Aflutter Sneak #2

Sneak Peek #2 for Aflutter

For the love of handmade...

I am such a WHORE for handmade embellishments!!

I participated in a local craft show last week which gave me the opportunity to create some new goodies!!

Check them out:

Corrugated clouds!

Oh YUM.. Beaded clouds

New fabric flowers! - I lovingly call these "Raggedies" 

Crimson

Azule

Harvest

and Sunburst

Corrugated tags

and Corrugated Hearts

All available in the shop! 

What do you think?? ♥♥

Tag Swap

I recently participated in a tag swap with a bunch of girls from the newest Design Team I have the privilege of calling myself a part of... The Crop Chocolate Design Team :)

Here is the tag I sent to my secret tag receiver :) 

It's made with Viva Las VegaStamps! images (handwriting background, chevron, holiday cheer), May Arts ribbon, UmWowStudio hat pin, Authentique paper, a vintage button, cheese cloth, and distress stains (Walnut stain, barn door, festive berries)

Around The World Sneak #2

umm YES PLEASE!!

Each kit comes with one full set, one large, one medium and one small vintage pattern paper with resin buttons in turquoise and white :) And if you need extra, they're also listed in my etsy shop :) 

May Arts DT Call Round 1

Here I am, throwing my name into the hat for the May Arts DT call. I've been lucky enough to be chosen for quite a few of the May Arts monthly challenges and love working with such beautiful high quality ribbons.

Here is my tutorial format project (in written format): 

Gather supplies: a gorgeous super wide dark brown burlap ribbon by May Arts, Basically Bare canvas fleur de lis, Distress Stain in Pumice Stone, a medium color burlap, muslin, dark brown quilting thread (it’s thicker than normal every day thread), vintage buttons and pillow fluff! (don't forget the sewing machine!)

I splattered some distress stain on my teflon mat, gave it a bit of a spritz with water and dipped my fleur de lis in it. I then set it out in the sun to dry… I did try heating it with a heat gun and for whatever reason it kept getting a purple tint. Mr. Natural Heat to the rescue 

After he was dry I sewed a piece of burlap to a piece of muslin.. I knew I wanted the burlap to be the main texture of the pillow.. but didn’t want the fluff to poke through the open texture, so I created the base of the pillow from a nice tightly woven muslin. After the burlap was sewn to the muslin and my fleur de lis was dry I placed the Basically Bare canvas piece on top of the muslin and stitched a couple of times with the dark brown quilting thread.. not only to hold it in place but to pull together some of the darker browns I wanted to introduce into the pillow.

Then I sewed my May Arts ribbon on at the top and bottom.. Keep in mind there’s no back on my pillow yet.. At this point in time I’m basically building what I want the front to look like! After the ribbon is in place I pulled a couple of burlap strings from a scrap of the ribbon and sewed my vintage buttons into place.

Then I sewed my two sides of the pillow (my front piece and the back piece) together WRONG SIDES touching.. but I left a small section unsewn so I could pull my pillow right side out! This makes a very crisp clean sew line all the way around. Stuff pillow.. sew shut the tiny spot.. and DONE!

Here is a video I did on making Washi tape (not ribbon based, but a video none the less!)


 
 

And here are some general projects that utilize ribbon:

A mini album made of journaling cards. Ribbon is wound through the binding as well as used for tabs to open the book.

A Christmas tag using gorgeous May Arts ribbon to hold together all the beautiful layers.

A Mother's day card using white seam binding hand dyed and burlap string.

A wall hanging using four different May Arts ribbons, three to make a Prima inspired flower and one as stitching on the stocking. 

  

An altered tray using tinsel/ribbon and a sheer ribbon as a layer in the title banner. 

A Christmas tag/card using four different May Arts ribbons to really make it a "keeper"

A Basically Bare Pillow

I love burlap. and muslin. and canvas.

I also love distressing and old vintage buttons... 

this pillow has all :)

Basically bare fleur de lis in canvas, may arts ribbon, vintage buttons, burlap, muslin, dark brown quilting thread, pillow fluff. 

Happy Mama's Day

Love you mama!

Here's the card I made for my mother this year using MME's Lost n Found Madison Avenue 6x6 pad, vintage buttons, walnut stain distress ink sizzix labels die, snug hug, studio G stamps and baker's twine.

A Dated Journey - REVEAL

Ok - ok - ok! Here it is.. the reveal for a Dated Journey.. I want you to know though.. I will not cave early next month!! You'll have to WAIT through the goodness peeks! !! !!!!!

:) Thank you for so much interest and support good friends. it really means a lot to me to know that there are so many of you backing me and encouraging me to do these types of things.

I'm very excited to share my love of making embellishments with other people and really thought this was the perfect way to do it!! ..

yada yada yada huh? ok! the big picture:

In the May2012 kit A Dated Journey you will receive:

-2 paper feathers; one large, one smal

-a scatter of kraft and old book page shapes for your layering needs

-10 vintage buttons (I scored these at an auction)

-2 bird on a branch silhouettes (designed by me!) one 6inch kraft, one 3.5inch cream (Both cardstock)

-3 red petal and music note leaf paper flowers

-3 brown thick brown cotton crochet flowers

-2 petite cream thread crochet flowers

-3 hat pins; one six inch beauty and 2 complimenting just shy of 2 inches

-an 8-10 inch fence

-and 2 complete old book pages!

$18 + $3 shipping anywhere in the US - $5 to Canada

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Honeymoon - CC Challenges

This challenge is to make a mini album around a vacation you will or have taken --- We just don't vacations (until this summer!) So I did ours on our "Staycation"

I made the base for the album out of MME's Life Stories journaling cards. Used Imaginisce punch as well. and the Precision pen. all from CC

Not CC : Cosmo cricket black chipboard, baker's twine, lace, kraft paper, dymo label maker, vintage buttons.

Something Blue - CC Challenge

Of course we have the "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" Challenges...

Here is my blue challenge:

CC Product used: Bazzill Coal paper, Pink Paislee Daily Junque wooden alphas, Prima flowers, Basic Gray overlays, White picket fence distress stain and broken china distress stain.

Non CC : Gesso, white pen, vintage buttons, memento ink, white cardstock, inkadinkadoo harlequin stamp. Viva Las Vegastamps! stamp

With this Ring - CC Challenge

CropChocolate is having a huge online crop to celebrate both their Merger with OhMyCrafts and National Scrapbook day!! 

Here is my entry for the "With this ring" challenge in which we were required to make a project with an embellishment that makes a shape. 

IE I chose buttons to make a heart.

CC Product used : 6x6 Madison Avenue, walnut stain distress ink, EP brown cardstock base. Non CC : vintage buttons, snug hug (dyed with the distress ink), baker's twine, a spellbinders die, studio G stamps.

My Basically Bare + AMP posts :)

I shared this piece on the Basically Bare blog yesterday... 

and on the Amazing Mold Putty blog today!! 

G45 - altered spool

blogs are funny aren't they? I think they get pushed to the back burner SO easily.. I did a big show.. tried to concentrate on making product for it.. the blog sacrificed.. then I swore once it was over.. I would post tons of goodies to the blog.. however.. Graphic45 put up a design team call.. as well as couple of other places..

But.. I'm posting a Graphic45 pieces right now :) which will go into the larger application post towards the middle of the week!

The spool is decorated with Tropical Travelogue (8x8) papers.. did some fussy cutting (the foliage) as well as paper rolling (the eggs). I stamped a Unity stamp onto some white cardstock as sort of a focal point. The paper unrolls from the wooden spool to reveal a treasure map.. and when it's rolled up a vintage metal button pairs with some bakers twine to keep it closed. Other than that I used some moss, distress ink and glue :)

I've sent this in to UNITY to be pinned on a pinterest board for a competition! Keep an eye out there to vote for me :)

as the week at SimonSaysStampandShow is anything goes, I'll also be linking up there :)