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