That's How Thursday Pleated Ribbon Tutorial

HIP HOP!!!!

Welcome everyone to this week's {ippity} tutorial. I had a completely different tutorial in mind but after SO MANY people asked how I did my ribbon and bow for Monday's H{ippity} Hop card I thought I would take the time to show you. Here is Monday's card:I made it for this weeks challenge to case any {ippity} card from the SCS gallery. There is still time to play and all the details can be found {HERE}.

Now on to the tutorial....here is what you will need:

cardstock or decorative paper

ribbon

double sided tape

regular tape

glue dots 1. Start by placing a strip of tape on your project where you want the ribbon to go. Make sure you get the tape end to end. I like to wrap my tape around the sides to help hold the ribbon on in back.

2. Start by determining where you want the bow to go and leave that part straight {it helps keep the bow from bunching}. Then begin folding the ribbon and tacking it down into place. Changing the directions of the folds give you different pleats. The peaks of the ribbon will stick up but we will fix that later :)
{NOTE: I like to leave the ribbon on the spool so I don't cut of too much or too little}

3. When you get to the end cut the ribbon from the spool and leave a little tail to wrap around behind the project. If you wrapped your double sided tape around back you can tack the ribbon down to it. I prefer to use some regular tape to make sure that it stays in place.

4. Now, to keep those peaks in place you can use glue dots to hold the ribbon down. Most of it will stick to the tape but the ribbon that overlaps will need some adhesive. I pick up a glue dot with the tip of my paper piercer and place it in the folds. Another FUN alternative is to stitch right over the top of the ribbon :) 5. Here comes the bow!! Start by making a loop in the ribbon in your left hand.

{NOTE: Again I like to leave mine on the spool to keep from wasting any}
6. Wrap the tail around the back side of the ribbon with your right hand.7. Thread the tail through behind the loop.

8. The bow will be really "loose" right now. Slip your thumbs into the loops and grip the tails with the your first three fingers and the palm of your hands.

9. Once you get everything even and the way you want it pull tightly on ALL four ends at once. The bow will stay puffy and in place. Then just cut the ribbon ends as you want and glue it down to your project where you left some space.

That's all there is to it...can't wait to see what everyone does with this tutorial. If you didn't start this weeks HIP HOP on the {Unity blog} you can click on the button below to start at the beginning.

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