Just wait until you see what Michelle Leone has in store for you next!
"Since Papertey Ink celebrated its big 10th Anniversary, the 2017 SAF theme falls in line with traditional anniversary gifts. Today I am demonstrating a project representing the traditional second anniversary gift, cotton. In keeping with this theme, I’ve created my lavender sachet project with crinoline, a crisp 100% cotton fabric, which takes color well and also cut easily with any/all of the fabulous Papertrey Ink dies.
I have die cut Mix & Mat: Pinked Edge as my base for my sachet and a variety of floral/leafy designs as well. The flowers and leaves were ‘dyed’ by pressing the fabric into the ink pad surface.
Once all of the floral die cuts are dry, the layering and arranging can begin! There are SO many uses the these pretty dyed embellishments – cards, tags, banners, favor box decorations, etc. The sky’s the limit!"
- Create sachet base by die cutting crinoline fabric using Mix&Mat: Pinkied Edge die (use inner dotted frame too as it can be your stitching guide!)
- Die cut various floral/leaf shapes from crinoline
- To ‘dye’ the floral/leaf shapes, press into PTI ink pads using your finger tips. If you have re-inkers, this would also work but might result in a deeper hue
- Allow dyed flowers/leaves to dry overnight if possible.
- Stitch about ¾ of the way around your Mix & Mat: Pinked sachet base (by hand or machine), leaving enough room to add lavender
- Add lavender, filling about ¾ full (a funnel helps!), and stitch to close sachet
- Layer flowers to your liking, mixing and matching if desired, and stitch together
- Stitch ¼” buttons to flower centers
- Tack on leafy die, position flowers and hand stitch onto sachet
- Add organza ribbon hanger, if desired
- Enjoy lovely Lavender scent!
- INK: Hibiscus Burst, Blueberry Sky, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet, Harvest Gold
- DIES: Flowers Manadalas I, Flower Mandalas II, Latin Motif, Bloom Builders #3, Turning A New Leaf, Mix&Mat: Pinked Edge
- OTHER: Crinoline fabric, ¼” buttons, needle/thread, organza ribbon, dried lavender
- Now it's your turn! Create a project featuring some kind of die-cut fabric flowers. You can choose to re-create the exact project from Michelle above or design your own using the same concepts. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
- Post your project on your blog, in your gallery, Instagram or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
- Add your project to the InLinkz list below.
- You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. One project per person please.
- As a reminder, you will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
- One randomly selected winners will be chosen from all of the InLinkz entries on this post on Thursday, August 31st. The winner will be posted on our Thursday night Stamp-a-faire winners page after 9pm ET. The randomly selected winner will get a $20 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
- One randomly selected winner will be chosen from the comments of this post on Thursday as well. You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st to add your comment and be eligible to win. The randomly selected winner will get a $10 PTI gift certificate.
Have you ever used crinoline on your paper crafting projects? I'm super impressed with how easily Michelle was able to "dye" it with her ink pads. Totally the kind of thing you can do on an individual project basis when you are in need of just the right finishing touch! Do you think you'll be stocking up on crinoline now? Looking forward to seeing your projects!
I’ve never used crinoline and am excited to learn this technique. I have the Mix & Mat: Pinked Edge die so I will give this a try!
I don’t think I’ve ever used crinoline before, but I want to try making some cute sachets for gifts. They’re adorable!
Nice job on your first video!!!
Great job on your first video. It was fabulous! Your detailed explanation was so good!
Anxious to make some fabric flowers!!!
Oh, Michelle, your flowers and the sachets are stunning! Thanks for teaching us this wonderful technique to use with crinoline, which I have never worked with. I am anxious to try this!
I’ve never used crinoline before either but I think it’s gonna be a staple now!
Oh my gosh, Michelle, these are beautiful. Now I need to find me some crinoline as have never used it before for crafting, and I’m definitely not a seamstress. What awesome gifts those adorable sachets will make! Love that PTI inks worked to dye the white crinoline. What a fun project!
Love your beautiful sachets Michelle! I do not have crinoline on hand, but may try to round up some cheesecloth or some other cotton to try. Great job on your first video!
Beautiful sachet, I’ve never use crinoline and I will definitely have to try it.
Fabulous first video, Michelle! Love your adorable little sachets. Thanks for the dye tips!
I was challenged finding the crinoline at the store! Very pretty sachet.
I knew you were an upstate gal! Please go to Buffalo Stamps, LaNova’s, Harry’s on the River, all in Buffalo; and then go to Nick Tahoe’s and have the most wicked garbage plate you can handle and some REAL chicken wings! You’d be aghast over what the rest of the nation thinks are “real” chicken wings. If your eyes water and your mouth burns for 2 hours, then you have real upstate chicken wings. Oh, go to Wegmans for me too and have fun.
I loved your project. You’re an amazing designer and so out of the box breathing new life into older stamp sets that is fantastic.
Thank you for all of your inspiration
I haven’t been able to find crinoline. I think it’s a beautiful fabric with a nice texture so I hope to come across at some point.
Great first video. Love your ideas and can’t wait to try them out soon!
Really beautiful project!
Love the look of your flowers–just stunning!
Such beautiful blossoms, Michelle! I haven’t worked with crinoline before, but love the look. Your first video was wonderful! Hope there will be many more! ?
That crinoline looks like it took the ink so well! Fantastic idea!
Wow – what a beautiful project! I’ve never used crinoline…but we do have a lavender plant and this is a great idea on how to use it!
Lovely card!
I officially don’t know what crinoline fabric is! But I made a sachet!!!
Awwww-mazing!! you are a natural!! : )
Beautifully done.
Thank you for the chance to win!
Patti
I’ve made lots of fabric flowers but never from crenolin! This is such a fun project!
Oh my gosh, Michelle, you did great! Your very first video was fabulous, and so are your darling sachets. Can’t wait to get out my floral dies and play with ‘dyeing my die cuts’.
Love your inspiration!
Super adorable and loved seeing your projects.
Wow, amazing. Thanks for sharing about this new fabric and how easy/wonderful it could be used for crafting.
Wonderful projects as always.
Love everything I’m seeing. So unique and fun.
Great 1st video, love the way the colors took with the fabric you used. Your lavender sachets are beautiful.
Gorgeous!
And I can just imagine the beautiful scent!
Ok, this is my favorite project so far!! I LOVE it! It is absolutely the cutest thing ever. Would make awesome Christmas gifts!!
What a great idea to add a dyed crinoline flower to you card!
Beautiful crinoline flowers! Love the sachet Michelle created.
Great job on your very first video, and with such a fun challenge too.
I LOVE the look of the crinoline! I have to go out later and may detour to my local fabric store to try to get some. In the meantime, maybe I’ll try starching some cotton muslin to see if I can die cut that.
Never thought of using crinoline. Looks great! You rocked your first video!
I love the texture and vibrant colors of the crinoline flower sachets!
I love the idea of crinoline flowers.
Your video was well done. I am on he hunt to find crinoline to make this project. A perfect little gift and a fun hand project for me.
Your flowers are so vibrant. I find the fact that your LSS sold crinoline fantastic. Crinoline is such an under used fabric since we haven’t need petticoats since the 50’s!
I’ve never used crinoline before, but your lovely project is a great use for it! The flower colors are so vivid!
What a sweet little gift idea! I’ll bet those sachet’s smell delightful!
Two Ls you’ve made a fabulous 1st video!!! Yay YOU!! and the projects are just phenomenal … now how far a drive will I have to get that Crinoline? xx
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Love these! Thank you!
Ack! Now I need to go buy some crinoline! These sachets will make some really cute gifts. Looking forward to playing along with this challenge. Great job, Michelle!
I have never used crinoline on a project but this is drop dead gorgeous. I have some and can’t wait to try this challenge.
Karen
I hope my Joann’s had the crinoline, I love how it takes on the rich colors and the crisp edges it has when die cut.
Great project and your instructions are spot-on! Going to fabric store, hopefully will find some crinoline.
You did a wonderful job for your first video and we look forward to more of them from you! Your sachet pouches are beautiful. Thanks for sharing this project with us.
Such a beautiful creation!
Nice texture. I have never used this before.
What a cute technique!
Very creative use of crinoline and dies!
This is gorgeous Michelle!
This turned out so beautifully. I love crinoline.
Never used this fabric before, will have to improvise.
Stunning flowers and beautiful sachets. I was just over in Marseilles, and bought some lavendar sachets…yours are prettier!! Thank you for the idea!
What a clever idea to make a sachet and embellish with die-cut flowers made from
crinoline! I’ll have to go to the fabric store and check out this material. TFS!
You did WONDERFUL, Michelle! 😉 I am LOVING these challenges & sachets are something I ENJOY! They’re kind of “old fashioned,” & SUPER NICE!!! To scent your closet, or your stationary! Your sachets look WONDERFUL! 😉 Off to gather up my supplies for this one!!!!! 😀
Well done on your first video … ever! Congratulations! And what a great technique … I just love how the crinoline takes the colors of the reinkers – stunning. Thanks for inspiring!!!
The crinoline cuts so well and adds so much texture. Great technique.
Wow, Michelle, your very first video was great! Love those sweet Lavender sachets too. Going to make some of these awesome gifts to add in my Christmas presents this year! Thanks for the inspiration
Lavender harvesting has just finished here in Boise, Idaho…a wonderful way to use the flowers. Thank you…love it!
Very neat project!
I have never used crinoline before but definitely will have to give it a try. I love the texture it provides.
It’s been forever since I’ve seen or smelled a lavender sachet and never one so lovely
Those flowers are gorgeous! Loved this fun project idea from Michelle.
Great video Michelle! Love that you showed multiple examples. I see more projects with crinoline in my future!
These are gorgeous and will make perfect gifts!!
So very pretty! I love the colors and how full the flowers look!
The flowers are gorgeous! I need to get some crinoline!
I’ve never made fabric flowers and have never worked with this fabric. Very beautifully done.
Michelle, congrats on your first video! SAF is challenging EVERYONE, even the design team to stretch their wings a little? I love the projects, although I didn’t have crinoline…I used another fabric.
Michelle your flowers are fabulous! Great tips on making flowers from different fabrics-thanks.
Well I tried to make do with the fabric I had on hand, still have a ton of burlap so used that material on my card, but not as colorful as yours!!
What a darling idea! Really looks like fun!
Wow! Is that crinoline? I had no idea! These flowers look fabulous.
Lovely card and congrats on your first video !
What beautiful flowers you made!! I am blown away at these. Thanks for sharing.
These flowers are so pretty. Love this idea.
Your flowers turned out perfectly beautiful! Awesome technique.
How creative. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Love it.
Absolutely lovely flowers. That crinoline just takes the color of the ink beautifully. Not a project I am going to be able to complete this weekend but something to keep in mind.
THE ONE THING ON THE LIST OF SUPPLIES THAT I FORGOT TO GET, AND IT’S THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAT WITH. GOT TO MAKE A TRIP TO THE FABRIC STORE NEXT WEEK. THESE WOULD MAKE GREAT PRESENTS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
I have not used crinoline ever for my projects! What a super idea& a wonderful project. This is a great little gift idea!
Love this look. I’ll have to get some of this fabric & give this a try.
Beautiful fabric flowers and sachet.
Pretty fabric flowers… Love the deep rich color of the PTI inks.
Beautiful flowers! Such a unique idea!!
Super cute idea! Don’t have any fabric at hand or else I would give it a try! I think it’s a really nice touch to add non-paper embellishments on cards.
Such a great project! I haven’t made floral sachets in a while. Time to get started again. 🙂
Great job on your first video! I love this idea!!
Very pretty projects! Looking forward to more videos from you 🙂
All of the SAF projects and techniques have been fantastic!
Awesome cards! Thank you for a cool tutorial, it will be fun to do !
What a charming, fun project! I love the idea of using lavender sachets.
This one stumped me a bit, but I am so glad to have done it! Great challenge.
Beautiful sachets, love these crinoline flowers! I will definitely be buying some crinoline to try this my beautiful PTI dies, Flowers’s, leaves and butterflies.
Love the look of the fabric flowers!
I’ve used fabrics on my cards in the past, but was never excited with the end result. That means I’ll never be making crinoline flowers. Michelle’s sachets are pretty, though.
I had so much fun with this project, and normally I steer clear of anything that has to do with sewing! This ended up being one of my favorite projects out of the whole weekend.
Michelle’s idea for sachets are so clever. What a fun little gift idea!
Your colorful crinoline flowers are gorgeous. I love putting fabric on flowers, I need to do it more. Thank you for helping us celebrate!
I just love this sachet! I may have to make some stuffed with scented cotton balls instead of dried lavender. (I have so many cotton balls left over from the last challenge, and also many bottles of essential oils at home)
This is a beauty!
I loved this project and plan to make something similar for Christmas stocking fillers.
I didn’t have crinoline, but will use this great design for a card.
What a perfect material for fabric flowers! They would make great hair pieces, too! Love this idea of using the traditional anniversaries for PTI’s 10th!
I need to get crinoline fabric but I worked with what I had!
I love this project! I’m going to make a few crinoline sachets for Christmas stocking stuffers.
2017 SAF was THE event of all crafting events! I loved that there were 3 days of fun crafty activity! I managed to complete 14 of the 21 challenges. SO MUCH FUN!! Thank you for putting on such an amazing event!!
I have some fabric ready to die cut, so even though I didn’t get anything made for the SAF challenge, I was inspired–thank you!
Fabric flowers are so fun. I tend to keep cards clean in simple so there isn’t anything to compete with the busy flowers.
These little sachets are so pretty! I wasn’t able to get crinoline in able to participate, but this is a wonderful idea to have in mind when a couple of quick little gifts are needed!
Beautiful project!
What a great project! Love it!
I haven’t tried this technique before but love the look. Can’t wait to try this technique. Michelle’s flowers are so pretty.