Thursday, May 20, 2010

Fun with Fabric!

So Cath at Moxie Fab World is at is again with her challenges and really got me inspired to work with the fabulous imported Japanese fabric available at Torendi.  So far I have used the "Stroll" fabric from the "Color by Number" Kit and the canvas "Mushroom" fabric. I hope to come up with a fun idea for all the fabrics before the challenge is over.  I have until June 7th, you should play along too.    


For my first project I made a card using the fabric as the background of the scene. All the stamps are from the adorable Critters in the 'Burbs by Lawn Fawn Stamps and are paper pieced with Cosmo Cricket  the Boyfriend paper. The sun is a sticker from the new E.A.D Designs Stickerz line, "Rainy Day"  I even used my sewing machine again!  I didn't really want the thread to be that noticeable so I matched it to the fabric as best I could.   


Here is a close up of the E.A.D Designs Sticker.  I used Copic markers to color it in.  You can also see the sewing better in this pic, so yes I did the crazy line on purpose!

Here is my next attempt at using fabric.  I made a little hair clip for my girls.  I traced the clip around the fabric where the little woodland critter was, cut that out,  sewed it to some felt, and then slipped in the hair clip.  Next I cut out mushrooms from the same fabric, covered them in sparkle Mod Podge, let them dry and then Mod Podged them to the clip. I plan on making more clips soon!


And here is my shy clip model! :)

I hope you are inspired to work with fabric now too! 


11 comments:

~amy~ said...

fun stuff!!! Love the card!!! sweet hairclip and your model is a-dorable:)

Anonymous said...

Way cute model. The hair clip is adorable and your card is FABULOUS!!!

Me said...

ohhhh...sooo cute! and yes, i'm gonna go get out some fabric!

Jenny said...

Wonderful card love it and cute hair clip!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) thanks for the sweet compliment on my blog! your too kind!!

Beth aka BR-T said...

Wow Jenn these are so amazing!!! Beth

jen said...

Great card- love the little details! And that has to be the cutest little model!!! :)

~kelly marie~ said...

This card is amazing, Jen! WOW! And the barrette and model are the cutest!

Raechelle Bellus said...

awww... she's adorable! What a fun little clip! The card is fabulous!

Lynnette said...

This is so adorable. Love everything about the whole post. SO much cuteness in one place!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Jenn! Thanks for entering the Fun with Fabric challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you played along! :)

Lynnette said...

Awwww, these are awesome.