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Hand-Stitched and Charming From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-329

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Instead of just adhering tags and titles to your page -- why not try stitching them in place for a hand-crafted look? Figure A Figure B Figure C

Stephanie Barnard shares a hearfelt page with host Sandi Genovese. Barnard uses accents that are "sew" perfect -- stitchery and charms!

Materials:

Heart charms
Small crystal embellishments
Red embroidery floss or fibers
Needle-tip tool
Tag and heart-shaped die-cuts
Heart stamps
Versamark pad
Black and red sheets of cardstock
Kraft-colored cardstock
Black journaling pen or marker
Cross-stitch needle
Temporary adhesive
Photo splits
Pencil
Scrapbooking glue or adhesive

1. Die-cut tags and heart shapes. Adhere temporary adhesive to the back of the large and medium heart die- cuts. Layer the large heart die-cut over the tag die-cut. Use the needle tip tool to poke holes through the tag, around the heart shape. (Tip: The further apart the holes, the longer your stitches will be.) After punching holes around the large heart die-cut, center the medium heart die-cut within the larger outline and repeat the same technique.

2. To stitch the heart shape onto the tag, thread needle and begin from back surface. Bring your needle through the first hole on the largest heart -- pull thread almost all the way through, but leave a little at the end. This small piece can be secured to the back of the tag with a photo split.

3. Next, push needle down through hole two. Now you have one stitch. Go up through hole three, and down through hole two to make stitch number two (figure A). Continue with this backstitch all the way around the largest heart.

4. In three spots, add a silver heart charm by going through the back of the charm (figure B), and then continue stitching. Repeat technique to complete the medium heart shape.

5. Next, adhere the small die cut heart and crystal (figure C). Add background tag die-cut and fibers.

6. Handwrite title with a pencil on black cardstock. Use same backstitch technique to stitch title. Add charm to a letter (in this case, a heart charm "dots the i"). Adhere piece to red cardstock.

7. Trim 1/8" all the way around the kraft-colored cardstock. Adhere to the black cardstock. Stamp heart randomly on kraft cardstock.

8. Double-mat photo on red, then black cardstock.

9. Adhere photo, title and tag to page.

RESOURCES :
Art of the Scrapbook: A Guide to Handbinding and Decorating Memory Books, Albums, and Art Journals
Model: 0823010198
Author: Diane V. Maurer-Mathison
Watson-Guptill Publications
Website: www.watsonguptill.com

Quilted Scrapbooks: Making Scrapbook Pages with Patchwork, Applique and Other Quilting Techniques
Model: 1892127105
Author: Editors Satellite Press
(2001)

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Making Memory Books by Hand: 22 Projects to Make, Keep and Share
Model: 1564965856
Author: Kristina Feliciano
(1999)

Rockport Publishers, Inc.
Website: www.rockpub.com

Making Memories: With Fabric, Photos and Family Keepsakes
Model: 1564772349
Author: Margaret Sindelar
(1998)

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Martingale & Co. / That Patchwork Place
Website: www.martingale-pub.com

Charms, crystals
JewelCraft
Website: www.jewelcraft.biz

GUESTS :
Stephanie Barnard
JewelCraft
Designer
Website: www.jewelcraft.biz