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By Reporter Melissa Norris
Papercrafts and fabric have slowly been fusing together for a while now. First with ribbons, eyelets, buttons, and snaps, now with sewing, embroidery, and fabric itself. This challenge had been set before us for a while but I didn't know quite where to begin. Well the same day I was thinking about it starting the challenge the Splitcoast Stampers Ways to Use It challenge was on the same topic...using fabric with your cards. I pulled out my fabric and got to work!
To cover up some of the starting points/ends I sponged the sides in black ink (Basic Black SU). To mirror the ric-rac on her dress, I chose some Gable Green (SU) cardstock and cut it using my Creative Memories decorative trimmer. I glued it on the pink and placed my pictures. Next I took my bag of buttons (assorted bag from Wal-Mart) and with my Crystal Effects glue (SU) I glued the buttons along the edge. I chose, at the time, not to add any titles or journaling but I may still do that. I mostly just wanted to enhance the pictures instead of overshadowing them with a bunch of stuff.
When doing the fabric kitties card (featured on my blog in the last Carnival) I really got to thinking about how fabric can bring back memories. I used the kitty fabric to make a dress for Haydrienne last summer and now every time I see that fabric I think about her and the dress.
When going through my drawer of fabric scraps I found this plaid fabric. This fabric was used on a t-shirt I received in college from one of my sorority sisters. In sororities we have a big sister and a family. This is my family fabric and was used on our family shirt. When I saw the fabric all of those memories came back and I knew I had to use it as a background for a card for my big sister. I sewed the fabric directly on the card (I find that easier than trying to get different adhesives to stick well). I then stamped images from the Love Matters (SU) set and colored them with my pastels and blender pens. Then I popped the cut outs up with dimensionals. I can't wait to send her this card because I know that all those good memories will come back to her too.
Now I am definitely not the sewer in my family. That's my mom. She was making things since way before I was born. But one of the things she made me was this quilt of all of my sorority t-shirts (she also made me one of all my high school shirts). When I saw the quilt on my bed and thinking about this challenge it really got me to thinking about how a quilt can be a scrapbook in it's own right. I never could have put all of these shirts in my paper scrapbook, so she made the memories into something else. I can't wait to get to share these memories with Haydrienne when she gets older and with other sisters who have never seen it. So I just wanted to give this shout out to my mom for taking the time to make this "scrapbook" for me and hopefully I will be able to do the same someday.
When going through my drawer of fabric scraps I found this plaid fabric. This fabric was used on a t-shirt I received in college from one of my sorority sisters. In sororities we have a big sister and a family. This is my family fabric and was used on our family shirt. When I saw the fabric all of those memories came back and I knew I had to use it as a background for a card for my big sister. I sewed the fabric directly on the card (I find that easier than trying to get different adhesives to stick well). I then stamped images from the Love Matters (SU) set and colored them with my pastels and blender pens. Then I popped the cut outs up with dimensionals. I can't wait to send her this card because I know that all those good memories will come back to her too.
Now I am definitely not the sewer in my family. That's my mom. She was making things since way before I was born. But one of the things she made me was this quilt of all of my sorority t-shirts (she also made me one of all my high school shirts). When I saw the quilt on my bed and thinking about this challenge it really got me to thinking about how a quilt can be a scrapbook in it's own right. I never could have put all of these shirts in my paper scrapbook, so she made the memories into something else. I can't wait to get to share these memories with Haydrienne when she gets older and with other sisters who have never seen it. So I just wanted to give this shout out to my mom for taking the time to make this "scrapbook" for me and hopefully I will be able to do the same someday.Everything in our life holds a memory. Whether it be a picture, a letter, or a newsclipping to a t-shirt, piece of a dress, or part of an old blanket. It's up to us as crafters to take those everyday items that may get lost in the shuffle by themselves and to work them into something important and treasured so that they can be passed on to others.
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