Another attempt to empty the patterned paper remnants bag…
This time I used a stamp die for the bigger stamps and my scan n cut for the smaller ones. I finally chopped up pages of butterfly, floral and birds paper and used long neglected franking stamps and some old paper distress ink to create the collage on a sheet of magazine paper.
Experiments with fabric, ribbon and patterned paper remnants to create a series of cards.
A combined effort to recover some hangers AND use some of the donated ribbon in my overflowing haberdashery box.
After removing the old fabric cover, but saving the foam padding which was in good condition, I discovered the hanger bit unscrews.
I used the old fabric as a pattern for the new and sewed a tube with a button hole where the hanger would screw back in.
The ends of the tube were hand stitched closed and the butterfly chain ribbon hand stitched around, including covering the button hole.
Not easy to line up the screw hole for the hanger but a satisfying little job.
In this case it was the chicken.
A pair of paper cut outs (calligraphy paper aplenty in my drawer) were sewn to sandwich a crème egg inside. Ready for little Easter gifts and tucked away so we don’t inadvertently nibble them.
Then a few eggs were made using up magazine papers and washi tape (will I never use it up?) again sewn shut and packed away for Easter.
The basic shapes were cut from my scan and cut to the maximum size of my papers. I can see this working with other stock shapes for single sweet treats throughout the year – hearts, cars, stockings …
Must remember to keep the sewing machine needle with my papercraft projects as the paper blunts the needle quickly.
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