Perfect Pear Puffies

Hey everyone!! I am back today with a card challenge and some more homemade puffies...this time pears! 

Very clean & simple card today.  I wanted the pears to be the star of the show!  I die cut the pears out of fabric (with the Pellon Craft Fuse Iron-On Backing ironed on to stiffen it up).  For more information on how I did this, you can check out this post.

Now this probably is self-explanatory, but I wanted to show you one more thing.  If you sew two pears together, you will have to die cut the front of the material for one pear and then cut from the  backside of the material for the 2nd pear or your pear tops won't match.  Here's a visual:

Pear one cut this way:

For the 2nd pear, flip your fabric over and cut it out from the backside.

This allows the pears to match up when you sew.

I'm also entering this in the Wee Memories challenge for this week to use a photo from Pinterest as your inspiration. 

Here's the photo I chose:

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a great day!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps:  Fruit Fusion Pear, Framed
Paper: Harvest Gold
Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy & VersaMagic Tea Leaves
Other: Fabric from Hobby Lobby, Twinery Twine, RF Button, Score-tape (to hold the pears on)

Passion for Papertrey: Recipe Challenge

Hey everyone! I am here with my last post as the Featured Stamper on A Passion for Papertrey's blog.  I have had SO MUCH fun playing along this month!! Thank you so much Kate, Aimes & Caryn for allowing me to be a part of your wonderful blog! 

This week's challenge is a recipe challenge.  We were to use 3 colors of our choice, 2 buttons & 1 ribbon.  The colors I chose were Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush & Spring Moss (and I used Kraft as a neutral...I'm hoping that that was still within the rules!!).

I ordered a few of the fruit stamps for Papertrey's recent release and I am in LOVE!! I haven't had a lot of time to stamp lately, but when I do, I find myself reaching for these sweet little sets! 

I really like being able to cut these cute little fruit images out of felt, fabric or paper!  I kept the focus of this card very CAS.  The words from the Tag It's #1 set (LOVE that font so much!!) fit perfectly in the space of the frame! 

Thank you for stopping by!! Be sure to check out the challenge on "A Passion for Papertrey's Blog"! 

Thanks again to Kate, Aimes and Caryn for allowing me to play along!! It's been so much fun!!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps:  Fruit Fusion: Cherry, Tag It's #1, Framed
Paper: Kraft, Sweet Blush
Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy, VersaMagic Tea Leaves
Other: Felt, Sweet Blush Buttons, Fruit Fusion Cherry Die, Spring Moss Ribbon, Twinery Twine, Cane Print Impression Plate, Pop Dots

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

May 2011 Blog Hop

Welcome to the May Papertrey Ink blog hop!  I have 2 cards to share with you today but first, the challenge.

May is the month when many flowers finally go into full bloom after a long winter's sleep. For the blog hop this month we want to see your favorite take on flowers. 

What a fun challenge!!

Up first is a clean & simple card.

Ahhh...summer flowers! I love them and I couldn't resist looking for fabric in my stash with lots of color in it for this flower!  (I used the small yo-yo maker to make this flower and attached it with a large glue dot.)

I used one of the grass clumps from the new PTI anniversary set and then added Raspberry Fizz rhinestones for little accent flowers.  I am soooo loving this Cane Impression Plate! I wasn't sure if I needed it at first but now I can't quit using it on every card I am making!  The impression is so gorgeous!!  And, of course, that Lemondrop twine from The Twinery adds a great contrast to the Hawaiian Shores paper!

I am also entering this into the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge this week to use bling!

The 2nd card I have to share with you today is totally different and very bold!

Ready?

How about a black & white polka dotted fence?  It is cut out of fabric so in real life it has an extra-fun texture!  The flower is also die cut out of fabric...I'm in a fabric mood lately!  (Be watching because I have something extra fun to share with you in the next few days using fabric & felt!!  I can't wait!!)

In order to make the fabric stiff enough to die cut, I used Pellon Craft Fuse Iron-On Backing which adds stability and strength (I got that right off the package, lol!!) to your fabric.  It was simple, simple to do.  I picked up a 1/4 of a yard in the fabric section of Hobby Lobby.  Then, I cut a small square of fabric and backing.  Then, you just iron them together.  That's it!  Very simple!  It makes the fabric stiff enough to die cut (although I went over the die in my machine 3 times to make sure it cut through all of the material.  I probably should have thought to use my metal shim...thanks Kristin!!...If you have a shim, you might give that a try to add a little extra pressure to get a good cut.

Be sure to visit the others in the PTI Blog Hop!  Entries can be added until 10 PM CST on Nichole's blog!

Thank you so much for visiting! I can't wait to check out the rest of the participants!!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted)
Hello Friend Card
Stamps: Botanical Silhouette, Think Big Favorites 3
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, White
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Palette Landscape
Other: Cane Impression Plate, Fabric (HL), Raspberry Fizz Rhinestones, Lemondrop twine from the Twinery, HS Button

Hello There Picket Fence Card
Stamps: Tag Its #1, Flower Fusion 4, Framed
Paper: TAC Kraft
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Palette Landscape
Other: Fabric (HL), RF Button, Lemondrop Twine from The Twinery, RF Ribbon, Cane Impression Plate, Pop Dots, Picket Fence Die, Flower Fusion #4 Die