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BML Guest Post – Megan from The Crafty CPA

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Hi everyone!  I’m thrilled to be here guest blogging for Michele.  This is my first guest blogging gig and I hope you enjoy my project.
My name is Megan and I blog as “the crafty cpa“.  I’m an accountant by day and a crafter by night and weekend.  I like to do all sort of crafts; scrapbooking, sewing, painting, cake decorating, basically I try a little of everything and I’m a master of nothing.  This project combines my love of scrapbooking with my love of sewing.
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I love this piece of scrapbook paper.  The flowers are funky and seventies inspired.  I wanted to translate this print to a pillow.
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This paper comes from an SEI paper pack called Dill Blossom.

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Cut a 13 inch square piece of muslin.  Grab a fine point Sharpie, a lightbox and start tracing the scrapbook paper design onto the fabric.  I taped the paper to the fabric with scotch tape so that it didn’t shift.  If you don’t have a lightbox, you can get the same effect with a sunny window.

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Here’s how my fabric looked after tracing.

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and a close up…

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Grab some ink pads and start adding color.  Stayz-On ink stays on through washing.  I haven’t tested other inks.  I did use other inks in this project as shown above.  So if I ever have to wash the pillow we will see what happens…

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I intentionally “colored outside the lines” by rubbing the stamp pads directly onto the fabric.  I decided to use a different color scheme than the original scrapbook paper.

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Sew into a 12 inch pillow with an envelope closure and insert a pillow form to finish.

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I hope you enjoy making a scrapbook paper inspired pillow.  The possibilities are endless.  Thanks for having me and stop by for a visit at the crafty cpa!

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Crystal

Sunday 17th of April 2011

This is so awesome! You have definitely have patience to trace all that! Looks Great! :)

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malia

Sunday 17th of April 2011

what a terrific idea... love that SEI paper too!

Tammy

Thursday 14th of April 2011

That is a totally cool idea! I definitely need to head on over to your place and check out your blog ;)

Brigitte

Wednesday 13th of April 2011

I like to do all sort of crafts; scrapbooking, sewing, painting, cake decorating, basically I try a little of everything and I'm a master of nothing-----> this could be my line, hehehe!I just loooooooooove this idea, I'm going to search trough my pile of scrappapers to make myself such a fab!! pillow! Thnx for sharing!

Tanya @ Greetings From the Asylum

Wednesday 13th of April 2011

I am definitely going to try this!

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