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I have one. When I started out, all I had was white organza. When I wanted some thing with color........I just sponged it with ink..........worked awesome.
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you can stamp on grosgrain with staz on or craft ink (I'm not sure about classic...don't see why it wouldn't work)
ALSO, if you want to adhere the ribbon to your card, on grosgrain in particular, you can run your snail adhesive along the back, and it works really well, and the ribbon lays nice and flat (without knots and bows) Hope that makes sense...
you can stamp on grosgrain with staz on or craft ink (I'm not sure about classic...don't see why it wouldn't work)
I dye my grosgrain by running it through my classic inks (use a dauber on my finger to hold the ribbon against the ink) and then CAREFULLY heat setting it......works great and it's a perfect color match to your papers!
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Also, instead of trying to tie a bow in one piece of ribbon, I adhere the ribbon where it should go (like described with the SNAIL above) then I tie a seperate bow and adhere it where I want with a glue dot. That way, it looks like there is a bow tied in the piece of ribbon, but it completely seperate! Clear as mud?!
I like to hit my organdy ribbon with the heat gun and it ripples and curls. I have two heat guns and the one that doesn't get as hot does a better job. (In fact that's why I have two, I bought the second one just for this technique, I love it that much. )
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Another nice look is to take vellum and cut it to the exact size of your piece of ribbon, stamp the vellum and lay on top of the ribbon and adhere the whole thing to your card with eyelets or adhesive. It is a nice, soft, look and adds some dimension too.
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I bought the double slit punch too. I'm pretty sure I can do the "flat bow look" where there really isn't a "bow", but the ribbon goes down through both slits & then back up so there are 2 tails.... I hope that makes sense.
What else can I do with the punch (of course, besides weaving ribbon into my card.)
Thanks!
ps, I hope this isn't hijacking, forgive me if it is!!
I've also died the black gingham ribbon to match - love it with ruby red! And it works to stamp on the organdy ribbon too with classic ink. And let's not forget twill tape - does that count as ribbon? Cuz with it we can do the frayed edges, or use the wheel to stamp on the wide stuff.
I like the look of using a piece of cord over a piece of organdy, especially tied in a knot.
Not sure if this will help or not: to tie a bow, make the knot and then make a loop and hold it in your left hand. The tail of the loop should be at the back (I hope that makes sense). With your right hand, wrap the ribbon around the front of the loop around to the back of it. Then poke that tail of ribbon (the one in your right hand) between the loop in your left hand and the wrapped around piece at the front. Use your left hand to pull it through, and grab the first loop with your right hand. The center of your bow should be smooth and flat. You can make your loops big to start with and then pull each tail and tighten the bow until it is the size you want. Trim the tails. This gives me a nice straight bow everytime. I hope it makes sense.
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I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or if it is much of a trick, but I like to layer grosgrain ribbon over the wide organdy in co-ordinating colors to give it something extra. Also what about stamping little words on ribbon? I always think that is cool too.
someone in one of my stamping groups sent this out the other day - she says it works great....you use a small hole punch to punch 4 holes and you get a perfect bow evertime.
1. after you tie the knot switch the tails ( the tail in your left hand goes to the right, the tail in the right goes to the left) then complete the bow.
2. Tie your bow upsidedown, I don't know why but it helps me get the tails where I want them to go.
This is my very first post...but couldn't resist the ribbon topic. I am "bow-challenged" but a couple of years ago I bought a thing called "Bow-Easy" and it sounds weird, but with it and the directions I can make perfect bows every time. I bought it on ebay but don't know if it's available elsewhere. Think it was about $5 and it is a plastic template with 7 different bow sizes from about 1" wide up to maybe 3". It has made my bow making SO foolproof.
Margaret
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