Hi again, it’s Pam! It’s my last day hosting the blog and it has been fun! Have you seen the peeks of the beautiful new Pebbles Collections? If not click here!

Today I am going to be showing you two ways to do paper pleating. I will provide steps to achieve both looks! This first paper pleating technique can be done quite easily, here is how to do it!

Step 1: Cut a strip of paper or cardstock, 3/4-1 inch thick and 12 inches long. With a pencil mark about every 0.5 inches on the paper.

Step 2: Fold the paper back and forth like an accordion. You paper should look like the photo below. Next, attach the two ends with adhesive.

Step 3: Press down the flower to make it flat and glue it down the page and your are done! Your flower should look like this.

Here is a project by me using this technique:

Here is a project by Mireille using that technique (isn’t it beautiful how it turned out!):

Here is another type of paper pleating and the steps to create this technique!

Step 1: Cut two pieces of patterned paper about 1 inch wide and 12 inches long. Put adhesive on the backside of the paper.

Step 2: Adhere to the background paper and begin to paper pleat but slowly angle your pleat around in circle like the photo below.

Step 3: Continue to do this and use the second piece of paper if you need to until you have a complete circle like the photo below.

Here is the finished project of the card I made:

I hope you enjoyed the week of paper pleating, what can you make with pleated paper and pleated flowers?
-Pam

Hi,
Today i share with you a tryptic and tryptic’s folder tutorial :

Materials :
– 2 pages 12 x 12″ (empty or printed following your desire)
– cutter and cutting mat
– glue/adhesive
– embellishments
Inspired from Frederique’s realisation (http://frederique.typepad.com)

Tryptic’s folder realisation :
1. Cut a 10 x 9″ rectangle in one of the 12x 12″ cheats

2. Folding an gluing the 6,3 x 10″ cm part(after cuting)
3. Repeat the same gluing/folding on the small side You obtain the tryptic’s folder’s support. (as shown behing).Upon your wishes you may tear the paper, cut it bent in order to customise the folder.
Making the tryptic inside page :
1. Cut a 7,8 x 12″ rectangle in the second page and fold as shown

2. Embellish the tryptic upon your feeling (you can also add a folder to make a check book keeper or wallet). Here’s mine customised :

Insert carefully the card in the folder…

And voila 🙂

If you want this tutorial in pdf click here. I hope that this tip will be useful for you.

See you next week with Pam.
Maureen 🙂

This is ever so easy! All you need is a thread and a needle. What you would need to do is stitch along one side of your ribbon. After doing this, you will need to pull the thread from the end to bunch up the ribbon. Be sure to move your bunching further up the ribbon, so you can pull the thread more. Gather enough “bunched up” ribbon to rotate in a circle to form your flower for about three times around.

Ok, ok!! Yes, I realize that some of you out there don’t even “own” thread and a needle. Not all is lost. You “too” can make a cute little ribbon flower. All you would need to do is have the “correct” type of ribbon. Guess what? Pebbles has the perfect ribbon for this flower sold in these cute little collection packs. In fact, I used it in my example below – no sewing involved. However, I did stitch my leafs. Below is a visual tutorial for you:

by Susan Dupre

Below are some more examples of ribbon flowers by some of the design team girls:

by Pam Callaghan

by Samantha Sibbet

by Michele Beck

There you have it. I just love how each and every one of us did a different ribbon flower. This was my tip, and I truly think the girls out did me! I love their take on my tip. I hope you have found these lo’s an inspiration to you, and I am looking forward to seeing some cute handmade ribbon flowers on your work.