Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog: Ribbon Carnation by Jenn Cochran

Hello friends and followers of RRR! I am so excited to show you my tutorial today. I was playing with Wire Woven Chevron Striped ribbon black/white and thinking how could I make an embellishment other than a bow with this fabulous wired ribbon. So I was like "flower?"...ok...but I want something different than any old flower. This is what I came up with: I am sure someone else has already come up with this fun Carnation flower....but I have to honestly say "I have not seen one!".

1. First I started off with accordion folding the Wire Woven Chevron Striped Ribbon black/white .

2. Then I adhered it to a 2 3/4" cardstock black circle.

3. I then repeated step 1 and adhered the accordion ribbon partially to the cardstock circle and partially to the 1st layer of ribbon with Helmar Professional Craft Glue.

4. Repeat step 1 and 2 again adhering slightly to the last row of ribbon. I then spiraled the ribbon to the center creating a little "nest" for my rhinestone.

5. Ta Da!!! Ribbon Carnation!

Hope you enjoyed my tutorial. Here is what is looks like on a finished card. Again I used the Wire Woven Chevron Striped Ribbon black/white. My Image and sentiment is from SP and Company Stamps. It is called "Built for Two mini stamp set".