Materials:
Hot Potatoes rubber stamp
Tattoo You #I402
Iron-on photo transfer paper
Photograph
Poly-fil stuffing or pillow form
Scissors
Iron (no steam)
Misting bottle with tap water
1 yard pistachio Hot Potatoes
acetate/rayon velvet ribbon (2" wide)
2 yards burgundy Hot Potatoes
acetate/rayon velvet ribbon (2" wide)
1 yard each of 2 different ribbon trims
1 4" x 6" piece of cream muslin or cotton
1 12" x 12" piece of cream muslin or cotton
1 12" x 12" piece of Steam-A-Seam2
Protective paper from the fusible web
1 12" x 12" piece of fabric for back of pillow

Steps:
1. Emboss the velvet. See velvet embossing.

2. Scan the photo to the size you want and print it out on photo transfer paper, or take the photo to a copy center to have it scanned and printed. Following the directions on the photo transfer paper, transfer the image to a piece of cream muslin or cotton, centering it on the fabric.

3. Lay the Steam-A-Seam2 fusible web on a flat surface with the adhesive side up. Remove the paper covering from the fusible web and set it aside for later use. Lay the photo and embossed ribbon on the fusible interfacing (with right sides up). Because the Steam-A-Seam2 is sticky, it holds everything in place while you design your ribbon pattern.

4. Carefully turn over the entire project. Using the paper from the fusible web to cover and protect the ribbon and an iron set to medium, gently iron the ribbon and photo to the fusible web from the back side.

5. Remove the paper backing from the fusible web and lay the 15" x 15" square of muslin on top of it. With the iron set to medium gently iron the muslin backing to the pillow front. If these pillows are going to be used for more than just decorative purposes, you may want to go ahead and reinforce the ribbon by sewing it (along the edges) to the backing.

6. With right sides together, sew the pillow back to the pillow front around all four sides, leaving a 3" opening. Turn the pillow right side out.

7. Stuff the pillow with Poly-fil stuffing or insert a pillow form. Slipstitch the opening to finish.

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Materials:
three 7" x 10" pieces of mulberry paper
gold paint pen
gold embossing powder
burgundy ink pad
thin wire
thick wire
Hot Potatoes stamps -
Prosperity - I399, Energy - G400, Puff - Q395,
Cherry Blossom - O398
purple card stock
three pieces of light weight cardboard
8-1 /2" x 5-1/2"
glue
hole punch

Steps:
1. Using purple card stock, cut one three-inch square and one rectangle measuring 3-1/2" x 4-1/2."

2. Stamp and emboss the dragon stamp on the large piece, and the two Asian symbols on the smaller pieces. Line the edges of the card stock with the gold pen.

3. Cover the cardboard with the mulberry paper, folding the corners neatly.

4. Punch holes in each of the four corners of the covered cardboard pieces.

5. Stamp the cherry blossom stamp on the edges of the covered pieces.

6. Glue the card stock that was embossed in gold on each mulberry card.

7. Wrap thin wire through the holes of each panel to attach the three mulberry panels together and make decorative coils with the remaining wire.

8. Wrap the thin wire around the heavier wire. Make a decorative hanger for the three panels. Attach it to the top panel with the coils made in step 7.

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