The May Ribbon Share is ready and here is the cute little container I made to hold everyone’s ribbon.

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I’ve seen this little holder idea in many places.  It uses the Big Shot Box #2 die cut – you need two boxes.  Don’t fold down the lids instead glue them together back to back.  I cut off the little tabs from either side of the box – other people have glued them down inside – but I didn’t want to waste the adhesive since it wasn’t a necessary piece of the project.  The lids then become a handle – I punched a large oval – first in one then glued them together with sticky strip and then through the other.  Tie ribbon through the handle.  (That is the part that took me the longest – I’m great with the knots but trying to tie a bow is just not easy for me – I think I took 4 or 5 tries at each one before it looked decent – and some I still didn’t really like).  It ends up looking like a small drink holder.  I wrapped the two boxes with a 1-1/2″ piece of Designer Series Paper.  Added a little accent using the Oval All stamp set and scallop oval punch.  All the ribbon is tucked in to the two sides of the holder – tied with hemp and a tag identifying the ribbon.

I’m hoping to get some teacher gifts made this afternoon – considering it is the last day of school tomorrow – I’m kind of down to the wire on that one – I found an easy project (I hope) and I’ll share that with you tomorrow assuming I get them done.

Have a great day and Happy Stampin’!

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