Rustic Ribbon Tree And Tutorial

Hello friends! Today I am on the A Flair For Buttons blog sharing my Rustic Ribbon Tree.

Are you all prepared for the holidays?  I am off to a slow start this year but try to find some time to do some crafts.  I find it is a great way to take a break from all the hustle bustle of the season, put on some festive music with a hot mug of apple cider and create.  I am sharing a tutorial on how to make one for a gift or for your home.

YOU WILL NEED:

A pair of scissors to cut ribbon

1- 3 7/8 inch X 8 7/8 inch foam cone (mine was from Michael's, but I have seen them at Wal-mart)

4 spools of ribbon (I used 2 - 5/8 inch wide and  2 - 7/8 inch wide ribbon in 3 yard spools) in coordinating colors (I got my ribbon on sale for 70% off at Michael's).

A hot glue gun and glue sticks

One flair button for the top of the tree (I used the red trees from the Joy Flair Set at A Flair For Buttons)

Joy Flair

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Cut four inch lengths of four coordinating ribbons.  You will need quite a few to complete the tree.
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• Fold the four inch pieces of ribbon in half to form a loop.

• Beginning at the bottom of the foam cone,  hot glue the looped ribbon pieces going around the foam cone layer by layer.  As you can see, my tree has six layers of ribbon.  If you don't have a glue gun, straight pins would work well too.

• After all the layers are completed and there are no bare spots, tie a bow and glue it to the top of the cone.

• Hot glue the flair button to the middle of the bow.

• The tree is now complete!

I am a slow crafter so this tree took me about an hour and a half to complete and only one burn on my hand. Ha!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and are inspired to make some ribbon trees for your home or for gifts.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Rudy

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! Today I am on the A Flair For Buttons blog sharing a layout of a cute reindeer that I saw recently at a Christmas market in the country near my home.  There was a photo area set up for children and their families to get their photos taken with Santa and his reindeer.  I thought this guy Rudy was so cute that I had to snap a photo.

I couldn't wait to use these flair buttons that I have been hoarding for the perfect layout. The time has come to take out the Christmas Wishes 1 Flair Set.  Isn't it adorable?  I love that cute little red nosed reindeer and Santa Claus with Rudolph.

Christmas Wishes 1 Flair Set

I also used the red Christmas Tree flair button from the Season's Greetings Flair Set

Season's Greetings Flair Set

I also used the reindeer cut file, which is one of the December FREE cut files designed by Nicole Nowosad on the Scrapbook And Cards Today blog.

I love all the holiday flair buttons in the shop don't you?  Be sure and check them all out for all your holiday scrapping projects in the store here. 


Happy creating!

New Cut Files For The Week!

Hello friends! Happy Sunday! Every Saturday there are new cut files in the Just Nick Digital Cut Files shop.  For this week, there are four cut files and I love them all.

Aren't they perfect for the holidays?  They are available for download in the shop here.  

Also, be sure and check out the Just Nick blog every weekday from now until December 18 for a free cut file for each day.  No purchase necessary.

Happy creating!

December 2015 Reveal Day At My Creative Scrapbook

Hello friends! Happy Saturday! On the fifth day of each month, My Creative Scrapbook reveals all the kits for that month so today it is reveal day of the December 2015 kits.

I am honored, for the fifth consecutive month, to be a part of the reveal.  Wow! What gorgeous kits they all are! I was given the December Main Kit to create with and I was easily able to create four layouts with plenty of product left over to create even more layouts and cards.  What a good value! Here are my four layouts:

The December Main Kit is beautiful.

Not only is the December 2015 Main Kit gorgeous but look at these!

To see the entire December 2015 Kits reveal, go here to the design team gallery and be inspired!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to order your December 2015 kits today here.

My Creative Scrapbook December Sneak Peaks

Hello friends! Happy Thursday! I'm sure there are plenty of folks preparing for the holidays, but I wanted to stop in a let you know that the sneak peeks of all the December 2015 kits at My Creative Scrapbook are here and I am excited to be guest designing again for December.  I was given the December Main Kit to create with and let me tell you that it is absolutely gorgeous! Here are four sneak peeks of my four layouts.

Here are the design team's sneak peeks with the December Main Kit:

My Creative Scrapbook has four kits each month so there is one for every paper crafter's style.

Have I piqued your interest?  The big reveal of all the December 2015 kits at My Creative Scrapbook and the design team gallery will be on December 5 and I know that you will love what all these talented paper crafters have created so do check back and be sure and order your kits.

Have a great day! Happy creating!