Scrapbooking and stitching

My SU mummy Julie set us all a challenge to CASE a project from the new Mini Catalogue but change a few elements. We had to switch the colour scheme, the size and an embellishment.

This is my entry.



The Sew Sweet Suite immediately appealed to me and I love the piece on the front cover of the catalogue using the embroidery hoop, so I used it as the basis for a scrapbook page.



I cut out the dressing model stamp from Sew Lovely and used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies in my Big Shot for the initials.



The picture is me working on a cross stitch piece that I turned into a cushion for my mum's Christmas present.



I ruffled up some Seam Binding Ribbon (really easy and so cute) and added lots of Big Buttons (and regular ones) as well as some flowers made from the Sweet Stitches DSP and Fun Flowers die. The middle of the flower is a button from the Sweet Buttons Embosslit.

This has to be one of my favourite scrapbook pages!

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A card for a seamstress

Today I have been at the Julie's Jems all-day training with some of my lovely Stampin' Up! family.

We had lots of fun making some fab projects, and we laughed a lot as well!

We love to do swaps, and here is my card.



I used the Sew Lovely stamp set. I know I keep saying everything is my favourite, but they really are! I think my WI ladies will also like this one!

The sewing machine is punched out with the new Decorative Label punch and I also used this for the outer frame - I just chopped the shapes in half and stuck them round the outside.



Remember that old hand sewing machine I bought? Well I used that to stitch down some of the yummy Seam Binding.



And at the bottom I added a button using the Sweet Buttons Embosslit made from the Sweet Stitches DSP.

Such a cute card I think!

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Card making and sewing - two of my favourite things!

As you will probably know I am fairly handy with a needle and love to stitch and sew.

I was over the moon when the Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue was released with the beautiful Oh Sew Suite range.

There is DSP, stamps, a wheel, new buttons and an Embosslit, so I can combine my love for card making and sewing.



Here's the first card, using the Sew Lovely stamp set. I think this is so cute and right up my street!

There was a bit of masking here, where you hide off certain areas to create overlapping images, but this is not as tricky as it sounds! This allowed me to hide the reels behind the frame and create the dressing dummies of different heights.



And inside, a tape measure!



For my second sewing theme card, I used the Sweet Stitches DSP. This is so yummy and bright and can easily be the focus of the card on it's own.



I simply matted four square pieces and added a bit of fake stitching on the sentiment (which is from a US Stampin' Up! set - sorry!).

Tomorrow, I am keeping it on trend with an owl card!

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