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My daughter had managed to break a child's belt. I noticed that one can pull the two layers apart easily.
I used the pieces on cards in place of ribbon. It's a good look for masculine cards.
My friend Eloise gives me her bits and remnants from her sewing projects. I used a tiny strand
of sequins and yogurt foil to add silver to this 25th wedding anniversary card.
The red "ribbon" is a tie that broke off a pair of old shorts. The great thing about cards is
that one can use small bits for embellishments.
The turquoise butterfly on this Mother's Day card came from a set I had used to decorate my daughter's
room several years ago. I have also used these on sympathy cards.
The scan of this photo does not do the card justice. The watch band was broken and I thought it
would make for an interesting "ribbon" on a card. The clock is made from a juice concentrate can. A plastic
cover from a pill case is used to cover the dial.
The green grass came from my daughter's broken hula skirt.
The "ribbon" is the hula skirt grass. The flower in the girl's hand came from an old vine that used to
hang over a window.
Background paper is used gift wrap. Ask your child to try to save the gift wrap for you and they'll gladly
oblige you. More "grass" ribbon and the flowers are from a broken arrangement. Finally, the purple matte is from
a "velvet" pill case. Recycled pieces from 4 different objects on one card. That's a new record for me.
The snake is stamped on the leather upper from a torn pair of moccasins. The same pair was used to make the
sun card on the miscellaneous page.
The textured background is from a trimmed piece of rug backing. I used my heat tool to shrink the piece down.
Caution: It's very smelly. Do this in a well-ventilated area.
"Velvet" snowflakes are made from ironing a pill case onto a good quality rubber stamp. Check with the stamp
manufacturer before trying this.
More flowers from the same vine as the one used on the sleepover invitation above. Ironing helped to flatten
them.
| No Need for New Buttons |
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| These Came from Grandma's Button Jar |
Masculine cards has always been very difficult for me. The style here is simple and the shirt idea was inspired
by Splitcoast Stampers. The buttons are old ones from Grandma Edna's button jar. They work great for men's cards.
| A New Kind of Faux Stone |
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| From an Egg Carton! |
One day, I was looking at the inside of a paper egg carton and realized that part of the inside had a similar
texture to some stones.
I decided to see if I could give it a stone look. Granite is the easiet to duplicate so I painted a dark
brown background and made messy dots of white, black, and a lighter brown over it. I went over it again with a dry brush
technique in the dark brown to work it in. Let it dry and sprayed it with a clear coat.
I've seen many faux stone techniques done for backgrounds. This one is a dimensional one that can add more
texture to your cards. Give it a try. It's easy and fun.
| Collage made from an old mocassin. |
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| Inside - You are the bright spot in my life. |
Shoes only seem to last a year for me. An old pair of mocassins had a split sole and I was about to throw them
away when I took a good look at them. They have great texture for masculine cards. The suede, burlap, flannel,
string in the card, and the leather string - all came from one mocassin. The metallic sun is a punchie from a chocolate
bar wrapper.
And yes, there's no foot odor!
| Birthday card |
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| Purple "velvet" pill case |
The matte around the flowers is from a birth control pill case that has a velvet texture. Unfortunately,
it came out much darker in the scan.
My daughter really goes through the jeans. She still crawls around on her knees a lot and completely
ruins a pair or two before the end of a school year. I'll make them into cut-offs for some extra mileage in the summer
but then they're not worth donating.
It seems to be such a waste of nice material and I've seen papers made to look like jean material, so
why not use the real thing? It's quite easy to do and I don't have to buy more paper.
I've attached the material to the fabric using a type of heat and bond glue that comes with a paper
backing. I've also tried stitch witchery but it makes the paper buckle.
This card has jean material for the background. The flower had a cereal box cardboard backing
to raise it.
I stamped the flowers using a marker and filled in the areas with old leftover dimensional fabric paint.
Rhinestones add a touch of sparkle.
This is probably one of the quickest cards I've made.
Jean material was cut from the sides of a pair of jeans. I was able to make four cards with these
rivets. This picture doesn't do the card justice. It's one of the prettiest cards I've made.
You can't tell from the picture but the card is a whole 8.5x11 sheet folded in half.
I just hot-glued the jean pocket and the flowers on and added a little glitter for sparkle.
I made the sentiment rivet on my computer. It's easy to do. You just need to make two empty
circles with thick lines and place the smaller inside the larger. The text is made by using the headlines option.
Top and bottom parts must be made separate and added between the two circles.
For this card, I used acrylic paint on a foam stamp and then brushed a little extra on. I
used leftover bits of jean material on the tag. Use up those bits!
On this last card, I used a Hero Arts stamp and only partially filled it in with a marker. I even
added the second daisy on the left to fill in. One thing that's easier about stamping on material compared to paper
is that if you have a spot that you want the image to go, you can pick up the fabric and press it to that spot on the stamp
with your fingers. Works great.
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Believe it or not, the fabric background is from an old teddie that no longer fits. Even the ribbon
running through the heart is one of the straps. It seemed appropriate for a Valentine.
It did not scan well. It's prettier than it looks.
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