Scrappy Stationery

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More heart themed projects. ;o)

Hope you like them....

   I think these projects would work for more occasions than Valentine's Day and secondly, you know I love ideas for using fabric scraps.

Scrappy Heart Notecards

I made these notecards from pink and red scraps. Many were strips left over from squaring up fabric, which means their widths vary.  Using machine needles I  keep specifically for sewing through paper, I pieced the fabric strips directly to the cardstock.  After all the strips are sewn on, I "quilt" them to the cardstock (which simply means I stitched random lines every which way across them ;o).  The next step is optional: I add some fusible web to the back of the cardstock before I trace and cut out my heart shapes to fuse onto tiny note cards.  Honestly, you can skip using fusible web if you are going to sew* the hearts to the cards.  I did both, simply because I was making note cards and tags at the same time.

*Please note that if you choose to secure the hearts to the note card with stitching, there will be needle holes and stitches showing on the inside of your note card - however, if you fuse the hearts rather than sew them to the note card, no needle holes and stitches on the inside.  You choose which look you prefer.

No two cards are exactly alike.

I also use a similar method to fashion some scrappy tags.  All steps are the same except I use my Sizzix machine with a tag die. All cutting was done with the die,  after I fused my scrappy pieced cardstock to coloured cardstock.  Voila!  Tags are fabric on one size and coloured cardstock on the other.  Add ribbon and attach to gift!  Simple and unique.  I like it!

A fun way to personalize a gift tag.

I love having handmade notecards and tags for gift giving and even better when they let me make good use of my scraps!