Sew Fashionable

I think it looks like something from a posh dressing room.

Lots of things going on here!  It all started with...ahem...I have NO idea!  I'll start where I started.  With this tutorial from Michelle Zindorf!  The inks I sponged were Crumb Cake for the wall & River Rock for the floor.  Then I stamped the sewing dummy from Sew Suite in Basic Black.  Then there was the VSN Mash Up challenge..in reference to the show Glee (which I do not watch, I'm a NCIS, Criminal Minds, Mentalist type of gal!)...which is to make your own mash up by using two (or more) techniques on your card or project!

I decided to paper piece.  A new one for me!  I already sponged and masked!  Then I found a sketch....SCS SC220...and WAIT...there's the Flybaby challenge to use at least five colors on your card! 

I'm pleased with the card.  Remember the red buttons and the crystal effects mess...yep...that's the button!  I'm loving the Patterns Pack in the In Colors - this is a hostess item from the big catalog.  I love the Concord Crush!  It looks awesome with the Pretties Kit pearls and the Raven Lace.  I'll be mailing this one in a padded envelope!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo-valous day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Sew Suite

Paper: SU! In Color 6 x 6 Pattern Pack (Hostess), Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black, River Rock, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Pop dots, Pretties Kit, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Raven Black Lace, Black Satin Ribbon, Faux Button, Sponges, Post It Notes, Basic Gray Marker

Techniques: Paper Piecing, Masking, Sponging, Faux Button

Sew Suite Pattern Pieces

Inspired by this card by Melissa...I dug into the Sew Suite Collection and came up with this:

I really did like the cut out pattern pieces on this card by Allison Stamps!  Will I do it again...I dunno.  I stamped the DSP with the patterns & then stamped the patterns on solid, cut out the solid and attached with pop dots.  The girl is a rub-on on Whisper White, colored with SU! markers & fussy cut!  Layout is a sketch challenge from SCS - SC211.  Color selection is based on a Ways to Use it Challenge from SCS - WT311, using gray as a neutral. 

I do like the layout and the colors!  Nothing like Daffodil Delight to perk up Basic Gray.  I do love the pompom trim!  I did "finish" the inside of the card!  I don't have many sentiment stamps...so I will just write a note to a friend inside this one! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo-valous day!

SUPPLIES

Stamps - SU! Pattern Pieces, SU! Sew Suite

Paper - SU! Basic Gray, SU! Sweet Stitches DSP, SU! Whisper White, SU! Daffodil Delight

Ink - SU! Basic Gray

Accessories - SU! Daffodil Delight Pompom Trim, Sticky Strip, SU! Sweet Stitches Rub Ons, Basic Grey Rub On Tool, Pop Dots, SU! Photo Corners Punch, SU! Glue Dots, SU! Markers (Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Melon Manbo, Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel & Close to Cocoa)

Counterfeit Crafting is FUN!

It all started because of a stamp release and the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog ...

A fellow flybaby has participated in a counterfeit kit challenge and posted about it on her blog.   The next day, I fell in love with a button card die and a button stamp set, new releases from an online stamp company.  I put the two together & this is what happened!

...created exclusively with SU! materials.  I talked myself out of purchasing a button card die. The conversation went something like this:  I don't need a DIE to cut out a rectangle - I'll use my paper cutter.  A hang tag...hmmm...punch a hole.  But the stamp set had button card designs...wait a minute...the Sew Suite stamp set has one...only one...but hey...maybe I only need one.  I need that small pattern stamp set to make that cool insert...do I have small patterns...yep...in the Sweet Stitches DSP and the Designer Series Paper Patterns In Color (Hostess) collection.    Oh boy!  Cannot wait to get home to create!  I arrive home and hide out in the office.  Order in Pizza for the family.  ;-)  Did I shut the office door!  Yep.  A couple of hours later...eight button packets and not a cent more spent!

The thought that ran through my head as I was doing this...I don't like to sew buttons...ok...I procrastinate sewing buttons on clothing...I have a shirt I want to wear, but I've got to look for the replacement button and sew it on.  I don't want to...gotta find the button, gotta thread the needle..ugh.  Now, here I am sitting here sewing buttons on paper...oh good grief! 

I did this project in batches - mass production mode.  I made eight total.  Two of each.  Above, I used a paper piercer then sewed on the buttons with SU! Silver Cord.  Back in the 80's and prior, buttons were attached to button cards with silver staples.  Here's the back of the card.

It's also a throwback to those that had buttons attached with a stiff white cord...they were crisscrossed in the back.  The button cards were also glossy.  These in the project were cut from SU! Glossy White CS and stamped wtih Stazon Jet Black. 

Here's the first one AND I made a mistake.  No way I was gonna take those buttons off and redo it!  This card should have had the Melon Mambo buttons, but hey...Chocolate works, too!   

Daffodil Delight...Daffodil...like Daffy Duck.

Tangerine Tango...baby!

Nah...let's Melon Mambo!

Now this, Chocolate Chip, looks like a Valentine York Peppermint Patty. 

I'm planning to use these as embellishments for cards or as tags.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed the projects and are inspired to look at what you already have when you are tempted to purchase something new.   Have  moo-valous day!

Supplies list:

PAPER:  SU! Glossy White, SU! In Color DSP Patterns Pack (Hostess), Sweet Stitches DSP

INK:  Stazon Jet Black

STAMPS:  Sew Suite

ACCESSORIES:  Sweet Stitches Big Designer Buttons, SU! Silver Cord, Paper Cutter, Corner Rounder, Sticky Strip, hole punch (school supply), Paper Piercer, Piercing Mat

Suite Textiles

I'm so in love with the Stampin' Up! Sew Suite collection.  Take a look at the textiles & accessories.

Fabric, Buttons, Pom Pom Trim

Oh my!  Check out the DETAIL in the fabric!

Yummy!

What am I going to do with all this?  Sew, of course.  ;-)  Seriously, make a fabric cover for my binder! 

Whatcha think?  Gorgeous, yes?  

Have a moo-valous day!

How suite it is...

...to cut apart rubber stamps! 

What's wrong with her?  First she crumples up paper, now she's CUTTING UP STAMPS!  LOL

I have discovered I use my SU! wheels more if I unmount them.  Sure makes them easier to clean.  This is the stitches wheel from the Sew Suite Collection in the new mini.  I unmounted the wheel & cut apart the six stitch designs.  And YES, I was nervous; but it worked out fine!

Instead of ONE jumbo wheel...I have SIX stamps.  They fit nicely in the SU! clear stamp cases.  I just need to load Lightening McQueen...ahem...my computer...with SU!'s MDS to access my clear insert cover file.   I'm really happy with my six "stitch" stamps.  Now...to STAMP something with them.  I'd stamp the cat...

...ummm...maybe NOT!  :-D

Have you unmounted any stamps or cut apart a stamp to make it suit your purposes better?  If not, give it a try...it's liberating! 

Have a moo-valous day!