The minute I saw this week's sketch, I knew I would be reaching for patterned papers to do the squares. With the new Sew Suite collection featuring sewing accessories, it just seemed like a good fit to cut my paper with fabric shears to make them look like fabric samples.
One of the Sew Suite element I was really excited about was the In Stitches wheel. I have been dying for SU! to come out with a faux stitching stamp set. All six stitches are mounted on one wheel, but what I did to get more use out of it was cut the rubber off of the wheel (which you can easily do by cutting the wheel seam with a craft knife) and mount the rubber on Easy Mount foam, and then cut the six stitches separately. The stitches are quite long and will not fit straight on any of the blocks, so what I do is mount the stitches on my acrylic block at an angle from corner to corner (see pictures -----> HERE). I guess I could also cut the rubber shorter if I wanted to make life simpler for myself!
The main image was created using on the rub-ons from the Sew Suite collection and coloring the image with my markers. I made sure to leave some white space to mimick the way designers color their sketches. I punched the little girl with the Wide Oval punch, then matted it with the Decorative Label punch and the 1-3/4 Circle punch, around which I glued some pompoms trim. Trust me, you have to buy some for yourself! The pompoms are really small and therefore easy to use and they are cute beyond words!
The Daffodil Delight cardstock was stamped with the Pattern stamp. The sentiment comes from an old hostess set called Haute couture, the first hostess set I earned for myself when I became a demo. It reads, "You are just my style!", which I thought was perfectly fitting for this card. At the bottom of the stamped sentiment (inked with markers to get the two colours), I added a row of rub-ons and added a fabric brad, also from the Sew Suite collection. I then added a couple of pin rub-ons on the patterned paper squares and a Daffodil button on the top block.
Here is the LINK to our challenge blog, where you can share a link to your creation, and links to the other DT members' creations:
Brandi
Carrie
Helen
Ilina
Kirsty
Lee-Anne
Makeesha
Marisa
Renée
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: In Stitches wheel, Pattern Pieces, Haute Couture (retired)
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Tango Tangerine
Inks: Wild Wasabi
Punches: Wide Oval, Circle 1-3/4, Decorative Label
Accessories: Sew Suite rub-ons, shears, Sew Suite button, floss (DMC),
Markers (Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Tango Tangerine, Blush Blossom),
Fabric brad, Pompom trim, Stampin' Dimensionals
This is so clever, Cindy - I love your interpretation of the sketch, and the Sew Suite stuff looks wonderful!
Posted by: Genelle Little | January 28, 2011 at 01:54
This reminds me of my mom's sewing room when I was little. She would sew clothes for me and I always enjoyed going through her scrap box. Darling use of this week's sketch, Cindy :)
Posted by: Marisa | January 28, 2011 at 11:47
This is so super cute, Cindy! I love that you used the sewing goodies and WOWZA on the wheel idea. You rock!
Posted by: carrie gaskin | January 28, 2011 at 16:03
Wow Cindy!!! Love the "pinked" edges on your "fabric" squares & all the sewing elements you have cleverly combined. The wheel splitting idea is brilliant & those teeny, tiny pom poms are adorable! :)
(Fingers crossed we get all these goodies in Australia.)
Posted by: Helen H | January 29, 2011 at 00:24
I love it Cindy, I honestly thought they were fabric pieces. Such a clever idea to cut with the fabric shears. I love the colours and the darling image, I love the way you've layered it. Great take on the sketch...hope you have a fabulous week.
Posted by: Lee-Anne | January 29, 2011 at 03:05
fabulous card!!! really captures sewing notions!! R ;)
Posted by: Scrappywonder aka Rebecca | January 29, 2011 at 09:33
Ack! This is the cutest card ever!! I love the pinking shear edges and how you layered all the pieces and pom poms under the little girl piece! AWESOME!
Posted by: Angie Tieman | February 01, 2011 at 19:59
Love the layers on the image panel, Cindy! Very pretty card! xoxo B.
Posted by: Brandi | February 02, 2011 at 23:24