Home Made Puffies

Have you seen one of the new trends...puffies?  KI Memories came out with a new felt line of embellishments that are "puffed", which I translate "stuffed", lol!  Here is a link to what I am referring to.  See, how cute they are!?

The thing is...if you are a PTI fan, you probably have felt and dies in your stamp arsenal, right? :)  Well, with those tools paired with a sewing machine or a needle and thread you can create your very own, custom-made puffies (for lots less too!).  Want to see an example?

I took the new Fruit Fusion watermelon die and cut the bottom piece with green felt and the top piece with Raspberry Fizz felt.  Then, I sewed the pieces about 3/4 of the way together, left the needle in the felt (but released the foot so I had some give) and took some quilt batting and used the pointed end of a paint brush to carefully poke it into the watermelon.  Once it was completely in and "puffed" up, I continued to sew the watermelon closed.

After I had them sewn together, I added some black rhinestones to mimic watermelon seeds.  So easy!  Just think of how many other dies you could do this with!  Flowers, butterflies, clouds, balloons, etc...  Get the picture? :)  You could even sew a pattern on the watermelon or other fruit!

Here are a few other details on the card:

I used the Cane Impression Plate to give the clouds dimension and texture and then popped it up with pop dots.

After I stamped the polka dotted "clouds" I used a clear Spica Glitter Pen to add some subtle glitter to each dot.  Just a fun little extra.

I hope that this idea inspires you!! I'd LOVE to see your "puffies" if you make some!  You can send me an email or leave me a comment with a link to your post so I can see what you come up with!  I think it could be addicting!! :)  I have another card to share with you using this same idea soon!  Hopefully it will post early next week!

I hope your day is full of blessings!  Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Turning a New Leaf, Fruit Fusion:
Paper: Kraft, Spring Moss, Rustic Cream, White, Spring Rain
Ink: Fresh Snow, True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Champagne VersaMark
Other: Fruit Fusion Watermelon Die, Picket Fence Die, Turning a New Leaf Die, Raspberry Fizz felt, felt from Material Evidence Shop on Etsy (green), Black Rhinestones, Sewing Machine, Pop Dots, Corner Chomper