3 little pin cushions

I had out my sewing machine to work on some pillows and cushions for the Lucy Trailer ( I will be giving you an update soon) and decided to sew up a few little pin cushions using the For Always Textiles. I think they are SEW sweet!! I used a few new products along with some older retired items from my stash- I don't know what I will do with them, but for now I am enjoying them sitting on my desk.

I love you sew much!

For the past few days I have been stuck in glitter mode-I have been adding it to everything. Here you can see I added it to the dress form details and to the pins in the cushion. In person they look like glass beaded pins.
(You can also see a more of my new wall color!)

Way too much work for...

an envelope. Sometimes I have project ideas in my head, but they don't come out the way I had planed. Sometimes they are better others..... well let me explain.
I had this piece of fabric laying around for a while, and I really kept thinking I will use that for some thing great. The envelope in my mind was more of a fabric card keeper, meant to hold 4 or 5 cards and some envelopes. After poor planning, poor measuring and re-working it, it turned out to be an "over-the-top" envelope for just one card.
That is all that would fit, one card.


Supplies for the card- from Close to my heart:
Cocoa Cardstock
Twilight Cardstock
Felicity pattern paper
Twilight ink
Cocoa ink
Desert sand ink
clear sparkles
foam tape
Code it stamp set
Love Struck stamp set

Supplies for the envelope from Close to my Heart:
White Just blooms flower
Twilight fabric brad
Cocoa ink
Twilight Label holder
Cocoa brads
Code it stamp set
in addition:
Fabric
thread


Even more poor planning lead to having raw fabric edges on the outside. If you run into this problem yourself, use my solution-trim the edges with pinking sheers.

I really did...

sew all those squares. I think my sewing skills are improving. I love how this card looks like a Christmas Quilt.

Supplies from CTMH-evensong pattern paper, cranberry ribbon, sorbet CS, Colonial White CS, Chocolate ink, Olive ink, Olive brads

Other-Christmas Tags stamp set from Papertrey ink, thread.

Too much detail....

This card has way more detail to than I am use to doing. Mostly the sewing!!! Like I have said before, there is a reason I don't use the sewing machine on fabric, I think it might fall apart! My stitches are so loose, and then I adjust the sewing machine and they are way to tight. I think I need lessons, or I should just stick to paper!

Supplies from CTMH-Colonial White CS, Desert Sand CS, Pattern Paper from Sarsaparilla, Desert Sand ink, Twilight ink, Twilight ribbon, foam squares, bitty brads, scallop scissors, piercing tool, Treasure Life Stamp set, Annotations stamp set

Other-sewing machine and thread

"Sew" Happy

I said before that I really like the look of sewing on projects. The problem is my skills are lacking. This card turned out well, considering my skills. I pre-punched the holes, which makes sewing a lot easier.
Supplies from CTMH-Colonial White CS, Outdoor Denim CS, Pattern Paper from Aspen, Creme Brulee Ink, Outdoor Denim Ink, Bamboo Ink, Outdoor denim brads, Creme Brulee Ribbon, Orange tone floss, piercing tool, Playful Petal stamp set, Code it stamp set, edge distresser

Kiss and Twist

All the cards that I am showing you this week were for Papercrafts-Stamp It! Cards. Of course these didn't make it in, but I did get 2 cards in the issue, so look for that February 09!

The star on this card was done with the Kiss and Twist method. I inked the star with the twilight ink and the retro circle with chocolate ink. After I did the kiss and twist with the star, I stamped the retro circle on the background of the card. This also gave an interesting pattern. I did sew on this card with the machine, and I left all the strings for a distressed look.

Supplies from Close to My Heart-Colonial White CS, Chocolate CS, Twilight CS, Twilight ink, Chocolate ink, Font, foam squares, edge distresser, thread, Star Struck Stamp Set, It's a Party Stamp Set.

happy EASTER

My sewing skills are seriously lacking, so I purposely made messy sewing on this card (you should have seen the back, I think there might be something wrong with the machine!) The egg and the words are from the March Word Puzzle stamp set.

One more for today....

Well I must say that I am having a great time with this blog...

CTMH is giving a tip of the day all this month, one of the tips was about Flocking. A question from Marva--what is Flock? Well I made her a card, hope you can tell. Glue pen and white flock on the flowers.