Recycle jeans part 2

Another fun drama free Friday with Barb Owen. This time we created this fun little journal with sewn in pages. A first time for me to create a booklet with signatures and so on.

If you feel like making one hop over to Barbs website and have a look at the many inspiring creative projects. How To Get Creative - Barb Owen


 Materials I used are;

• Old pair of jeans 
• We are memory keepers - Crop A Dile
• Eyelets
• Sizzix Bigz Die Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals
• Twine, fabric, button

Fabric cards

Present for my sister

My sister received a fabric pocket filled with 60 envelopes with letters from people she knows - past and present - with a memory/anecdote and birthday wish. 

Fun Needlebooks

For a special moment

New prayer flags I made for a family member to celebrate a special moment.

Fabric Cards

First a Valentine card using paper, fabric and my sewing machine.

Material used:

Kraft cardstock & envelope

Crafters Workshop Stencil - Mini Arabesque

Tim Holtz Stamp - Heart

7 Gypsies Paper - Lille & Cambden

How about a complete fabric card... I love creating these!

Double fold card

And a trifold card

Stamping on fabric

Fabric is such a great surface to stamp on!

I use natural or white coloured linen, calico or muslin. Muslin has an open weave and it is not easy to get a clear impression, it does give a vintage look to it. To give calico and linen fabric a vintage look you can dye it with tea or coffee. I sometimes add some vanilla for a nice fragrance :)

A huge advantage of stamping of fabric is that you can use the stamped pieces in many different projects. Cards, altered art pieces, fabric collage / books and so on. It is my favourite technique!

Draw string bag materials used:

Coffee dyed Calico 

Tim Holtz Cling Stamps - Classics #1

Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Broken China, Musterd Seed, Peeled Paint.

Front

Back

Inside

Fabric card / book materials used:

Calico fabric, lace and other fabric pieces

Tim Holtz Distress Stains - Broken China, Mustard Seed

Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Peacock Green

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black & Coffee

Tim Holtz Cling Stamps - Classics #1

Indigo Blu - Honeycomb Background

Lost Coast Designs -  Wish Upon A Star

Materials used:

Coffee dyed Calico

Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee

Stampendous cling - Bluebird Branch (CRM285)

Crafty Individuals - Chicken (CI-289), Seagull  (CI-344),  Robin (CI-357)

Materials used:

Rangel Archival Ink - Coffee

Coffee dyed muslin

Crafty Individuals - Praying Angel (CI-056)

I had some questions about this technique, this is what I keep in mind when stamping on fabric:

• It is easier to colour the images with (distress) inks on a thinner fabric but the ink is most likely to bleed.
• When using distress inks your project is not washable.
• Acrylic paint is more opaque and can cover the lines, project will be washable.
• You get the best impression when using a foam mat (for example mouse pad) as stamping underground. 
• Contrasting colours like black on light fabric give a good and clear stamped image.
• The tighter woven the fabric, the better the stamped result.
• Most stamps are suitable for stamping on fabric, rubber stamps however give the best result.
• Ink that can be used to stamp on fabric are Ranger Archival inks or Stazon.
• To enhance the image you can outline with a black marker (I use Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen).

A new start or just more of the same...

The weather has entertained us the past year with rain in every shape and form and most of it in large quantities and our traditional Christmas walk along the lake was a wet but fun one.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a happy start of a new year. I stay far from resolutions like I will blog more, health regimes, less eating and big bold plans for the future with the start of a new year, to avoid disappointments *smile*.

During the holidays I kept my hands busy... mainly to relax my mind. I have finished my first crazy quilt block, I'm not sure what to do with the finished block... maybe hang it on my wall or something. Anyway I feel I have stepped into the new year with a peaceful mind :)

Just some sharing

Regular blogging has not been on my agenda lately, there is so much going on in my life at the moment that I cannot find the time or energy. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all  my followers for your kind support and comments, I want you to know that I greatly appreciate your support and I hope to be back posting more regular soon.

Thought I share pictures of my creations from the past couple of months, some of which have been sold in the craft fair.

Prayer Flag - Embrace Change

Altered flower pot Pin cushion

Primitive Peg Angels

Christmas Fairy

Merry Christmas Bird