https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/post-it-heart-ribbon • Posted by eccemullier
I did this ribbon for my boyfriend's birthday. I wanted to do something different for him so I wanted to make a rainbow color ribbon or something like that and ended up with a beautiful heart in my hand. Looks like my subconscuious betrayed me... Now, for the "how to" I made ANOTHER ribbon with just 1 post-it per color, but the more post-its you put, the more spongy your ribbon will be. I hope it helps you =D.
I did this ribbon for my boyfriend's birthday. I wanted to do something different for him so I wanted to make a rainbow color ribbon or something like that and ended up with a beautiful heart in my hand. Looks like my subconscuious betrayed me... Now, for the "how to" I made ANOTHER ribbon with just 1 post-it per color, but the more post-its you put, the more spongy your ribbon will be. I hope it helps you =D.
First things first: I used all the colors in the rainbow plus a white post-it. You'll see how different the ribbon will be when you finish with white lightnings =D
Get the other 6 colors.
When you have them all, match them one behind the other and start marking strips all along the post-it and leaving a side uncut.
You'll end up with something like this.
Start folding the side you didn't cut as if it was a zig zag
You'll end up with something like this.
Stick this end with magic tape, as if you were doing a bouquet.
Split in two the bouquet and apply some presure for it to stay in half.
Start curling the first half of the strips with your scissors, my advise in here is that you make a curl in fron of the other. I mean: make a curl with the bouquet in front of you, and then turn it around and make the other curl with the bouquet with it's back at you. This is what will give playfulness to your ribbon.
When you end up the first half your ribbon will look like this. Repeat step 9 with the other half.
When you finish curling, your ribbon will not have an specified shape. You'll have to make it, but don't worry!! You'll just need a squeeze.
Turn over your ribbon, look for the half of it again.
Squeeze the halves downwards and push the strips a little to the front of the ribbon.
And there you go! A Heart Ribbon =D!!! You can spong the ribbon with your hands and give it the shape you want. See how the white post-it highlight the ribbon?