As promised in Friday’s post for the Stampin’ Addicts Blog Hop, I am here today with a tutorial on how to make the bow for the wreath card. Supplies needed: a salad fork and some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding. All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on the photo.
*Disclaimer* – This is in no way an original idea. I have watched variations of this from very talented stampers and have simply taken pictures to show how I created the bow for my card.
My bow is a “double” bow. Cut your Seam Binding about 9 inches long. Start with a tail in front of the fork and then wrap around twice.
When it has been wrapped around twice it should look like the picture above.
Next take the top tail and put it through the center of your fork. Give a snug pull to get it seated at the bottom of your bow.
In the above picture I had not yet pulled the bottom tail enough (do as I say, not as I photograph *smile*). Next take the remaining tail and pull it through the center tines on the top. How you see it now will be the front of your bow so now is the time to fuss with the center to make it look smooth.
Turn your fork over and tie the two tails together as shown. You will only make one tie and then pull it as tight as you like to make the front pretty.
Take the bow off the fork and tighten/straighten as needed. Your bow should now look like the picture above.
Finally, turn the bow over and cut off the tails. I placed two Mini Glue Dots at the ends of the cut off tails and attached it to the card. This helps to keep the bow attached securely and keeps the ends from coming loose.
Here is the final card again. I did use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the border detail on the top and bottom of the card. The wreath panel is popped up on Dimensionals.
I hope these pictures help you make these cool little bows. Please let me know if you have any questions about them! I’ll be back later in the week to show you the bow for the tree card that uses yet another commonly found kitchen utensil. Tomorrow, I have a fun birthday card for you so come on back by! Hope you have had a safe weekend and that the storms have not affected you adversely.
Stamp: Bright Hopes; Paper: Naturals Ivory, Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig
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15 Comments
You make this look so easy and so pretty! I tried this once, and wasn’t happy with the results. You’ve inspired me to try it again1
Thanks for the tutorial. Looks easy and much easier than trying to do it on my fingers!
Never knew you could make a double bow with the fork! I can’t wait to give it a try! Thanks for the how to’s!
That is SO cool! I had seen it done in person, but by the time I got home couldn’t remember how to do it. The demo I saw used all different sizes of forks for different sized bows. I had fallen in love with this stamp set–so easy to emboss and make beautiful–but basically decided I couldn’t tie a good bow so I wouldn’t use the wreath; now I can use the wreath with a beautiful bow! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve never seen that done before. I can’t wait to see what other things I’ve got in my kitchen that can help me make a bow!
Great tutorial & cute little bow! Thanks for showing us the “how to”!
Thanks so much for this tutorial – I tried it and love the results!
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