Monday, November 7, 2011

Welcome and a Giveaway!

Welcome in to the Green House on the Hill.  To kick things off, I came up with a project using fabric (when you get to the giveaway, this will all make sense).  I made a few fun, fabric tags that can be used as an embellishment on a scrapbook page or on a card.  So let’s get started.

This is what I used:
Big Shot Die-cutting Machine
Sizzix Tag Dies (mine are from the originals collection)
Canvas
Ink (I used Excelsior Dye and a Tsukineko VersaFine ink)
Foam Stamps
Sewing Machine and some thread
First, I cut the fabric with my Big Shot.  I love the Big Shot for cutting all sorts of stuff.  It works really well with fabric.

Next, I used a round, foam stamp to stamp a circle over the hole that is punched in the tag to make it look like a manila office tag. 

Then, I loaded some contrasting thread in my sewing machine and sewed a zigzagged border around the big tag and a straight stitch around the smaller tag.  Finally, I added some stamped images to both tags.

So now you have seen something that I have done with fabric.  Now, I want to show you Creating Keepsakes’ latest special publication and give you a chance to win a copy of your own. 

Creating Keepsakes has just released a new special publication titled, Scrapbooking with Fabric & Notions.  To be eligible to win a copy, leave me a comment on this post by Friday, November 11th, 2011 at noon EST.  I will randomly pick a winner from all the comments that I receive this week.  Here is a sneak peek of this fun issue!  If you don't win, you can buy your own copy here!

Thanks for stopping by.  Please stop back tomorrow for another fun project!

21 comments:

  1. Welcome to bloggerhood, Patty! {{{hugs}}} (No RAK entry for me, thanks ;) )

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  2. Fabulous tags!!! The magazine looks great! :)

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  3. Fantastic tag...another way to use up scraps! I love it.

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  4. Awesome tag idea!! Love your blog name.

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  5. I love your tags! I just love the look of canvas! :)

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  6. These tags are fabulous!! Thanks for the fun tutorial! Congrats on the new blog! :)

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  7. Congratulations, Patty. Almost, but just almost, you give me the courage to try blogging. Great way to start off with a bang.

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  8. I never thought to use fabric as my tag base. Thanks.

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  9. Great way to use the fabric!Congrats! on your new blog! ~Bev~ (Skeeter)

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  10. I love your new blog! Great idea to use fabric for tags to use on your future projects. I'm looking forward to using my Vagabond to cut some tags to decorate. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Love your tags! Those are so cool! Your blog is off to a great start! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  12. Congrats on your new blog! I love the fabric tags and may have to make some myself!

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  13. Thanks for another chance to win! Looks like a magazine I would love! Congrats on bloghood!

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  14. Love this issue! I have lots of fabric scraps too.

    Welcome to the blogsphere!

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  15. Great tags! I have a huge stash of fabric, would love some ideas on using in scrapbooking.

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  16. Your tags turned out cute! Envisioning them on a boyish page. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  17. Cute tags!! I need to do something like that on my boys pages!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

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  18. I love the tags, Patty.....and the fact that you can use a sewing machine and I can't, means you will have to spend your time doing one.more.thing. lol
    BTW, love, love, LOVE your blog name!

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