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the 3 i’s
The see-through quality of mesh tape added so much
interest to Vicki’s page and allowed the papers behind the
mesh to peek through.
laugh
BY VICKI BOUTIN
supplies
CARDSTOCK,
Core’dinations;
PATTERNED PAPER,
Bo Bunny, Webster’s Pages;
STICKERS,
Bo Bunny;
CHIPBOARD,
American Crafts, Close to My Heart;
BUTTONS,
American Crafts;
MESH,
Magic Mesh;
EYELETS,
We R Memory Keepers;
INK,
Color Bok, Ranger;
STAMPS,
Close to My Heart, Hero Arts;
ADHESIVE,
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
challenge:
retro
products
In fashion, they say trends come back
around every 10-20 years. Although
our papercrafting industry is very
young, we have noticed a couple of
embellishments already making a
resurgence: mesh tape and eyelets.
Perhaps mesh rolls have been in the
bottoms of our stash drawers for so
long because none of us were sure
just what to do with it. Now, with
today’s new products, just think of
the possibilities.
Eyelets, no doubt, found their way
into storage jars because our
households hated the loud pounding
we made at two in the morning, trying
to set the little buggers
!
That
problem has been solved with the
(very quiet) Crop-A-Dile eyelet setter
by We R Memory Keepers.
See below for some of Vicki’s ideas
for using mesh tape and eyelets on
your next project.
mesh tape
eyelets
use mesh as a mask with spray
inks and paints
die cut mesh and layer onto
matching pieces for texture
cover embellishments with
mesh to tone down colours or
patterns
back the negative space of a
die cut with mesh
dot i’s, j’s, periods, question
marks and exclamation points
with eyelets
use eyelets to attach vellum
and transparent embellishments
add an eyelet to the top of a
tag to thread ribbon through
use an eyelet to create the
center of a flower