Easy No Sew Ribbon Head Band

Hey everyone,

Today I have a no-sew ribbon head band to share.

The supplies you will need:

7/8" Double Ruffle Lavender Ribbon

Gray fold over elastic smaller than your ribbon (any color you like will work)

Hot glue gun

Hot glue stick(s)

Scissors

button or something similar to put in the middle of your flower (optional)

grip shelf liner (optional for lining the inside of the ribbon to help it stay in place on the head)

Step 1.

Measure out your ribbon by putting it around the head it will be going on. Cut it a few inches shorter than the full amount to go around the head.

Step 2.

Measure your elastic by putting it with the ribbon and fitting it around the head. You will want to make it so that it has to stretch to fit around the head (so that it stays on).

Step 3. (optional)

Here is where you would make your flower. To make the flower take the ribbon and pleat it in a circle while adding hot glue to the center to hold it down. Continue this until the circle is complete. Once the circle is finished hot glue a button (or item of your choice) to the center of your circle. Once your flower is finished hot glue it to the ribbon and place it wherever you want it (I choose to go off to the side slightly).

Step 4. (optional)

This is where you would line the inside of your ribbon with the grip shelf liner. Draw a line of hot glue on the inside of the ribbon a little at a time and push your liner down into the glue line. You will want to have the liner run the length of your ribbon.

Step 5.

Add a hot glue line at the end of the ribbon on the inside and place one end of your elastic on it. Than do the same to the other side of your ribbon and elastic making sure not to get it twisted.

Step 6.

Enjoy your new headband!

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Keep Calm & Love Harmony Layout

Hey everyone,

Today I have a 2 page baby girl layout to share. These are pics from Harmony when she was first born and had some visitors in the hospital.

All of the gold (title, hearts & dots) around the page are gold vinyl. All cut with my Silhouette Cameo. The pocket page inserts are from a few different collections. I don't even know for sure which but I believe 2 of them are project life and the other one I'm not sure about. I cut the strips of paper (gray, mint, & yellow) with a paper trimmer and added some yellow baby ribbon across the yellow paper strip on the bottom.

I am entering this layout into the following challenges:
Scrap Much - Gold Color challenge
Clique Kits - Anything goes
Let's Capture Our Memories - August color spot 
Challenge YOUrself - #21 Keep Calm and ______ (I am the one holding Harmony on the first page)

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Newport Open Sea 2 Page Layout

Hey everyone,

Today I have a 2 page scrapbook layout to share. One of my favorite ways to use ribbon on a layout is to use it as banners. I used the Dark Mint Lyon Wired Ribbon in 1-1/2 in to make the banner on the top right of the layout. I just cut banner shapes by and out of the ribbon and adhered with ATG tape. I made sure that the tops of the banners had the wired edge to help me bend them into shape to make a curve. 

I used the 1-1/2 in Dazzle Grosgrain ribbon in Tropic Blue to line the bottom of my pictures. I also added some over a couple different photos and one of the purple paper edges as photo corners. Over the bottom part of the dazzle ribbon I added a strip of Lavender 7/8 in Double Ruffle Ribbon. For both ribbons on the bottom I cut to have a banner/pennate shape on each end. To do this and have them the exact same you take the ribbon and fold over the ends (so that with the ruffle ribbon the ruffles from top and bottom touch), and then cut at a diagonal slant going up and in toward the middle of the fold.

I cut the title out using my Silhouette Cameo and added some different color sequins that matched the rest of the page around the edges of the title (in hopes they would resemble bubbles). I hope you all enjoyed my layout.

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Patriotic Hair Bows

Hi everybody,

This is Jamie and today I want to share some easy to make hair bows with you all. These bows are perfect for 4th of July!

Here is a list of the things you will need to make these bows:
Alligator clips (one per bow)
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks
Scissors
5/8" red wired satin ribbon
11/2" navy blue mini stars wired ribbon

It took me less than 30 minutes to make these bows start to finish. I made a (hopefully) easy picture tutorial for you just in case.

Step 1.
Cut ribbons to size. I cut the navy star ribbon at aprox. 11 inches and the red approx. 3 inches.

Step 2.
Take your blue star ribbon and gate fold until the ends overlap (make sure to have them overlap enough for a line of glue to hold them together).

Step 3.
Hot glue a line across one of the edges and then press the two edges together to make a continuous piece of ribbon (it should look like a circle or bracelet shape once unflattened).

Step 4. 

Flatten the ribbon you just glued together and grab in the center of the ribbon and pinch together.

Step 5.
While still pinching the center of the ribbon, use your other hand to fold the top and bottom of the pinched area to the back (so that the center now makes a "W" shape). At this point you can hot glue to hold it together or use some twine/thread and tie it in this position if you like.

Step 6. 
While holding the center in a "W" shape (you won't have to hold it if you've tied the center in this position) take your red ribbon and wrap around the center to hide the fold. (The 3 inches is enough to wrap around 2x. If you only want to wrap around once cut off the excess now).

Step 7.
Now secure the red ribbon with hot glue (making sure your ribbon seam end is on the back side of your bow).

Step 8.

Now hot glue your alligator clip (or hair piece etc. of your choice) to the back side of the bow. Make sure you line it up in the middle so that you can't see the clip from the front.

See, I told you easy! I hope my tutorial was easy enough to follow.  Thanks for taking the time to view my project today!

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Uncle Aaron & Harmony Layout

Hey everyone,

Today I have a scrapbook layout to share with you all. For my layout I used a lot of scrap papers, my silhouette cameo to make the title, but most importantly some fantastic Nylvalour Velvet Ribbon in coral (2" wide) from Ribbons Unlimited Inc.

I'm entering this layout into the following challenge:
Clique Kits - Anything Goes

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Big Sis layout

Hey everyone,

Today I'm sharing this "Big sis" layout of Jayden holding Harmony for the very first time ever just a couple hours after Harm was born. We're at the hospital. She was so excited to be a big sis. 

All papers are imaginisce except the hot pink. I cut the hearts by hand and did some faux stitching around the edges in white gel pen and wrote the date in the bigger one and love in the smaller heart. I cut the title with my Silhouette cameo. All of the hearts are on pop dots. I used a boarder punch for the scalloped heart paper. The title is adhered with zig glue and everything else is ATG tape.

I'm entering this layout into the following challenges:
Clique Kits - Anything Goes
Stuck?! - Sketch 

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Truffula trees birthday layout

Hey everyone,

Today I'm sharing a layout of harmony on her first birthday (which was themed nature/ the Lorax).

I cut the trees by hand and sketched the black on to replicate the truffula trees in the book. Some tufts are on pop dots.

I'm entering this layout into the following challeng:
Clique Kits - Anything Goes
My Creative Sketches - April Sketch

Scrap Around the World - Birthday Board (I was inspired by the blues purples & pinks.. the bright rainbows on the class on top, and the birthday theme)

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Visitors Layout

Hey everyone,

Tonight I have a layout of Harmony and some of her hospital visitors the day she was born. I used all imaginisce papers, some pink pearls, thickers, pink ink, and a white chalk marker. I adhered everything with ATG tape. This was actually the fastest page I've done since I don't even remember doing one this fast before it took me less than 30 mins that includes picking out the pics.

I'm entering this layout into the following challenges:
ScrapMuch? - Sketch (I found out I'm actually late on this :( I thought it ended at midnight PST but it must be EST)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

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Tillamook 2 page layout

Hey everyone,

Another layout... this time a 2 page layout (which is pretty rare for me). Don't get me wrong I love them and I wish I did more but I just never seem to do any.

I cut all of the embellishments with my Silhouette Cameo by taking pics and tracing... and that boat one in the top left corner was lots of fun to weed (NOT!). For the boat logo I actually cut it out of navy vinyl because it was so detailed I knew paper wouldn't stand a chance lol. Some of the embellishments are on pop dots and some aren't. These pics are from Harmony's very first time at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We always make a point of getting to the Cheese factory on every beach trip we can.. we love it. It's the only place you can get Adam's favorite squeeky cheese. Jayden also loved it and Harmony loves it now (this trip she was only a week and a half old so she couldn't try it out then). 

I'm entering this layout into the following challenges:
Scrap Much? - Sketch
Clique Kits - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes 

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