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Valentine’s Paper Ribbon Topiary

January 21, 2016 by Holly Gagnon 6 Comments


I’m one of those people that love, love to decorate their house for Valentine’s Day.   
I decorate the entryway, hang hearts all over the house  and even decorate a bathroom.  For realz… I do.  I have a Valentine’s shower curtain.  This year I added a gorgeous DIY piece in to my Valentine’s Decor, a Valentine’s Paper Ribbon Topiary.  

Valentine's Paper Ribbon Topiary. Tutorial on how to make paper ribbons out of scrapbooking paper then hot glue on to foam ball to make beautiful topiary.

Valentine’s Paper Ribbon Topiary

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This topiary may be one of my FAV projects I’ve made so far.  I’ve been wanting to make a Ribbon Topiary  for a while now.  

Originally , the plan was for Halloween but then I made a Paper Ribbon Wreath instead so now that Valentine’s is near, I’m all about a Valentine’s Paper Ribbon Topiary.  The colors are my favorite too.  The patterned papers from Echo Park Paper  Head Over Heels kit are totally  matchy-match with my Valentine’s Decor too.  

 

How to make paper ribbons out of scrapbooking paper

 

How to  make paper ribbons:
  • Cut patterned paper in to 1/2 x 4 inch strips.
  • Staple the ends together.   {Stapling the ends of the paper strips just makes life easier. Trust me.}.

Glue Paper Ribbons on to foam ball to make topiary
When you think you have enough ribbons, make more!  Ha!  I used a 5″ Styrofoam ball to make the topiary.  The bigger the ball  means more paper  ribbons which ends up feeling like a gazillion paper ribbons by the time you’re done but it’s totally worth the effort ’cause look how dang purty ’em paper ribbons are!

Pink Pail to hold Valentine's Day Topiary

When the foam ball is covered, stick the topiary ball on  a wooden dowel and secure in to a pail.     I tend to be a die cut gal but I enjoyed designing with  Echo Park Element Stickers.  I used the baby powder method to turn stickers into die cuts.   Then, just add a few foam squares and- BAM….done! Instant die cut.

Valentine's Paper Ribbon Topiary. Beautiful DIY paper ribbons makes such a gorgeous Valentine's home decor statement.

Isn’t this Valentine’s Paper Ribbon Topiary gorgeous?!   It was totally worth the time it took. to make too.

Valentine's Paper Ribbon Topiary.  Gorgeous and simple Valentine's DIY home decor project

This post was originally posted on the  Echo Park Blog.

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Comments

  1. 1Happy Mimi says

    January 15, 2014 at 2:06 pm

    Love it!

    Reply
  2. antenucci says

    January 17, 2014 at 1:38 am

    Never thought to do this with paper! Great idea!

    Reply
  3. Paula Gale says

    January 22, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    Holly

    Just wanted to leave you a comment and tell you how pretty this topiary tree is – in fact it’s absolutely breath-taking and so vibrant and outstanding – you really have inspired me to get round to doing a styrofoam ball I painted 2 years ago (or thereabouts) to do something similar with – although I was going to (back then) pin mini flowers all over it, in one colour scheme. However, I never got round to it – but one advantage is… I have a bag of about 15 of these babies so I can make pairs of them up – or just make all different types or different colours. I have a steel bucket to stick mine in, and bought a long length of dowel from the DIY store so that I could make 3 or 4 with it… will see how they go. I will probably use a different EP kit – I actually buy all of the kits when they come out electronically – EPH, so will never run out (well, not of the design anyway) – I might run out of plain paper – then again, prob not – i’m a crafter!!!!

    Simply Beautiful!!!

    Paula x x x

    Reply

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