Fabric Fun - Candlelight Christmas and Beau Chateau

Well I have a couple of projects I have been holding onto and finishing in the last few weeks and I thought I would share these with you today.  These are all projects I made using fabric from Stampin' Up! The first fabric choice is from the Autumn/Winter catalogue which finishes on 31st January.  The fabric is the Candlelight Christmas, I think the red in this could work well for Valentines or Mother's Day gifting too.

 I have been wanting to make the Kilner pin cushion for a long time and finally at Christmas I was inspired by this fabric to make one.   The top of the pin cushion is cut with the Scallop circle Big Shot Die (113468) and the inside circle of fabric and card is cut from the Circles #2 Originals Die (114526).  There are quite a few videos out there showing the method for making this and with the two-part push together lid on the kilner it is so simple!
 
The best bit is I could make it without picking up a sewing needle! I stuck all the fabric using Sticky Strip (104294) which holds everything together firmly and I found there was no need to sew. For my pin cushion jar, I decorated the jar lid edges with the Crochet Trim (118481)  and then added a flower using the Fun Flowers (121812) die for the Big Shot.  The antique brad (117273) fits in perfectly with the vintage style of the trim and I used a sponge dauber just to ink the edges of the flower too.

All I needed to do to gift this was add some coloured pins, some Stampin' Up! buttons in co-ordinating colours and some ribbon and it was finished. A great gift idea and what better way to gift than to share Stampin' Up! product with friends and family too! 

The hearts were decorations kindly made for me by Catherine Evans, a great, super talented SU demonstrator.  She made a gorgeous garland of these hearts of her own which you can and go see here.  I loved her crochet flowers, as seen on the green heart, but unfortunately crochet is not listed as one of my talents so I made my own centre for the red heart from Crochet Trim and the Scalloped Tulle Ribbon in Crumb Cake from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue.  I finished the red centre with the gorgeous Designer Brushed Bronze buttons (127833) and some linen thread.

My next project, after my first pin cushion was the Beau Chateau Pin Cushion jar.  I love the Beau

Chateau fabric design, as devoted followers of my blog will know. 

 

 This time I decorated the jar using Paper Daisies (119243).  I dyed the daisies using the ink pad refills in Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette and Bashful Blue - they turned out even better than I thought! I could not believe how easy it is, just a couple of drops with some water, submerge the daisies and then dry them off.  I secured the layers of the flowers with a metallic brad and manipulated them before completely dry and then added a pearl over the brad centre.  These are gorgeous and I will definitely be using them on more projects now! 

The flower wreath in the picture was a copy from the catalogue design on page 71 of the annual catalogue.  Again using the Fun Flowers die for the Big Shot.  One of the reasons you have to have the Big Shot is all of the materials you can cut with it, fabric and felt, included.  I sourced some felt elsewhere to match the colours of the fabric and used the Very Vanilla Seam Binding ribbon (120999) from SU to decorate and create the hanging loop. 

Remember the following products from these projects are only available in the Autumn/Winter catalogue and can only be ordered until the end of THIS THURSDAY, 31st January:

Candlelight Christmas Designer Fabric 126905 £8.95
Scalloped Tulle Ribbon - Crumb Cake  127840 £6.25
Designer Buttons - Brushed Bronze       127833 £6.25

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Cherish the ones you love

I have been meaning to make this Beautiful Wings frame ever since I got the lovely little Embosslit die and finally I have done it!  It took a dear friend and customer, thank you Charmaine, to inspire me to finally do it!  This is so simple and such a lovely gift idea - shhh, don't tell anyone it only took me half an hour to make.

It's still birthday month here in the house with still yet more family birthdays to celebrate and now with the births of two more family members this month too it is set to continue for years to come! 

For the birthday makes I have gone back to the beginning with my Baroque Motifs set.  This was one of my very first purchases from SU and I have gone back to my favourite blue hues too.  The stamp effect on the first card - a two-tone effect is created by colouring with a lighter shade (Marina Mist) and then using the marker in the darker shade of blue (Pacific Point), colouring the edges.  The card stock is a mixture of Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  I also stamped images onto the DSP paper to tie in the different elements.

 Again, Baroque Motifs with the lovely large stamp from the set being used as a background.  I used a mixture of DSP to cut the XL Tags. DSP papers were 'Beau Chateau', 'Nursery Nest' and 'Cheerful Treat'.  A great way to make use of scraps, I knew I was keeping them for a reason!  I made a tidy finish to the ruffled seam-binding ribbon by cutting slits in the paper border and feeding the ends through before securing with glue dots. 

The third card was a lovely bright Melon Mambo card using the 'Cheerful Treat' papers again (I will be sad to see these Hostess papers go with the end of the catalogue in September). 

This is a simple Punch, Stamp and Stick card - I love it though!

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Au Beau Chateau - beautiful!

There's nothing worse than checking the calendar and realising you had overlooked a birthday for someone and there's no guarantee even with a 1st class stamp it isn't going to get to them in time.  That's what I love about making my own cards, just sitting down and putting together a lovely card and then sending it.

It might arrive a little late, but if it's this lovely and handmade surely it can be forgiven!

I just love the Fun Flowers die for the Big Shot. Some designer papers and a run through the big shot and you have an instant beautiful flower to top a card or project.  I have used the Vintage wallpaper emboss folder with the Big Shot to make the vintage style background and finished off the card with the new Victoria Crochet Trim. I think you will agree this card is simply gorgeous!

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