A weakness for ribbon... and ribbon slides

Posted by Jen Cramer

I have many weaknesses when it comes to scrapbooking -- or I should probably say "buying scrapbooking products" since I rarely find time to scrapbook for myself. One of the items near the top of the list, right up there with paper and rubber stamps, is ribbon. For some reason, if you have a little girl I think there is an internal magnetic draw to ribbon spools. Can you believe that my husband doesn't understand that theory? Someday I will use that ribbon, I tell myself... you better give me 2 yards, please!

And now I have to share one of my favorite dies that goes hand in hand with ribbon -- our Ribbon Slides die.

You get four wonderfully versatile shapes on one die FOR ONLY $50, can you believe it? The holes in each shape are just the right size to thread 3/8" wide ribbon through them.

SMART BUSINESS TIP ALERT
You could put this die in your die cutting center for everyone to use but for this die, at least for a few months, I would cut my own shapes out of chipboard and sell them for 25 cents each or whatever I think people would buy them for. Put them in cute little baskets right by the ribbon or at the cash register and show at least one example of how they are used. It would be a great idea to show a scrapbook page but also show a card, since they are a perfect size to put on the front.

At 25 cents a piece you would have to sell 200 pieces to pay for that die (not including the chipboard or whatever material you cut them out of). How long would it take you to sell that many? You could even package them in packs of 10 or 12 to sell more at one time. Or cover the chipboard with cardstock or patterned paper before cutting to add some interest.

Now back to our regularly scheduled blog post... I bet you want to see some examples. You can tell that this die is one of our designer's favorites too since there are at least 22 projects on our site using this die!

Here's an 8" x 8" page, Sasha, that uses three of the shapes:

And here is the heart slide used on a Shower Invite using narrower ribbon. I like the way she wrapped the ribbon through the shape and tied it on the front.

 

And one last project... Here is the rectangle slide on a Thanks a Bunch tag.

I hope you enjoyed the projects today... and the smart business tip. Remember, that tip can be used on any die you have. Some people don't have time to use your die cutting center (or don't know what they're missing!) so give them another way to buy that shape from you.

Comments

[VickieK]

That's alot of ribbon!! And I thought I was a collector.