Fabric, unless sewn, is quite an unknown quantity when it comes to scrapbook pages. However, the technique that Steph has used here with the Michael Miller Fabric is not only simple but highly effective when combining with paper scrapbooking. Firstly Steph got an A4 transparency and covered it with an artists' medium called "mod podge". Once a thin layer had been applied with a paint brush, she popped the fabric down on the transparency and lightly tapped the material, smoothing out any air bubbles.
Then Steph painted another layer of Mod Podge over the fabric, and waiting for the white paste to dry clear. Once the material had dried the images can then be cut out and adhered to the base of the layout. In this case, Steph used the fabric elements in a collage style to frame the photo of her daughter Madi.
Fabric is undoubtedly one of Nicole's favourite scrapbooking products and these swatches by Junkitz are no exception. Each packs contains three pieces of co-ordinating fabric and the texture of this set was exactly what Nic was looking for.
She pleated a frayed strip to add interest and texture across the top of her layout and also used the patterned piece to cover her chipboard heart and letters.
The heavy weave of the Junkitz fabric meant that it was easily adhered to the chipboard with a glue stick then was easy to fray by pulling threads away.
Nicole stamped her title words onto a strip of the plain Junkitz calico and used other pieces to cover buttons and as a photo mat. Nic says to stamp easily onto fabric, tape the edges of the fabric down to your desk or board to hold it taught while you stamp. When it's dry you simply peel away the tape and you have a cleanly stamped image or title.
Michael Miller Memories has a great selection of fabric pages. Carole used the Meow range to create this fold out board for her holiday snaps of her daughter in Paris.
Firstly the Meow Fabric pages where used a a background which Carole stitched and then she created embellishments with the gorgeous characters which were in the design. She created 3D embellishments, also created flowers - using ovals to create the petals for the Polka Dot Flowers and stitching them together starting with small ovals for the centre and working up to bigger ovals.
Carole also created little cushions and attached one to the board and another to create a cute little Pin Cushion. She also added dimensional magic to the fabric to bring out the pattern and to create added dimension.
Chris wanted to create something that could be touched with the Heidi Grace Love Blossoms flocked paper, tags and punchouts. So she created this little collection consisting of an altered photo frame, tiny take out box and a 2009 diary. Chris says the flocked products are so lovely to work with and to run your hand over once the creations are finished.
