Heading to Vegas or Atlantic City this summer? You really should whip up this show stopping laminated card purse!
On the set of Creative Juice - Vegas Baby Episode 603
Supplies:
1 Deck of Old Playing Cards (26 needed)
Hole punch
3/16” eyelets (154 needed)
Eyelet setter & hammer
¼” decorative red ribbon (7 yards)
Yarn or plastic canvas needle
Scissors
Laminating Sheets
2 sheets of 8.5 X 11 inch decorative paper
2 sheets of 4.25 X 8.5 inch decorative paper
1 sheet of 4.25 X 11 inch decorative paper
Glue stick
Two 10” lengths of ¼” diameter clear plastic tubing
1/8” dowel or bamboo skewer
1. Purse front and back: Glue stick 8 cards to one sheet of 8.5 X 11 inch sheet of paper. Repeat for the second sheet of paper. Laminate the sheets, trim the excess lamination from the edges.
2. Purse bottom: Glue stick 4 cards across the 4.25 X 11 inch sheet of paper. Laminate the sheet, trim the excess lamination from the edges.
3. Purse sides: Glue stick 3 cards 4.25 X 8.5 inch pieces of paper. Laminate the sheets, trim the excess lamination from the edges.
4. Use an eyelet hole punch and an eyelet setter to attach the eyelets. Use a marking pen to mark each eyelet placement before setting them. On the sides of each panel that measure 11”, set the first eyelet ½” from the edge and set 11 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. On the sides of the panels that measure 4.25”, set the first eyelet at 5/8” from the edge and set 4 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. For the sides of the panels that measure 8 ½”, set the first eyelet ¾” from the edge and set 8 eyelets total spaced an inch apart.
5. Thread the ¼” ribbon through the yarn or plastic canvas needle. Beginning with the purse front and sides, lace them together with the 1/4” ribbon. At the first hole, leave a 5” tail of ribbon at the back of the hole to use for tying later. Lace through one side panel eyelet, through a front panel eyelet and repeat for security. Whipstitch the remaining holes together. Do decorative lacing at the top edges, where no panels are being laced together. Keep lacing and add the remaining side and back. After the sides, front and back panels have been laced together, tie off the end of the ribbon after lacing it twice through the last hole.
6. Next lace the bottom to the purse, using the same technique.
7. To make a handle: thread a length of the ¼” ribbon through each length of tubing by folding an end over a dowel or skewer and pushing it through the tubing. Tie each end of the ribbon through an eyelet at the top of the purse to secure the handle.
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Heading to Vegas or Atlantic City this summer? You really should whip up this show stopping laminated card purse! 
On the set of Creative Juice - Vegas Baby Episode 603
1. Purse front and back: Glue stick 8 cards to one sheet of 8.5 X 11 inch sheet of paper. Repeat for the second sheet of paper. Laminate the sheets, trim the excess lamination from the edges.
4. Use an eyelet hole punch and an eyelet setter to attach the eyelets. Use a marking pen to mark each eyelet placement before setting them. On the sides of each panel that measure 11”, set the first eyelet ½” from the edge and set 11 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. On the sides of the panels that measure 4.25”, set the first eyelet at 5/8” from the edge and set 4 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. For the sides of the panels that measure 8 ½”, set the first eyelet ¾” from the edge and set 8 eyelets total spaced an inch apart.
5. Thread the ¼” ribbon through the yarn or plastic canvas needle. Beginning with the purse front and sides, lace them together with the 1/4” ribbon. At the first hole, leave a 5” tail of ribbon at the back of the hole to use for tying later. Lace through one side panel eyelet, through a front panel eyelet and repeat for security. Whipstitch the remaining holes together. Do decorative lacing at the top edges, where no panels are being laced together. Keep lacing and add the remaining side and back. After the sides, front and back panels have been laced together, tie off the end of the ribbon after lacing it twice through the last hole.
7. To make a handle: thread a length of the ¼” ribbon through each length of tubing by folding an end over a dowel or skewer and pushing it through the tubing. Tie each end of the ribbon through an eyelet at the top of the purse to secure the handle.
Rhinestone Ribbon Headband
Making headbands on Creative Juice!
Using Fabri-Tac glue, add a dot of glue to one end of the headband on the backside. Add glue along the front of the headband. Attach the ribbon down the center of the headband, wrapping a small portion to the back edge.
Using jewel glue, attach small rhinestones down the center of the ribbon, guiding the rhinestones with a toothpick and allowing them to dry.
Carousel Tote Bag for RIT Dye
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A baby snapuit and 2 pairs of Simplicity Scissors!!
3 bottles of Rit Dye & a Snapsuit
Baby Snapsuit, Foam Stamp, Rhinestone Peace Iron-on
4 fun and festive Iron-ons
On the set of Creative Juice ~ making ribbon crafts!
Scrap Ribbon Sachets
1. Layer and center the narrower ribbon onto the wide ribbon, so that both sides are facing up. Stitch in place.
2. Fold the ribbon in half crosswise (right sides to right sides) and sew around the ribbon leaving a small opening for turning.
3. Turn the ribbon sachet right side out and fill with lavender or potpourri.
4. Fold in the raw ends and stitch the opening closed. Sew on small flower embellishments, if desired.
Scrap ribbons and extra buttons are all you need to make cute, elegant bookmarks.
2. Stitch a decorative button to one end of the ribbon and you are ready to mark your place in your book. 
Turn boring picture frames into custom canvases using simple strips of ribbon and tape.
1. Attach a picture smaller than the photo frame to the center of the backing board of the frame using a bit of doubled sided tape in the corners.
2. Cut two pieces of ribbon the same width as the frame and two the same length. Attach the ribbons around the photo using double-sided tape, filling in the space between the photo and the frame and creating a ribbon mat. You can layer up the ribbons, if desired.
3. Re-insert the photo and backing board back into the frame.
Make it masculine!
