Hello Divine Crafters. Welcome back in this blog post I’m going to give you the instructions on how I created these memorial ribbons.
What Material Do You Need?
7/8 White Ribbon (I purchased mine from Hobby Lobby or Walmart)
Sublimation Printer
Sublimation Paper
Hot glue
Heat tape
Parchment or butcher paper
Heat Press that can reach 400 degrees
Program to make your design. (I use Canva.com)
Creating Your Design.
You want to always make sure that you are measuring your items. For this project I will be leaving a little more room as I like to have a little extra space just in case an item moves when being shifted to the heat press. Set your heat press for 400 degrees and we will press each item for 60 second each. Here are the measurements I used to create this design.
The measurements I used for this design is a follows:
Width is 8 inches
Let’s get started on the crafting.
You are going to open the program you will be using to make your ribbon. I will be using Canva. You are going to set your boxes up as displayed in the photo above. You can go ahead and add your background colors or images. In our first box that we created that is 1.5 inches is the spot that you are going to add your picture or whatever image you would like to add in this box. The box above it is one inch in size you are going to leave blank. The next 1-inch box which is box number 3 you are going to put in whatever little, small image you would like here. Then can be hearts, dove or a cross anything you would like. You are going to leave the next box that is 1 inch in size blank. You last back which is 3.5 inches you are going to add all of your written in this space you can add the person’s name date of birth or whatever information you would like to add. After typing this information you are going to flip the information so that it upside down. You are going to cut your ribbon so that it is eight inches in length.
THIS IS A MAJOR STEP IN PRITING SUBMLIMATION. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR DESGIN IS MIRRORED WHEN YOU PRINT.
Once you have printed your design cut out your image and tape it to you ribbon
Now that you have everything taped down place a piece of butcher paper or parchment paper down on your heat press. You are going to place your item on the heat press with the paper facing up. Cover the project with another piece of parchment or butcher paper. Press for 60 seconds. Once the time is up remove the item from the heat press. Once everything is pressed and cooled down remove the tape and paper from your project.
You are all down and have created a sublimation memorial ribbon.
Keep Crafting Family.
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