Welcome to another installment of Saturday Inspiration! I'm so glad you stopped by!
Today I have a simple altering project to share.
A little background before we start... I love ribbon. Most of you probably know that by now... Anyway... I quickly learned that I could not afford, nor did I have the space to store all the hundreds of colors and styles of fabulously fun ribbons. My solution? I buy white ribbon. Yup, plain cheap white ribbon... the kind that is .50 a spool. I then alter it using anything from markers to powders, inks to stamps, and of course.... Paint!
So, today I thought I would share a fun way to alter plain ribbon to jazz it up a little.
You will need:
Ribbon to alter
Creative Inspirations Paint
Stamp (background, borders, letters, and images all work well)
makeup sponge
*when choosing your stamps remember the width of your ribbon. Large designs on small ribbon can get lost.*
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Step 1: place your acrylic or rubber stamp on a flat surface. You want the stamp facing up.
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Step 2: Using a makeup sponge, dab a thin layer of paint on the stamp.
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Step 3: lightly lay your ribbon on the painted stamp
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Step 4: Gently press the ribbon into the stamp with your fingers. *optional* Place an acrylic block over the ribbon and press firmly. This helps apply even pressure without allowing the ribbon to shift.
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Step 5: Gently remove your stamped ribbon and allow to dry. (it doesn't take long to dry)
this is Fuchsia on a cream satin ribbon
Step 6: repeat as necessary to cover length of ribbon
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*quick tip... a soft bristled toothbrush with a little water and dish soap is a great way to clean the paint off your stamps. The bristles get down in those little crevices that often get missed*
Always try this on a small piece of ribbon before attempting on your project so you know how the paint will react with your particular ribbon.
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it works on textured ribbon...
this is Royal Purple on a white grosgrain
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It even works on dark ribbon. (this is a much subtler effect, but the shimmer catches the light)
Silver Frost on black satin ribbon
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It even works on colors =)
(Aqua Marine on yellow grosgrain)
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Ok, so I really had to dig in my library of stamps to find words small enough for this. However, I found an old set of phrases by Stampendous that fits on a 1/4 inch ribbon. And I did this just to show all of you that you can stamp words on ribbon, and you can stamp on small ribbon. WHEW!
So make your ribbons your own!
Have a great weekend!
8 comments:
Love the idea of stamping on ribbon and sometimes I paint mine to get the perfect color :)
This is great Kassi!!!! Great photos.
Very Cool!!
WOW, I never thought of stamping ribbon. It looks awesome! TFS
Ohhh this is SO COOL!
what a great idea!!!
love from France, Kianel.
This looks fun!
Great idea- I love the paint on ribbon.
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