Here is a close up of the centre of the cross.
IHi guys! I hope you don't mind seeing a few more sewing cards! This card is all done in navy blue and cream using a mixture of patterned papers in those colours. Yes, you have spotted my much beloved hounds tooth pattern in the background, along with some dots, checks and stripes too. I used Mom's sewing machine to put a zigzag stitch around the edge of the background card as an accent. I layered up a few more papers, then stamped my sentiment and cut the largest square swatch die and mounted in with a navy blue mat. I offset it on the card. I cut a smaller swatch out of striped card and used it for a background for my pin cushion. I had a bit of fun with this piece as I die cut it out of felt and sewed lines into it. I added some real pins to it too. You can see these in the close up picture. I stamped my tape measure and cut out a thimble from the Sewing Elements set and mounted them both with my pin cushion. I cut one more of the square swatches, this time a rather small one, out of blue coordination's card. I sanded it a bit so it looks like a piece of denim. I added a piece of cream crocheted ribbon across the bottom of the card. I ruched my blue vintage ribbon down the centre of it and added a messy bow. I topped my bow with a button and some Bakers Twine. I finished the card by randomly adding some buttons to a few places on the background. I hope you have enjoyed the different looks that this sewing set can give. All for now, Sue x
. Hello my crafty friends! This card is one of the samples that I made to show off the lovely new edgeability dies. I chose a lavender and white combination for this card and started by embossing my background with the Valor Embossibility folder. This gave me a crisp clean patterned background for my focal element. I cut the Heartfelt Creations oval window to use, not as a window, but as a decorative backdrop for my sentiment. I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with Labels 24. While in the die, I inked it with dusty concord distress ink to accent the sentiment. I used the die shape to cut a faux nestie out of white to back my sentiment on the window. I really liked the way it looked together. I picked two decorative edgeability inserts and added the scalloped cutting edge to cut my side border. I used the leftover piece to mount up on the very edge for dimension. I added a lavender piece of card as a background to the border strips for a nice contrast and to add balance. I cut two identical borders this way and mounted them on the sides of the card. I added strips of pearls to either side as an accent. I pierced the card on the top and bottom only this time. You can see a few of the close ups below too. I was very happy with the way this came out. It could easily be done in any colour and the sentiment could be changed to suit whatever occasion you need. Hope you like it too. All for now, Sue x
Good morning everyone! This style card is one that I really enjoy making, it is about 5 inches tall, but about 11 inches long! I like that it is a bit different than just your average square card. I started with some background paper that |I liked from my craft stash (I think it is SEI brand). It has a subtle gold vein going through it. I cut out two frames from the back side of the background paper making them the same sizes using Labels 24. You can see a close up below. I interlocked the top and bottom point into the area between the points on the second one to create a pretty shape. I stamped my sentiment (available from Creative Expressions stockists) and embossed it with gold and mounted it behind my two Labels 24 frames. I added three gold PVA glue dots underneath the sentiment. I had some chipboard in my stash so I painted it with some gold Eco Paint, used a bit of aged mahogany distress ink and coated it with Tim Holtz Rock Candy which gave it a bit of a crackle look to it. I glued those into place so they were coming from underneath my focal element. I tied a double bow out of the champagne coloured silky crush ribbon. I added a button from my stash. Paper piercing around the edge finished off the card nicely I think! Hope you like this style card too! All for now, Sue x
Good morning everyone! This is a real quick card using a bit more of the lovely card that I picked up in the States. I simply cut four strips of different patterned paper from the same set of cardstock and matted them with a piece of black card. I made a border using two different inserts with the scalloped cutting border from the edgeabilities. I matted some taupe card behind so it shows off the insert cut patterns. I cut several of the Heartfelt creations swirl (which is part of their Bella Rose die set) in gold card. I actually cut it into sections using two of them glued together to run up the card with one section for the bottom of the card. I added a grouping of three black flowers. One of these was a black organza flower that we carry already made, but the other two flowers I made. One was made from ribbon using the technique with the redline tape and the other was made from felt using Spiral Flower three. I cut a Heartfelt Creations butterfly from black glitter card for the corner of the card (a little bit of bling too!). I pierced around the edge to finish it off. No sentiment on it, but you could easily add a tag if you wanted to. Hope you like it! All for now, Sue x
Happy Monday morning! I had a crazy weekend at Ally Pally and really enjoyed meeting so many of you that check in on my blog each day. Thank you so much for all your support, it has really been a lifeline for me! For today's card, I have chosen one that isn't always the easiest card to make, a sympathy card. I started with a salmon coloured card that I embossed with an embossibility folder. I inked the edges with Tattered rose distress ink to bring out the pattern a bit. I used a piece of cream lace from my stash as an accent. I stamped my sentiment in black then lined up my Labels 24 die so the phrase was off centre. I cut it out, then added the large cross die to it so it slightly overlapped the sentiment and embossed the design into the background. I used a bit more tattered rose to bring out the detail in it. You can see the close up below. I cut a faux nestie mat out of milk coloured card. I made a ribbon rose using my reline tape technique and added it atop one of the beautiful Heartfelt Creations swirls and a shabby chic bow tied from vintage ribbon I scrunched. I added a couple of crystal stick pins as an accent and pierced around the edge to finish the card off nicely. Sympathy cards are probably among the most difficult to make because of the emotional aspect to them, but I was happy with the way this one turned out. All for now, Sue x
Good morning everyone! It is Sunday morning and I know that I usually announce the winners of the comment game, but since I am away at Ally Pally at the moment, I need to postpone it until Monday afternoon. Sorry about the delay, but the good news is that we will have extra winners this week since we had some posts with over 200 comments this week! In the meantime, how about a sewing card done in Kraft card. I just love kraft card and find myself reaching for it all the time. It distresses great, takes the ink beautifully, coloured pencils look fab on it, and it is reasonably priced, what's not to love about it! I used another patterned kraft for the bottom of the card and a kraft card ribbon for a border. I cut three dressform dies out of patterned kraft card allowing the pattern to end up randomly on the dressforms. To bring them out a bit more against the background, I cut three dressforms out of "milk" coloured card to use as shadows behind them, just peeking out a bit. On the background, I used some of Sam Poole's brilliant sewing stamps and randomly stamped them using a coffee archival ink pad. I stamped a sentiment in black and I inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I used my Mom's sewing machine to sew a zigzag around the top edge of the background. This was my first attempt at using her machine so I ended up with a wide zigzag (I had wanted it to be a bit tighter, but after I played with it a bit, I figured it out!) I had some lovely black velvet ribbon that had a bit of a lace woven into it that I brought from my craft stash. I used it to ruch down the side of the card. I added a few old buttons that I found in my button stash to the top and bottom of the card. I tied a bow with some black American seam binding and added a fancy button to it. I added the bow to my ruched strip right where it met the paper ruler border and a couple of crystal stick pins for an accent. I finished the card with black PVA glue dots all the way around the edge to frame it. I just love the sewing themed cards, just wish I could actually sew! All for now, Sue x
Hi my crafty friends! My much loved teal is sneaking its way back into my cards, this time with the "milk" coloured card. I made the background by cutting four square swatches and then embossing them while still in the die. I did this by setting them on top of the So Trendy embossibility folder but NOT CLOSING IT! This is very important if you try to recreate this look. If you close the folder, the die will cut into it and ruin it! Set the die on the open folder, cover it with the tan mat and because you will need to make up for the lack of thickness since it is open, you will need to add a couple of pieces of card so the embossing comes out nicely. By leaving it in the die, the edge will stay unembossed and give your piece a nice frame. I mounted these so that the patterns went in opposite directions. Next I used Labels 24 to cut three frames and I interlocked them together to form one frame with the points alternating all the way around. I stamped my sentiment then framed it with a smaller label 24 die frame cut out of the milk card that I also embossed. I added the lovely pearl labels 24 nestabling to the edge. I made two flowers using the spiral flower 3 and added them to the corner of my sentiment with a bow made from the chalk white American seam binding. I matted it all with another piece of teal card and then milk card that I pierced the edges. 
Good morning my crafty friends! I wanted to show some of the ways that the Heartfelt Creations Decorative lace border could be used. It is a very wide border so it could be limiting because of it's size. I found this border to be extremely versatile because of its size though. I used it here by cutting it into two sections and removing the centre area. I cut the border after the lattice section and matted it with teal card then added some foam mounting to the back. I added it atop the bottom section of the border for dimension. The background of the card was stamped with the sentiment then embossed with Labels 24 twice so it overlapped the first one, creating a ring around my sentiment. I lightly inked the area with chipped sapphire to highlight the embossing. I made several flowers using the spiral flower three die. The bottom one was made using black glitter card and the top three flowers were made using decorative paper. I cut the die twice and made three flowers from it by cutting the die rather than spiralling the entire length of the die cut. I used the leftover piece from the cut to make a small third flower. I added some black glitter card leaves for balance. I finished the card with some black rhinestone swirls and paper piercing around the edges. I hope you like my take on the decorative lace border and flowers. All for now, Sue x
Hi guys, how's this for a really sweet and quick sewing card? The background was embossed with the So Trendy embossibility folder. I cut a border using the new edgeability insert with the scalloped cutting edge. I dyed some white American seam binding using tumbled glass and crushed olive distress inks. I did this twice to get the colour a bit darker. You need to dry it completely then use more ink swiped on to your craft mat and spritzed with water. I wanted a shabby chic look to the ribbon and bow so I scrunched it as I dried it to achieve this. I cut a dressform and a pin cushion and a sewing machine using the Nina Brackett sewing element dies. I inked through the die to bring out the details on the dressform and the pin cushion. The sewing machine was the leftover piece from another card I made where I used the negative piece. I stamped my sentiment on a tag and inked the edges. I attached a button with some Bakers Twine to it and added it to my bow. I added some pearly swirlies and paper pierced the edge to complete the card. Are these dies growing on you too? All for now, Sue x
