Still playing with fabric

I'm having the best time adding fabric bits to my cards. I hope you're not tired of this style just yet. I used the scallop heart nestabilities with some warm and natural fabric and then sewed around the heart with a tan thread for a little extra detail. The flower die is from Papertrey Ink. The fabrics are some fat quarters that I got from my Mom. I really like the way this turned out. I think I'm going to have to make some more of this style to put in my stash.

 I hope you're all having a great day. Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Warm and Natural Flowers

I posted a couple of weeks ago about some fabric scraps that I got from my Mom and I decided to get out my flower dies and some Warm and Natural that I had to make flower embellishments to go with the fabric scraps. For the first card I used PTI Kraft cardstock with a strip of Rustic Cream for the sentiment. The label die and border stamp is from a|muse studio and the flower die is PTI Beautiful Blooms II #3. I cut two of the large flower and one of the medium and small flower and stitched it together with three small gold beads.

For the second card I used the PTI Beautiful Blooms II #1 die set to create the flower and stitched it together with a button. To adhere the fabric pieces to the cards I used scor-tape because it was much faster than getting out my iron, ironing board and fusible web to create iron-on patches. I also used scor-tape to adhere the lace strips on each card. To attach the flowers to the cards I used Helmar 450. I love that stuff for gluing on fabric embellishments.

 Well, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Happy Stamping!

Playing with Muslin, Burlap and Spellbinders

I don't have a card to share with you today but I do have some crafty goodness. My niece asked me about the possibility of making some muslin flowers to tie around mason jars for wedding table decorations so I told her I would make her some samples. I ran 5 pieces of muslin through my cuttlebug with a large scalloped circle spellbinders die and then 1 piece of burlap with a smaller scalloped circle die to create my first attempt at a flower. It was so easy to put together which would be great for mass producing and I really like the results. I'm planning to work on some more samples for her this weekend in case she isn't as excited about this one as I am. :)

If you'd like to make some of these, all you need is 5 pieces of muslin and 1 burlap piece. Take one muslin circle, fold it in half and then in half again by bringing the edges to the center to form a point. You can see a sample of one circle folded in the bottom left of this photo. Once you have done that to four of the muslin circles, sew them to the fifth piece for your base. Next, place the burlap piece in the center and stitch it down with a button. Couldn't be easier.

I used a glue dot to adhere one of the flowers to my button jar as a sample. I can envision these flowers on all kinds of projects. Wouldn't they be cute on headbands and cards and scrapbook pages and pillows? I'm thinking a banner would be really fun too. Maybe I'll work on one for the bridal shower.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you've had a wonderful week and are able to do something fun and crafty this weekend. Happy Stamping Crafting!

Fabric Flowers

The other day I stumbled upon some fabulous fabric flowers on Winter's blog who forwarded me to Courtney's blog for a great video tutorial on how to make them. Needless to say I spent some time this weekend making fabric flowers.

And I even manage to put together a card using one of the flowers. This card measures 5x7.

Here's a closeup of the flower on the card. I had a great time at the fabric store on Sunday morning. Looking at all of the different fabrics and trying to decide what would look good as a flower. I bought 3/8's of a yard of a few different fabrics that were on sale and then cut them into strips about 3 1/2 inches wide to make my flowers. Some of my flowers got pretty big so I think I'll try making some with a thinner strip of fabric. The burlap flower was fun to make but it's really bulky so I thinking it will end up on some type of altered project. . . gift box or bag or basket or barrette. . . . so many possibilities.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

p.s. If you make any fabric flowers, please leave me a link so I can check them out.