Sweet Stitches

Sew Suite

April 25, 2011 By Connie | 3 Comments

Wow!!! Can you believe we are counting down the LAST week to order from the Occasions Mini Catalog? SOOOOO many great sets in this catalog. Who knows whether or not they will make it into the next big catalog? I'm hoping, but you never know!

I played along with Mary Jo's Technostamper's Sketch Challenge #171 today. Fun sketch! My card came together pretty easy with it.

I'm on a mission to use my Occasions Mini stamp sets this week to finish out the last week of ordering. Stampin' Up's Sew Suite was one of the first sets that jumped in my cart! I love the dress form, the bobbin and the ruler…well, really…I like ALL the images! Fun set to play with! And…the matching Sweet Stitches Designer Paper is perfect for it!

This card really turned out much more PINK than I intended! I started with a base of Regal Rose and layered on Rose Red that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. I added a strip of Sweet Stitches Designer Paper that was layered on Always Artichoke. At the bottom of the Always Artichoke, I used my Eyelet Border Punch. I made a double bow from Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon and secured the ends around on the back. If you don't have the Seam Binding Ribbon…check out my Ribbon Shares…you get a little of each color so you can play with it, too! I love how it handles!

For the focal image, I stamped the bobbin in Early Espresso on scrap Sahara Sand and Always Artichoke and cut them out (the center of the Always Artichoke adhered over the center of the Sahara Sand). I stamped the pin cushion with Early Espresso on Regal Rose, then took my Rose Red marker and outlined it…then used the Blender Pen to move the color from the outline into the entire pin cushion. I took the TEENY TINY pearls and placed them on the pin heads! I don't know about you, but whenever I'm using pins, I always go for the pretty pearl topped ones! lol! Both the bobbin and the pin cushion were popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on a 1 3/4 Circle of Baja Breeze and layered on the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle of Regal Rose. I pierced each of the scallops with my piercing tool, then adhered the whole thing to the front of my card! I stamped "It's the little things" from Stampin' Up!'s Your a Gem stamp set…also in the Occasions Mini, in Early Espresso. (Sorry, photo was taken before I decided to add the greeting and I forgot to retake!)

If you didn't notice, I've updated my Retired Stamp Set list with a bunch of Alphabet Sets and reduced prices even more on the cardstock and designer paper! GREAT prices on them. Check them out and email me! I keep adding things as I clear out, so keep checking!

AND…don't forget to get with me to order your last minutes things from the Occasiosn Mini Catalog! You don't want to miss out!

Sharing creativity one stamped image at a time!

Sew Suite again!

February 23, 2011 By Connie | 4 Comments

I'm on a roll with Stampin' Up!'s Sew Suite Stamp Set! It was one of the first selections I chose out of the Occasions Mini Catalog…I love the entire collection of products! SCS has a FUN Sketch Challenge today and I thought immediately of the spools of thread in each box! This also fits the challenge over on SU Only Challenge of Sale-A-Bration since I used a greeting from the So Happy For You Sale-A-Bration set!

Well, I can't say this card came together quickly! I changed up the colors, DSP patterns and thread colors SEVERAL times! I also had a completely different bow on there…nothing was working with the original selections! Finally, I changed the base to Regal Rose and used the pretty floral print from Sweet Stitches Designer paper. I added a trim from Tasteful Trim XL Die in Rose Red, but I probably didn't even need it since you can hardly see it now.

I punched four squares from the Regal Rose Pattern in Sweet Stitches DSP with the Scallop Square Punch, then layered it on a 1 1/2 square of Garden Green cardstock. I stamped four spools of thread from Sew Suite with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla and cut them out. Then I stamped the spool again on Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Rose Red and Marina Mist cardstocks and cut just the thread portion out to layer on the Very Vanilla spools. I like adding color this way, rather than using a marker to color. Each of the spools is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Finally, I made a bow from Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon and added a Sweet Stitches Designer Brad in the center. I've totally used up this pattern of brads…LOVE it! I stamped "thanks" from So Happy for You in Early Espresso above the bow. I am happy with the finished card, although it certainly took a round about way to get there!

Happy Wednesday! I'm spending the day getting ready for my Stamp Club tomorrow night! LOVE this bunch of gals…always a FUN class!

Stamping 411 – Sew Suite

January 14, 2011 By Connie | 5 Comments

It's time again for Stamping 411 Sketch Challenge! As you are reading this, I'm at Leadership and getting to meet all these lovely Design Team Operators!

So, quickly, since I'm running behind getting ready as usual!

I started with a base of Crumb Cake cardstock (always a great neutral!) and layered on Daffodil Delight that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder. At the bottom I layered on the stitching designer paper from Sweet Stitches Designer Paper package. To hide the seam, I stamped the ruler from Stampin' Up!'s Sew Suite stamp set in Early Espresso on Marina Mist cardstock and tirmmed it.j

I stamped the focal Dress Form image from Sew Sutie in Early Espresso on Whisper White, then again on a pattern in the DSP and paper pieced it over top of the Dress Form image. I colored the stand with Marina Mist Marker and added a little hint of the ground with Sahara Sand marker. I added a Itty Bitty Flower punch and Adhesive Backed Pearl to the side of the Dress Form.

I trimmed out the Whisper White by layering it on Early Espresso, then a larger mat of Marina Mist (where I hand wrote the Xs…don't laugh!) and then another layer of Early Espresso cardstock. It is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally, I added a Daffodil Delight Big Designer Button with Linen thread tied in a bow and the small oval punch with the word Thanks from Fabulous Phrases stamped on it.

Makes sure to check out what the rest of the Stamping 411 Designers did this week!