I’m going to show you how to create ribbon rosettes suitable for paper crafting… with recycled and new materials you may already have in your home!

Wouldn’t these ribbon rosettes look fabulous on your lapel, a paper project, headband, or gift bag?

Here’s the supply list for a 3” Ribbon Rosette:

• Chipboard… this can be recycled cardboard from packaging and/or cardstock. I prefer 1/8” thick or better.
• Paper piercing tool and snips and/or Japanese Hole Punch and snips.
• Ribbon… I prefer 1/2” or wider, approximately 4 feet of ribbon is needed for a 3” ribbon rosette.
• Hemp Twine*
• Household Tape
• Mat Pack
• 3” sizzix circle die
• Big Shot Machine

 

 

Step by Step Directions:

• Cut a 3” circle using the Big Shot Machine and Die from scrap chipboard.
• Find the center of the chipboard by drawing a line both the 1.5” line horizontally and vertically.  As you can see in the photo below, I used the self healing mat that came with my SU! Mat Pack to find the center of the 3” circle die cut.
• Pierce a hole where the lines cross… I used my Japanese Hole Punch to make the hole, but you could just as easily use a paper piercing tool.
• Use the fine point tip of your paper snips and a twisting downward motion to increase the size of the center hole.  You will be threading hemp twine* through the hole several times, it needs to be approximately 1/4” in diameter. 
• Thread hemp twine* through the center hole, and attach to the 3” chipboard circle with household tape.  The center whole in the photo below is actually smaller than it should be… I had to increase the size with paper snips before completing the project!
• Wrap hemp twine* around the 3” circle, threading forward through the center hole….
• Repeat the process until you have 7 spokes, or more on your 3” chipboard circle disc.
• In order for this ribbon rosette to form properly, you need to have an odd number of hemp twine* spokes.  You may increase and/or decrease spokes as desired.
• Using the very end of your ribbon of choice, wrap the ribbon twice to tie a knot which will become the center of your ribbon rosette.
• Snug the ribbon down, but not too tightly… you want a nice and fluffy flower center!
• Insert the tail of the knot through the 3” chipboard circle and secure to the back with household tape.
• Using an over/under motion, begin threading the ribbon through the spokes.. under the first spoke, over the next… etcetera.
• Be mindful to straighten out the ribbon as you tug it towards the center… the twist in the photo below is NOT good… see the big red X?
• The ribbon should be flat and flowing in one direction as you work around the 3” chipboard circle.

 

• Continue working around the circle in an over/under motion until the entire 3” chipboard circle has been covered with ribbon, snugging the ribbon in even tugging motions.
• Once the 3” chipboard circle has been filled with ribbon, attach the last ribbon end to the back of the 3” chipboard circle with household tape.
• Your 3” Chipboard Ribbon Rosette is now ready to use for that special paper crafting project..Isn’t it lovely?
• Wouldn’t the ribbon rosette look fabulous on a gift bag?  Or a fabulous vintage sweater or card?
• Of course it would be even more fabulous with some antique brads, pearls or rhinestones LOL!  But I’m cleaning closets so didn’t really have time to kick it up!  (Maybe tomorrow LOL.)
• Varying the size of the chipboard circle, you can have perfect ribbon rosettes for wedding invitations, cards, scrapbook pages.. imagine the possibilities!!
• This rosette began with just a 1-3/8” chipboard circle punch. 
• A crop-a-dile tool was used to create the center hole, linen thread was used to make the spokes, and paper snips were used to increase the size of the hole to just under 3/4”.

*Instead of hemp twine or linen thread, use matching ribbon in a narrower version to ‘hide’ thread and hemp trails.  When I made rosettes with Elly Sienkiewicz, we always used matching thread.  We never used chipboard LOL… we used fabric as the backing!

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