Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman with you today sharing how to create a sweet Mother’s Day Gift Bag with Bowdabra. The Bowdabra makes wonderful bows of all shapes and sizes that are perfect for all your gift needs.
Supplies:
Bowdabra Bow Making Kit
Bow Wire
Ribbon
Gift Bag
TLC Designs Dies
Gift bags can be decorated in so many different ways and adding a beautiful bow provides a really nice finish to the gift bag. I started by decorating my gift bag first so it was ready for the finishing touch – the pretty bow.
Start by cutting a 6″ length of ribbon and placing it in the channel.
Now begin creating your bow with another length of ribbon, twisting on each pass through the Bowdabra. If you are using a wider ribbon as I have, it’s easier to pinch the ribbon first and then twist it.
Create as many loops as you need. Use the wand to push the loops into the Bowdabra. I created a 4 looped bow, slightly decreasing the size of the loops on each pass.
Since this is for Mother’s Day, I added a spray of flowers before removing the bow. While pulling the bow up, the bow wire was tied off holding the flowers in place.
Using the excess bow wire I tied the bow to the gift bag handles, then fluffed out the bow and flowers.
I wanted to add a final decorative element to the gift bag so I die cut coordinating papers with TLC Designs Dies, stamped a sentiment, then added it to the gift bag with a tiny flower.
Doesn’t that bow look lovely?
Thanks for stopping by.
Steph
