Turn Your Fabric Scraps into a Cool Card!
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! We’re welcoming back special guest Richele Christensen to the blog with this trio of totally gorgeous cards – and YES, the primary components are fabric scraps! Read on to learn more and enjoy!
Hello friends! Today we are creating beautiful cards using fabric scraps. I love using fabric on projects because it adds so much texture. So grab your Tim Holtz Palette Fabrics in your favorite colors and lets get started. I can’t wait to explore more with this fun technique.
Stack up a few scraps in the color/colors you’d like to use. I used pieces that were about 2” x 3” give or take a little.
Cut trough the scraps straight and diagonally too make small pieces. The smaller the scraps the more scrappy it will be.
Lay a piece of lightweight fusible interfacing rough side up. Arrange the pieces on on the interfacing. The pieces will overlap. Work on a piece of card stock so you can transfer the piece to your ironing board. Press well to fuss interfacing to the pieces.
Randomly stitch through the pieces several times in all directions to secure the pieces. Now that you have the piece secured die cut or cut out your shape (heart, flowers, butterfly, leaves, etc. When die cutting through fabric there is a few tips and yes you can use your wafer thin dies for die cutting fabric. It’s always a good idea to pass the fabric through the die cut machine a few times. When your die cutting if you have a few little threads that don’t cut you can use scissors or sometimes you can add cardstock under the fabric to help cut through.
Create a background onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Apply ink to your mat spritz with water and press to front of the card into the ink. Dray with a heat tool. Repeat as desired. Pick up the watered down ink with a brush or water brush and flick on to card to create spots. Dry with a heat tool.
Stamp script with Distress Ink in Pumice Stone to add a little interest to the background.
Stamp the message using Versa Fine Nocturne Ink from Simon Says Stamp.
Sew the heart to the front of the card and add the message with SSS Foam Squares.
(Flower Cards variation) Create your fabric daisies and card front following the instructions above.
Stitch the seams and leaves on the front of the card using green thread.
Use a glue stick to hold the flower where you’d like and stitch with matching thread through the petals. Hand stitch buttons to the center of the flower using Embroidery floss.
Add your message using foam squares.
I think anyone would love to receive a beautiful card made with fabric scraps. Thanks so much for stopping by and happy sewing! –Richele
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Card Kit Reveal and Inspiration: Watercolor Bouquet
Get ready for SPRING with our happy and bright March 2026 Card Kit—Watercolor Bouquet!
This cheerful kit features the following Simon Says Stamp exclusive products: the Watercolor Bouquet 6×8 stamp set, the Basics and Reverse Basics XL EZ strips, a custom 6 pack of Pawsitively Saturated ink cubes, and one jar of Pawsitively Perfect Silver splatter medium.
Prepare to flex your artistry and creativity with the following amazing products: 1 Tim Holtz Ranger Mini Distress blending brush, 1 watercolor brush pen, 2 sheets of Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor cardstock, 1 yard of May Arts twine, 1 water spritzer, 5 paper doilies, and a total of five tags in two different sizes!
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Happy Galentine’s Day! Make a Valentine for a CRAFTY friend Reprise
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the oh-so-talented and amazing Yana Smakula for this super fun Galentine’s Day reprise! (Please note: our dear friend Yana is Ukrainian. To show support to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, please see Yana’s post HERE.)
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
With Valentine’s Day not too far away I decided to create a card for a crafty friend. This video shows a non-traditional crafty Valentine’s Day card. I am using older supplies from Simon Says Stamp to stamp this card, and hopefully you already have these in your stash. If not, they are still available in the store.
I started by planning a sentiment and picked one that reads “Love You Like Craft Supplies” from CZ Love You Like stamp set. Isn’t it brilliant? Next, I needed to find an image of a craft supply and I spotted one in the Hand Crafted with Love stamp set. Bingo! With my sentiment planned, next I wanted to have a colorful background for my card. I used the Retro Tiles background stamp and stamped it in various colors of ink (Cantaulope, Peachy, Melon, Grapefruit, Citrine) with the help of Simon’s A2 Stencil Masks.
To continue the colorful theme of this card, I used yellow cardstock for the card base. It is so unexpected! You open the card and you see happy cheerful yellow on the inside! Plus, there’s a funny message: “And that’s a whole lot!”.
My card came together in no time! Be sure to watch my video tutorial for the detailed how-to! Have fun stamping! -Yana
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