR - do both!!
You can enter as many times as you like - just as long as its a new creation - any back dating creations (before today's date) will be removed.
You must also do a link to Top Tip Tuesday on your creation post.
Only someone leaving a tip can win the featured tipper prize - you can leave your tip via the comment section of the post.
Thanks for stopping by and we can't wait to see your fabulous creations!!!
