A Technique That's to Dye For

Happy Friday!  Its Katie here to welcome you to another day at Clearly iStamp.  Well, I love ribbon and I cannot lie.  I have too many colors and kinds to count and you know what?  I would buy, borrow, and steal even more whenever I could. 

But... there are times that I want to do something to ribbon just for fun, because it is fun and neat to change something to something else or realistically, I want to match something that I don't have right on hand.

Today's tutorial is a technique and its all about dying ribbon and in today's case some crocheted flowers.  Take a look at what and how I did mine.

I picked some random ribbons, they are all varied in color and type.  All you need is some reinkers of your choice and water.

The amount of reinker and water are going to be variable and it will really be best to do a test sample as well.  I started with 5 or 6 drops of the reinker and then added some water.  The jar I used can be found HERE and I found that these were a great size to use.

 

 

Add your ribbon... I decided to add more reinker after the picture above was taken.  I used a pair of tweezers to just maneuver the piece of ribbon around.  I used some grosgrain edged satin (white) in the picture.

Here are some examples of the ribbons I used. 

The LEFT is the ORIGINAL and the RIGHT is the DYED result.  In this case I use CTMH reinker called Crystal Blue (a sky blue color)

Left is the satin                                                            Right is a twill

 

Same as above... LEFT IS ORIGINAL and RIGHT is the DYED

This is the velvet ricrac... You can see that the pink can subtly still be seen.

 

Same rules apply.

Here are the flowers.  The originals are all on top and you can see the difference between the amount of reinker used.

 

Now check this out.... the picture ABOVE was taken when the flowers were still damp, but the picture BELOW was taken when the flowers were dry.  Just interesting... I didn't know that this would happen.

 

Now there is also another way of coloring ribbon and this works for sheer ribbon, but can get kind of messy.  All you need is your ink pad and a glove or in my case a wrapped finger.

It works best if you can hold the ink pad with your hand while pulling the ribbon with your other hand.

 

And the result... but make sure you set your ribbon to dry... it does take a bit.

 

For my card, I opted to use a chocolate brown reinker and the satin grosgrain... I LOVE this ribbon!!!  I just swirled my dye so it absorbed into the ribbon.  This ribbon just sucked it right up.

And my card using this piece of ribbon.  I opted for a non traditional holiday greeting card.  I used another October release set called Christmas Scriptures and some Basic Grey Porcelain.

 

And one more using the dyed crocheted flowers. I used a stamp from the set called Elegant Flourishes and the sentiment is from a set called Soil of Prayer.

 

Well, that's it for me today... and I hope you have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend.

Things you can find at Clear Dollar Stamps:

Stamps

Ink Pads

EmbellishmentsRibbon

ATG tape

Cardstock

Jar

Other items used: CTMH ink and cardstock, PTI cardstock, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

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Hi Katie Renz Happy Friday me too!
I also love ribbon and I also cannot lie.Well your Technique is so easy and useful.I will try this at my home.

[Linda Anderson]

How fabulous Katie, love your tutorial!! And your samples are stunning!!!!!!!

Linda

[Grace Nywening]

Thanks for sharing this Katie! It's a good reminder that we can customize our ribbon perfectly! I enjoyed seeing the different samples you did!

[Erica Fields]

I have tried dying ribbon but was never satisfied with the results. I see from your tute, I am supposed to add a few drops of water to it. Off to try again. I've got plenty of white ribbon. Thanks.

[Tricia T]

Great tutorial, Katie!!! You are so inspiring!!!

[Candyf]

Katie -- You always make everything look so simple! I love how the flowers turned out!