return on creativity: scrapbook paper pillow

This post first appeared as a guest post at The Scrap Shoppe.  This project combines my love of scrapbooking with my love of sewing.

I love this piece of scrapbook paper.  The flowers are funky and seventies inspired.  I wanted to translate this print to a pillow. 

This paper comes from an SEI paper pack called Dill Blossom.

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.

Here's how my fabric looked after tracing.

and a close up...

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...

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. 

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