Day 12 Tag

Day 12 tag for the #FABtag30days challenge using up leftover bits from the previous tags.

Then I decided it needed something else, so I added a couple of large gems to balance it out.

Day 11 Tag

My tag for day 11 of the #FABtag30day challenge.  I decided to encase the smaller tag in the larger tag behind a sheet of plastic.

Then I decided to bling it up a bit and added some gems.

Another Oriental Scrapbook Page - 8 x 8

Just a simple matting and layering layout. Another page for my black 8 x 8 book.

FABric Tags - Boho Style

I out some scraps of fabric onto a tag shape to cover the background, then sewed around the edges with the machine.

And the same again for this one.

Then I played around with some other pieces of fabric to create a layout I liked.

And again, did the same with the other one.

Once happy, I got the sewing machine out again and attached all the fabric pieces.

And I did the same for this one. And as you can see, I slightly changed the layout of this one from the original.

Here they are out in the garden side by side.

Close up of the broken jewellery piece.

This image has a piece of wadding underneath so it puffs out.

And another piece of the broken jewellery to finish it off.

These are my day 5 tags for the FABtag30 challenge.

Another Oriental Scrapbook Page

I was just playing around with layering some different papers.  I now wish I had mounted the main image on a dark colour background, but too late now!

Toppers

Made some toppers from the bits and pieces I created yesterday.

Close ups of some of the toppers.

Fabric Tags

I collected a few bits of scrap fabrics together last night which is why the photo is dark. Played around with them seeing what went together. 

This morning I switched them around a bit and glued them down onto card.

Once stuck, I cut the fabric around the card.

 

Next I added some trims.

These are my finished fabric tags.

Close ups - the butterfly is cut from a piece of fabric.

I used a playing card for the focal point on this one.

I changed this one up as the original piece of fabric I wanted to use was very bulky.

Created a frame for this image.

Another framed image.

Finished tags on the grass.

Small Fabric Steampunk / Gothic Book

After I'd printed some images onto fabric and cut them up, I started to lay fabric and trims around them to start to build up a page.

I did the same for all of them and added a few emblishments.

Nothing is stuck down yet as I was still playing around with placement etc.

Ribbons, lace and ric-rak.

Once everything was glued down on the pages I played around with the placement of them and paired them up.

Then the pinkish set of pages.

And the next two pages, these are five and six.

And the last two pages.

I put the pages together in the same way I'd made the other two books sandwiching lace inbetween the layers. I laid out the pieces for the front and back covers. At this point, nothing is stuck down.

This is the front cover stitched and glued down with all embellishments attached.

And the back cover which I've left pretty plain as it needs to be flat when laid down.

And this is the spine which has been re-inforced with cardboard to give it extra strength.

And finally a view from the top with the book closed.

And this is the bottom.

This was a thank you gift for Sheilagh who very generously posted me a huge stash of fabric. I made her this because she showed an interest in the first one I'd made, but I couldn't give that one away.

This one is a little smaller and measures approx 6.5" x 9". I just hope she likes this one as much as the first one.

Steampunk / Gothic Fabric Book

I started off by sewing the pages in using upholstery fabric.

Found some images I wanted to use, printed them onto fabric, cut them out and mounted them onto a piece of fabric to then start to build on them.

Adding bits and bobs to create the page as and when I came across something.

Next I trapped lace trim between the pages and glued them together.

I glued lace on the inside pages.

And another of the inside pages covered in lace.

Inside pages covered in lace and lace trim between the pages. Book is now ready to be decorated.

So I started playing around with how I wanted the pages to look.

Close up of the flowers with the buttons sewn over the top.

Next set of pages. I decided to do some machine sewing in this book.

Close up of the metal embellishments. 

Next set of pages, again some elements have been sewn using the machine. 

This is a close up of the image which has been couched and the word has been machine stitched.

And the last two pages with buttons and more machine sewing.

Close up of some of the sewing and the buttons.

The silk rod has been machine sewn to hold it in place.

I decided to add some beads, chain and discs to the right hand page.

Close up of the metal embellishments. Cogs and clocks.

And the studs along the bottom.

I decided to change these two pages around and added a belt buckle and studs to the right image and organza fabric to both of them.

I added a skeleton skull to the right hand page.

This is the finished front cover.

Pages one and two, a bit more trim added to both pages to finish them off.

Pages three and four. Trim added to the left page and a black lace to the right. 

I think these two pages stayed pretty much the same.

Last two pages, seven and eight with a bit more trim added.

Back cover has just been decorated with a piece of navy lace and a doylie which I stained black. I wanted to keep the back pretty plain so the book lays down flat on a surface.

Front and back covers when opened out.

And finally a view from the top.

A huge thank you if you stayed with me all the way on this post, I know it was rather long, but it was a long process!!