Ribbon Weaving in beautiful Christmas Colours

I have just created this woven ribbon card in Christmas colours after I was spurred on to make a Christmas Card by the lovely ladies at Dandie Crafts Treforest. You may have seen the card that I demoed in an earlier post. That one was in rich wines and creams, while this is in reds and greens for christmas.

Now, if you want to make a card like this you will need:

All products can be bought from me if you send me an email.

Forest Green 16mm satin ribbon

Red damask ribbon in 16mm

Old gold satin ribbon 6mm

Willow satin ribbon 9mm

Some guipure lace, I used circle and fan

a really large rose in red

Glue and foam pads

some card to make the base on which to showcase your creation.

A few red buttons

Start by cutting a piece of card that will be the right size for your ribbons. 

Stick a piece of double sided tape to the back of one side of the card.

Lay out your ribbons in your chosen pattern as seen in the picture below.

Folded Ribbon Flower Video

Here's the latest video. Not calligraphy flowers for a change, but making roses.

To see the YouTube, of the tutorial for this ribbon rose, please click the picture below.

Ribbon tree

I do love to see all of the beautiful and varied colour themes that seem to abound in the shops every year. I sigh and think that gold and cream is so chic and elegant, but, somehow I always return to the traditional when it comes to putting my Christmas decor together. So it is no surprise that I have chosen red, green and gold as the colours of my ribbon tree.

Christmas inspiration

I do like a good colour board for two reasons.

1. It reminds me of what I have and

So this is what I put together today.

I suppose that you've guessed that this one is a Christmas themed one. Perhaps I should say that it's a traditional Christmas board. All of these fab Christmas craft products are ready and waiting for you.