Papertrey Ink July Release Countdown Day 1

It's day one of the Papertrey Ink July release countdown! My first card for today features quite a few new products: This is Big Sentiments: You, Rooted in Love Press Plate and Frame, Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops, and Build-a-Flower Garden Die!

To begin, I foiled the heart/leaf design at the top of a Hawaiian Shores panel. I die cut the Rooted in Love Frame three times from Hawaiian Shores cardstock and then glued them together. Once they were stacked, I glued the frame onto the Hawaiian Shores panel. I trimmed it down to measure 4 by 5 1/4 inches.

I die cut the middle sized mat from the Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops from white cardstock and then layered the cut flowers from the Build-a-Flower Garden.

The main "YOU" sentiment is stamped in black and then I heat embossed the companion sentiment in white onto a strip of Raspberry Fizz cardstock. The Hawaiian Shores panel is layered onto an A2 panel of Raspberry Fizz cardstock with foam squares and then I mounted onto an A2 card base using liquid glue.

My next project features the In Stitches: Hearts Die paired with the Build-a-Flower Garden Die cut from felt.

This heart is cut from Blueberry Sky felt and stitched with coordinating DMC floss. I stuffed both hearts with polyfiberfill and then glued the flowers on.

This heart is cut from Winter Wisteria Felt and stitched with coordinating DMC floss (3 strands).

I love how whimsical these cute flowers are!

There are quite a few different sized hearts included in the die set; these are the two largest hearts included in the set. Join me again tomorrow for day two of the countdown! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Poshta Design {Christmas in July Collection} Day 3

Hello friends! I'm thrilled to be back for day 3 of the Christmas in July Collection from Poshta Design! I've made three ornaments using the  Homespun Holiday: Evergreen Kit paired with the new Vintage Starburst Sequin Mix; a match made in heaven! I had so much fun stitching up these three ornaments and I can't wait to hang them on my Christmas tree this year! Before I dive into the details, make sure to head to the Poshta Design Blog to enter to win a $150 gift certificate to the shop to get this beautiful kit.

I was feeling like I had neglected sequins and beads the first two days so I made up for it today! haha! Everything has beads and the beautiful new Vintage Starburst Sequins that I love so much! The kit comes with three beautiful colors of felt and coordinating floss. I did add a tiny bit of Wintergreen felt that is included in the Ribbon Candy color story.

This is the first ornament I made and is the most labor-intensive of the three. It is really easy to put together, though....just takes a little bit more time.

Here is a closeup of the beads and layers. You can omit the backer on the oval if you just want the green color to show through. I chose to use the Wintergreen behind and on the ornament topper.

I used three strands of floss for everything and then made a looped topper for the top; just don't forget to sandwich it in when you're closing everything up! I made this mistake twice, made some adjustments the first time, but totally forgot on my last one....woops! I will just add an ornament hook directly to the stitching. 

My second ornament is the red one with all of the beautiful bead work! It was seriously so fun to make and I just want to bead all the things! ha ha!

Even with the beading, this was the easiest of the three!

This particular style is perfect if you have any word dies or year dies you want to add to the middle. I don't have any of those, so I opted to fill the empty space with some medallions and sequins.

I had so much fun with this release! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Poshta Design {Christmas in July} Day 2

Hello friends! Welcome back for day 2 of the Poshta Design Christmas in July Collection release! I have quite a bit to share with you today using so many of the fabulous new dies! Just like yesterday, I'm using the Ribbon Candy felt color story for all of my projects with the addition of black from a previously released kit.

Up first are the adorable new Table Top Trees. These come in two sizes, but the two I'm sharing are the smaller size. The larger size is a bit bigger (obviously) so I didn't have enough felt leftover to make the larger one, unfortunately.

The die collection also comes with the star, as shown, and then it has little dies for ornaments. I loved my bare trees, so I didn't use them, but I can't wait to see other samples with the ornaments on the trees.

As you can see, the project consists of two pieces that slide together. The stitching guide also recommends putting a piece of cardstock inside the sandwich for stability, which I did and it's perfect. You simply die cut the tree pieces from heavier cardstock and then trim off the stitching holes and sandwich inbetween.

I used contrasting thread for this tree, but in the end I think I like the tone on tone tree better, but this definitely shows you options for you to decided which you prefer.

I'm not sure if I put the star on correctly, ha ha! It has a place to slide it over the top of the tree, so hopefully I did it right!

My next project is a cut little envelope stitched up "From Santa" using the previously released Love Notes Die but added the new Santa detail.

You can choose to or from Santa and then it has the cute tree stamp included.

Continuing on with that theme, the next project uses the new Candy Cane Express collection. This photo shows the Candy Cane Express: Engine, which included the bow.

This photo shows the Candy Cane Express: Passenger Car. I did add the bows to the window, so please note, they are not included in the passenger die. I also made a cute Railroad Crossing sign using the new North Pole Die. This has quite a few dies to make a North Pole sign, plus the Railroad Crossing sign; I'm going to finish this one with the pole so I can use it as an ornament with these cute train cars!

There are a few different ways to gussy up the car: candy cane stripes, Express, like this photo shows, etc.

There is a third car that I still need to make, which is the cargo car! It's full of fun things in it's open bed! Join me again tomorrow for the final day! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Poshta Design {Christmas in July} Day 1

Hello and welcome, friends! I'm so excited to be a guest creator for Poshta Design featuring their new Christmas in July release! Today I'm sharing a few projects using the new Picture Frame Die, Picture Frame Extras Die,  & the Ribbon Candy Color Story (felt collection).

There will be a $50 gift certificate giveaway for today, so please head to the Poshta Design Blog to read all about it!

My first project uses both the Picture Frame Die and the Picture Frame Extras Die. I used the Spearmint Felt for the main frame and then die cut the leaf portion using a die included in the "extras" collection. I stitched all of that with coordinating floss with three strands.

Once the leaves were done, I went ahead and stitched the frame with pink floss (3 strands). Normally I don't like to leave a running stitch, but rather go back to fill in the spaces, but I really like how it looked, so I left it like this. I felt it might be too heavy with the extra stitching. I started doing it and then removed the stitches.

The extras die collection also includes this beautiful poinsettia, so I created two of those with crabapple felt and taffy for the center. I also added some beads to the center for some sparkle and shine.

There are a few different options for how to assemble these frames. There is a die so you can cut a pocket to slip the photos in and out. this makes it easy to swap them out, especially if you're using it as a fridge magnet or something like that.

You can also add loops to the top to create ornaments....the sky is the limit! I couldn't decide if I wanted mine to be ornaments or not, so when I decide, I'll need to do some tweaking!

My second project uses the main frame again, which includes this precious scallop, and then I also added the inner border which is included in the extras!

I cut the frame from taffy felt and then cut the scallop portion. I stitched that with wintergreen floss and then added the crabapple inner border using coordinating floss.

Once again, I really liked the running stitch on the outer edge which is stitched in taffy floss.

Join me again tomorrow for even more Christmas in July fun! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Papertrey Ink May Release Countdown Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of the Papertrey Ink May release countdown! My first card for today features the new Big Blooms: Elegant Rose Die. I'm also using the new Frame Worthy Die along with the new This is Big Sentiments: Welcome Stamp/Die set.

My daughter just used my last wedding card the other day, so that means I need to build up my stash again. I chose to use the "Welcome to Your Happily Ever After" sentiment along with these beautiful roses. This card only uses the smaller roses, but my next card uses the nice big bloom, hence the name Big Blooms....ha ha!

To begin, I cut the pieces I would need for the three roses, the leaves, and the accent flowers. These are from the Into the Blooms: Pressed Flowers set that I can't seem to put down. I colored them with dye ink and blender brushes and then adhered the roses using foam squares for maximum dimension. I created the frame using the new Frame Worthy Die; I cut the frame portion three times from Sweet Blush cardstock and the base from white. I added some Aqua ink and ink splatter to the center and then glued the frame down.

I foiled a panel of Hibiscus Burst cardstock using the beautiful Merry Motifs Hot Foil Plate and then put the frame in the middle and surrounded it with the flowers and foliage. The sentiment is stamped in black and then the accent portion is heat embossed in gold and attached using foam squares. A good dusting of glitter and a few sequins finish off this design!

Here you can see the large rose in comparison to the small roses. This size is nice for a bold focal point!

I decided to use another accent sentiment that could work for a wedding or any type of "new beginning".

I looked up images of real roses to get the idea for this rose; yellow with the coral edges.

These roses are really easy to put together, which I love!

My final project for today, and for the release, uses the new In Stitches Starry Sky dies. As soon as I saw these new stitching dies, I had so many ideas in mind. It was  hard for me just to stick to one, but rest assured, I will be pulling them out shortly to get to work on these other projects! My project for today is a pair of ribbon fairy/princess wands for two sweet girls in the neighborhood!

The stars are cut from one of the most traditional 5-point stars included in the set; there are some other sizes and star shapes along with different clouds as well. I cut them from Lavender Moon and Sweet Blush Felt; twice for each star and then stitched using DMC floss. I left a hole at the bottom of each star so the dowel could be added along with the polyfiber fill. 

These are 1/4 inch dowels and are the perfect size for the scale of the stars....and for little hands to grasp. I added ribbon with long tails for added whimsy and charm!

I added a jingle bell to each want and this lavender wand also got a crown charm from my stash.

I made a tag for each wand using the new Handmade With Love Stamp/Die set and the smallest die included in the Love to Layer: Whimsy Die. These were so fun to make! Thanks for fluttering by!