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Just saw the message about the die on MFT, PTI has a new one out, and the SU Holiday Mini is going to have a XL Bigz die with 4 different borders including a ric-rac.
Is this a recent trend, or have I just been oblivous to it?
Haven't decided which I'm going to get, although I'm leaning towards waiting for the SU one. It's pricier, but you get 4 options and it looks like it might be long enough to use as a scrapbook border.
I never cared for ric rak (rick rack?) when I was sewing a lot and now that it is hot in papercrafting, I still don't like it. Always other things to like though!
I never cared for ric rak (rick rack?) when I was sewing a lot and now that it is hot in papercrafting, I still don't like it. Always other things to like though!
Jutta
My thoughts exactly! I never really cared for ric rak, but like you said there are lots of other things to play with
Just saw the message about the die on MFT, PTI has a new one out, and the SU Holiday Mini is going to have a XL Bigz die with 4 different borders including a ric-rac.
Is this a recent trend, or have I just been oblivous to it?
Haven't decided which I'm going to get, although I'm leaning towards waiting for the SU one. It's pricier, but you get 4 options and it looks like it might be long enough to use as a scrapbook border.
Spellbinders has a ric rac die as well. I use it ALL the time- LOVE it!!
I bought the EK Success zig zag punch because I thought I could add it to a 'guy' card without it being too frou frou or lacey. It might not work on an older guy's card but it is hard to think of trims that aren't too girly. I also have the EK Success donut & chain punches to use on 'guy' cards.
I have seen tuts that use rick rack dies to make flowers. The person cut the rick rack out of felt and did a running stitch on the points, pulled and tied the thread together to make the blossom. How tightly gathered the length of rick rack determined the size of you flower. A jeweled brad or sticky bling was placed in the center.
Wish I had saved all the ric rac my mother had in her sewing supplies [[[sigh]]]. However, I have bought a few partial packs at thrift stores for .05 or .10 so use them once in a while. But I'll not be buying any of the toys that are now available :>)
I bought the EK Success zig zag punch because I thought I could add it to a 'guy' card without it being too frou frou or lacey. It might not work on an older guy's card but it is hard to think of trims that aren't too girly. I also have the EK Success donut & chain punches to use on 'guy' cards.
I have those punches, too, and just love 'em!
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I have seen tuts that use rick rack dies to make flowers. The person cut the rick rack out of felt and did a running stitch on the points, pulled and tied the thread together to make the blossom. How tightly gathered the length of rick rack determined the size of you flower. A jeweled brad or sticky bling was placed in the center.
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Ric Rac has been hot for years. I think the die manufacturers finally caught on.
Yep,remember about five years ago it was all the rage in scrapbooking and Karen Foster came out with the super big ric rac, I still have so much of it I don't know what to do with it, would be happy to share.
I have the regular size Rick Rack die from PTI, and just ordered the new XL-jumbo size PTI Rick Rack die.
I have loved. loved using the one I have. It is so much fun to be able to have "rick rack" in any color using my cardstock. I love to combine the rick rack with ribbons, too.
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I have the narrow die too. I love it! I do a lot of pen stitching on my cards, always have, and the ricrac with a few buttons just gives my cards a homey sort of look.
Everything old is new again. Ric Rac reminds me of learning how to sew with my Grandma years ago. I have some really narrow ric rac in several colors that is a nice change from ribbon for cards and sb pages. Not crazy about the really wide kind, though.
Mary Beth
I'm not a really trendy person, and I've been using ric rac for years. In fact, I have a retired Sizzix border die that has 3 different border strips on it, and one of them is ric rac. I love that die and use it a lot. I also just bought some ribbon at Michael's that was in the dollar bin - all different colors of ric rac, 3 yards each. Eventually, many of the things I like become "trendy."
I just bought the EK success zig zag chain punch. I like the size.
I have embossed it after I cut it out to texture it. I've also used background stamps to give it a textured look, too. I love it!
I have been seeing a lot more ric-rak on projects lately so it probably is becoming trendy. I have some leftover from my sewing days but I haven't really used much on my projects yet.
I wanted to use some ric-rak on a card the other day but didn't have the size I wanted. I was looking at my SU scallop border punch and it occurred to me that I could make my own. Here's how I did it:
I cut my cardstock to the length I needed but didn't worry about the width. I punched all along one edge of my cardstock. I put the punched edge along the 5/8" mark on my paper cutter (you could try other widths, that's just what worked for me) and trimmed. Then I punched all along the other side of the cardstock, offsetting the punch by half a scallop. Here is my card that shows the end result.
I just used ric-rak on a card and used it woven together. The card was done with yellow print and black so I cut one strip of each and kind of braided them. It takes a bit of time but the results are great. I ran it down the fold on the inside of the card. Your adhesive tape runner will work on these but on the single ric-rac strips, I use my Xyron. Just an idea
I have always loved ric rac from the time my mother painstakingly sewed it on my hand made clothes, through when I did the same for my children, to now when I'm using up left over scraps on my cards and scrapbook pages. If I don't have the right size/color, I simply use my old wavy decorative scissors and cut the size and color I want--no need to purchase a new die or punch when I have an easy to grab standby.
I would love to see examples using all these types of dies. Thanks!
sorry, meant examples of cards using these dies.
The MFT team has tagged all their creations with "dienamicsdt" as a keyword, Die-namics being the brand name for all the dies from My Favorite Things. Here's a link to it in the gallery. You'll have to scroll through to see the ones with the Jumbo Ric-Rac die as they are not seperated by anything. I love this ric-rac die and you can even get an embossing plate for it to make it look like it's grosgrain ribbon! cute!
I hope this helps!
Wish I had saved all the ric rac my mother had in her sewing supplies [[[sigh]]]. However, I have bought a few partial packs at thrift stores for .05 or .10 so use them once in a while. But I'll not be buying any of the toys that are now available :>)
Wanda
Hey, I have picked up most of mine at thrift stores or Goodwill. I wasn't sure if I would ever use it, only once so far in 6 or so yrs, but I have the room to store it, and only keep a few colors, so I do have it.
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I just returned from Joanne's and saw some really cute ric rak in the $1. bin at the front of the store. Too bad I had already checked out, or I would've bought a couple of spools. I can remember my mom making dresses for me and my sister using lots of ric rak! Live long enough and everything cycles thru again!
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I am at SU! Convention right now, and just saw Sara, Shelli Gardner's daughter demo using the ric rack die on fabric and then ironed on to a cardigan sweater! It was precious!