Thanks!
Thanks everyone for coming to the Card Workshop Week of Webisodes! From the ton of emails I’ve gotten this week, it seemed you all really enjoyed it. I did too—I think Teresa’s cards are absolutely stunning and I’m ready to sit down and make a bunch of them this weekend. (Thanks, Teresa!)
One question in particular came up this week and I thought I’d put it here in case other people were wondering as well:
“In the 15-and 30-Minute Cards Webisode, there were a few cards that had ribbon on them that looked like they were wrapped around the entire card but when it was opened, there was no ribbon. Can you really tuck that ribbon under the paper? I would think it would bunch up. I really don't know how you hide thick ribbon. Help!!!”
This ribbon technique is one I really like and it's super easy to do. For the Floral Sympathy card shown here, Teresa cut the floral paper to fit the card front, but didn't glue it to the card. She glued the ribbon across the floral piece and secured the ends at the back with tape. Then she tied a 3” length of the remaining ribbon around the ribbon as shown. You could also tie a knot or bow in the remaining ribbon and use a Zot to attach it.
Because you’re only securing the ends of the ribbon to the back of the paper, it’s actually not that lumpy. If you wanted to use very thick ribbon, you could always wrap it around the paper, then attach the paper to the card with foam tape.
Another trick is this one: You can place the ribbon along the card, then use an x-acto knife to cut a slit in the fold of the card only wide enough to accommodate the width of the ribbon. Slide the ribbon through the slit and around the front of the card, then tie. This also works best with lightweight ribbon, and it will mean you have ribbon showing on the inside of the card (which can look pretty!).
I’ve also had some questions on being able to look at the projects and instructions. All the instructions for the projects are in the Project Gallery on the Webisodes page. Just click on any of the projects and you’ll get instructions and a supply listing—you can even print them out to have on hand!
