Jacob’s Ladder Tutorial
Click on more if you are interested in seeing a quick tutorial for this fun project. Think Mother’s Day present, think Teacher gift! This is great for any occasion. I can’t wait to make my next one.
The images in the tutorial are thumb nails. Click on them to see a bigger picture.
Supplies:
- 12 light or medium weight coasters
- 12 3 3/4″ squares pictures and/or patterned paper
- Sticky Tape
- 3 strands of ribbon about 45″ each
- embellishments
- ruler
- marker
- scissors
- regular adhesive
Step one:
Mark 6 coaster on one side at 3/4″, 2″ and 3 1/4″. Keep your other 6 coasters blank.
(Before starting this project, I added Expresso Adirondack Acrylic Paint to the edges of my coasters.)
Step two:
Take your first marked coaster and add sticky strip over the lines you made earlier.
Step three:
Tape your ribbon down as shown. Top ribbon going to the right, middle to the left and bottom ribbon to the right.
Step four:
Take an unmarked coaster and tape it down on top of the first coaster to sandwich the ribbon in between the two.
Step five:
Take your ribbon and fold it over your unmarked coaster.
Important!!!! Don’t tape it down. Just fold it over.
Step six:
Take a marked coaster and lay it on top of your previous coaster. Add tape again over the your lines. Tape down ribbon.
Step seven:
Repeat step five and six until you are on your last marked coaster. Tape your ribbon down and cut off the leftover ribbon. Then tape your last unmarked coaster over that.
Step eight:
Decorate the front.
Step nine:
Decorate your inside pages by sliding your patterned paper or photo underneath your ribbon. Don’t tape anything over the ribbon or your Jacob’s ladder won’t flip!
Variations:Try different sizes with different amount of pages! I think these can be very addicting. I can’t wait to make another! I am thinking soft colors as a baby gift? Birthday party album? I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!
Hints:
- Make sure your ribbon doesn’t twist up or it won’t work.
- Play with it several times. Every time you make it flip, it will work better. Help it out a bit in the beginning if one or more of the coasters won’t turn.
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Comments
Thank you for another fabulous tutorial, Beate!!! I will have to give this a try when I get back from vacation!
Posted by: Teresa | May 7th, 2007 14:25
That’s really cool Beate. I’ll have to give a shot!
Posted by: Robyn | May 7th, 2007 14:52
WOW! Awesome tutorial! I HAVE to try this! You are awesome!
Posted by: Charmaine | May 7th, 2007 16:34
This is incredible! Always the clever one! : )
Posted by: Michele Kovack | May 7th, 2007 20:12
I was SOOOO going to do this tutorial today, but I thought you might…LOL I did start mine Jacobs ladder though, it is so cool!
Posted by: Julie | May 7th, 2007 20:34
wow! This sounds FUN!!! I will have to give it a try once I finish all these projects with due dates. Then, I can play a little bit *wink* **HUGS** Alex
Posted by: lilstamperalex | May 7th, 2007 21:30
PS I finished mine!!!
Posted by: Julie | May 7th, 2007 22:19
Wow wonderful tutorial Beate! I can’t wait to make one of these. Hopefully sometime in the near future.
Posted by: Diane S. | May 7th, 2007 22:38
If you’re a visual learner, you can see the same directions on http://www.crafttvweekly.com
Posted by: Doris | May 7th, 2007 22:40
WOW! This looks way to cool…guess I gotta hit the local biergarten again to swipe some more coasters!!!
Can’t wait to try this out!
Huggs,
Jana
Posted by: Jana | May 8th, 2007 01:17
Your on the showcase again today 5-8-07 girlie WHO HOOO!! way to go .. I just love that set you used especially that saying .. gotta be one of my favorites.. Way to go girlie ..
xoxox
Dawn
Posted by: Dawn Griffith | May 8th, 2007 04:05
Have I mentioned lately how much I love you!!!! You are awesome. Thank you for posting this great tutorial. I am taking tomorrow morning off from work and this is on my agenda.
HUGS!!!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | May 8th, 2007 06:22
Thanks so much for the tutorial! I can’t wait to try this for Mother’s Day! I guess I’d better get busy!
Posted by: waterchild12 (broni) | May 8th, 2007 07:56
Beate!
How cool is this! You rock girl! I need to make some gifts for Mother’s Day and maybe if I try real hard I can at least get one made for my MIL and get it in the mail in by tomorrow! And then I will have til Friday to make one for my Mother since I will see her on Saturday!
Posted by: Joan Hajek | May 8th, 2007 13:52
ok……….I just put one together, minus the deco paper and photos. WARNING!!!!!! Make sure your ribbons don’t get twisted!
UGH! I have the darn thing taped with so much sticky tape I can’t fix it! Oh well! I learned a lesson! And it’s only on one part of it!
Posted by: Joan Hajek | May 8th, 2007 14:59
Well, I guess I didn’t read the post very well. When I went back to see the other posts I’ve missed I saw the (more). Lo and behold here it is, LOL. TFS.
Posted by: Juanita | May 9th, 2007 13:30
You rock! Can’t wait to try this.. a great excuse to go shopping! Thank you!!!!
Posted by: Holly (Toy) | May 10th, 2007 07:48
I had tried to make one of these but just couldn’t figure
out how to make it more than just 2 pages… thank you so much.
Rita
Posted by: Rita | May 10th, 2007 14:02
This is so awesome!!! Very neato!! Can’t wait to try it myself.
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Posted by: fresh & fun » Baby Boy Jacob’s Ladder | May 29th, 2007 13:18
Well I followed your directions and it came out awesome. I can’t stop playing with it. I took your idea and did it in pastel colors (baby). I think I might decorate it with the “Bundle of Joy” (SU) set. Thanks again!
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Posted by: Jacob’s Ladder - Jakobsleiter « : unikatissima : | June 23rd, 2008 08:13
This project is FANTASTIC! Love it!
an baly
Posted by: an baly | January 23rd, 2009 22:56
I made a wooden Jacob’s Ladder several years ago, but I never thought of doing it for a card.
Posted by: Swedie | September 19th, 2009 14:43