When Life Throws You Scraps

Hello!  Have you seen the very cool Antique Sewing Machine over in the shop?  I had some fun heat embossing it using A few different Wow embossing powders.

I cut the table part of the die from the sewing machine and inserted the decorative pieces in a darker brown.  I used Asphalt, Tarnished Teal and Gold powders on the sewing machine part.

For the background I added a quilt  and a sentiment from the Quilt Quotes stamp set.

that's me for today!  thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon.

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A Nautical HB2U

Welcome back!  I hope you had a great weekend!

Today I have a birthday card for you with some shine!  I used that fab metallic blue cardstock from my last Your Paper Insider box ... cut it using the largest Stitched Dot Rectangle and then used the wave dies from the Anchors Aweigh die set to cut it in strips.  Then I glued them back together onto a panel of cardstock leaving just a cool wave pattern on the background.

I die cut the ship from the same set from white glitter paper, yellow and just cut the flag portion from red glitter paper.  I trimmed off the boat from the yellow ship and glued it over the top of the white one and same with the flag.  I mounted it on a light blue die cut circle.

Finally I die cut the "2" using the Headline Type Numbers set and the H, B and U from white glitter paper using the Mini Headline Type Alpha set.  I wanted the 2 highlighted.. it could be for a 2 year birthday card or not!

That's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed it!  Thanks for stopping!

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Cross Stitch Freedom - Happy 4th

Let Freedom Ring!  Happy 4th and so glad you stopped!

I foiled a blue gel print with some red foil and then added stars with some glaze from Picket Fence Studios.  I cut the frame from blue metallic cardstock and added the images and sentiment from the Cross Stitch Freedom stamp set.

Thank you so much for stopping!  Hope you'll stop again soon.

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Love You To Pieces

Hi again!  I've got another quilt block for you today.

I cut the quilt block from a foiled gel print, added foam tape to the back of the frame and then adhered the pieces back in.  I cut the scissors and needle from gold foiled toner paper.

For the thread I cut it twice... once from the gel print and once from white.  I trimmed the ends off of the gel print piece and added it to the white die cut.

The sentiment and thread/needle/scissors collage was arranged over a Sentiment Strip cut from the gel print.

That's me for today!  Thanks for stopping and come again soon.

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Incredibly Best - Last Day of the Birthday Sale!

It's Monday and I'm hoping for a smooth one!  Today I'm sharing some watercolor and one of the gorgeous Fresh Florals images!  Today is the last day of the Birthday Sale over in the shop so don't miss out!  It is the perfect time to pick up some of the Fresh Florals stamps and dies!  Dies are 50% off and if a stamp set has a matching die, it's also on sale!

I started this one using a panel from some quite fabulous watercolor paper included as a bonus in my last Your Paper Insider Box.  I heat embossed the florals in the corner of the panel and then smooshed some Distress Oxides over the entire piece.

After the panel dried a bit, I used my Karin Markers to color in the florals.  If I'm being honest, I overheated florals in the bottom right corner and the embossing just didn't look good... flat and wasn't holding the watercolors in a good way, so I just covered it up!  I used the Elegant Edges dies to create a corner piece that was perfect for my sentiment that uses the Blessed word die from another Fresh Florals coordinating die set.

That's me for today!  Now have some fun shopping!

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Sew Rainbow

I've got some rainbow for you today!  I used the Dresden Plate Quilt Block and a foiled rainbow gel print for this one.

I cut the Quilt Block from the gel print and then again from some turquoise cardstock.  I tried to keep the rainbow print in tact a little bit when I removed it from the die so that I could add it back into the turquoise frame in the same order... you could mix it up because...it's a quilt!  I decided to keep the pattern and colors together to keep it more rainbow.  I cut the thread once from the rainbow and again from white and trimmed the top and bottom off of the rainbow piece and glued it to the white.  The needle was cut from a metallic silver.

Finally I stamped and cut out the sentiment and popped it up onto the card.

That's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed it and come again soon.

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