This morning I decided I should take the Needle & Thread Bundle out for a test drive by participating in the Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. It's a recipe challenge calling for 1 word + 2 stamps + 3 colors + leftovers if you have them. I went looking for a set with a single word and Needle and Thread was one that would work. I ended up using a total of 3 stamps = 1 word + 2 images. Let's just call that artistic license! 3 colors: Poppy Parade + Pear Pizzazz + Soft Sea Foam. Leftovers: some scraps of lace.
Other things I've had in mind were to look for other things in my stash that would work with this set, such as the Cable Knit embossing folder, thinking the stitched look of the Distinktive needlework images would mix with the cable to give the idea of sweater with embroidery:
Cardstock measurements and cutting directions measurements:
8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Very Vanilla card base, folded
3 7/8" x 5 1/8" Very Vanilla
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Soft Sea Foam
5 1/2" long scrap of Pear Pizzazz to trim the diagonal.
2" x 4 1/4" scrap of Very Vanilla
1 x 3" scrap for greeting
Scraps of Very Vanilla lace - optional
Directions:
- Stamp the largest flower in Poppy Parade at one end of the larger Very Vanilla scrap. Stamp foliage stamp with Pear Pizzazz at the other end of the same scrap. You want these far enough apart so that you can die cut them at the same time without the dies interfering with each other.
- Arrange the stamped piece and the 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" piece of Very Vanilla on your Big shot with the flower and foliage dies and the stitched die. Use a cutting sandwich and cut all 3 pieces at once.
- Emboss the Soft Sea Foam piece of paper with the Cable Knit embossing folder. Trim this to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8". Cut a diagonal from approximately 1" in from the top left to 1" up from the lower right corner. I just eyeballed this. The measurement does not have to be exact. Attach your strip of Pear Pizzazz so that it peeks out just a bit from the Cable Knit diagonal edge.
- Adhere the stitched Very Vanilla piece to the back of the Cable knit piece so that you get a 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" layer. Trim an excess from the Very Vanilla layer. Attach this piece to your Very Vanilla card base with Stampin' Dimensionals, making sure to put some in the center so that the layer doesn't sag in the middle.
- Adhere the flower to the foliage stamped image. Embellish with scraps of lace as desired.
- Experiment with your placement of the greeting and stamped image so that you know you aren't going to cover any of the greeting before you attach them. Apply the greeting with your choice of adhesive. Attach the flower/lace piece with dimensionals.
Here is a close up of the needlework effect with these stamps:
Aren't they fun? This stamp set and coordinating dies will be available beginning January 3, 2019 when the Occasions 2019 catalog goes live. Demonstrators can preorder them beginning next Wednesday, December 5th. There is still time to join my team of demonstrators, the he'Artstringstampers, before then. You can even get in on our pre-preorder virtual meeting on December 3rd. Contact me if you are interested - I'd love to have you join us!
There are less than 2 days left in November! If you place a minimum $50 (US) order using the November hostess code, SNY9YGYC, I will send your choice of any current roll of ribbon plus 2 handmade Snowflake Showcase cards, shown below.
If you place a $150 or greater order please don't use the hostess code. You will still receive the gifts but you will also get your own hostess benefits.
Did you know...you can order your choice of stamping supplies, including the Snowflake Showcase as part of your kit when you sign up to be a demonstrator during the month of November. One of the perks of being a demonstrator is that you get to pre-order from future catalogs. Sign up during the month of November and you will be able to pre-order from next year's Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs starting December 5th! What a Christmas gift that would be! I'd love to have you join my team.
Whether you are new to papercrafts, someone who crafts with many brands of supplies, a Stampin' Up! devotee, or fellow demonstrator, I sincerely thank you for stopping by my little place in the stamping world. Let me know what you think and come back again soon!
Chris
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Needle & Thread Bundle is not yet available. You can order it on January 3 2019 using the number 150626. The following products are available now:
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