Your Hand Stitched Layouts

Here we are with our first entry for May from:

WENDY

LOUISE H (1)

JANNINE

HELEN
 

LOUISE H (2)

RITA

SCRAPPY SARAH 

KRAFTY KAREN

KAREN L

ADELA

JO

JULIE B

Challenge closes on 5th June.

We look forward to more of you joining in.

See full details of the challenge on the 1st May post - 'H is for Hand Stitched'.

May Card Challenge

This month's challenge has been set by Alison from our very own design team. Alison in in the process of a massive clear out of her craft materials as she is moving and so the theme she has set is to create a card using something that has been sitting around in your stash for years. Other than this the challenge theme is open to what every you want to do. Take a look on Alison's blog to see lots more cards she has made with this challenge in mind.

Alison says: "Here is one of my cards made with file folders. I bought a kit when I first started scrapping from QVC years and years ago, and had used up/given the rest away. However, these blumming file folders where tucked away in a drawer with my pearls and bling - every time I opened the drawer, these things would spring out, or clog up the drawer!

No more - (insert the mwah ha ha smiley) - I've used them!

This one also uses the rose from decoupage paper with photo corners."

Here are the cards from the Design Team:

SUE
 The stamp it new but the buttons and dewdrops on the flowers, I have had for years.
As for the paper, I keep looking at it and saving it for something special
- its not THAT old but I have had it for well over a year (maybe two!)

SHEENA

A stamp I bought in my card making days (2006?) before scrapping took over &
Basic Grey Fusion paper from the same year! 

KAREN

I used SEI Granny's Kitchen papers (2005) and a
Making Memories Defined sticker (These are soooooo old).

LINDA
An old DCWV paper pad - once I started it was hard to stop!

LYNN

Basic Grey's Urban Couture (2006)

ALISON

Uses up stickers from Poundland!
Lots of Stickles, bling, eyelets and some butterfly felt ribbon. 

SUE

I closed my eyes and pulled out something from a box of embellishments from years ago - pulled out this awful cork thingy (2004 I think)
Old papers too. Stickers are from a Christmas glitter alphabet (about 3-4 yrs ago) 

DEIRDRE

One of the first stamps I ever bought by a company called Embossing Arts and some old American Arts ribbon.

ALISON

Ribbon and other scraps, and some stamping under the sentiment.

The prize of a vintage kit is kindly supplied by Alison

The challenge will run until the 15th June and we look forward to seeing your entries.

If you don't see your image here straight away, please bear with us. We will try to edit this post at least once a day.

Please comment below with a link to the post on your blog where your card is featured.

If you don't have a blog please send us an email with an image of your card attached - address in sidebar.

NB Unfortunately the prize is available to UK residents only but please feel free to take part anyway, it's always lovely to see your cards.

Winner of the ripped challenge....

Morag loved what the winner did with the flower and leaves....……

And the winner is………

Annie!

Congratulations, please contact us to claim your prize.

Thanks to everyone for taking part and to Morag for joining us for this challenge :)

How I made my Farm Girl Layout

This is the design team layout I made for May's challenge - 'H is for Hand Stitching'.
Just a reminder that we are scraplifting this pretty, fresh looking layout by Delaina Farr Burns.

 Here is our sketch:

 Here is what I used and did:

October Afternoon, Farm Girl Papers - Rose Trellis, Berry Basket, Patchwork, Pie Tin & Mason Jar
  Cream Puff Bazzill
  Wired mulberry paper flowers

DMC embroidery stranded cotton 931, needle, Sew Easy tool
Technique Tuesday square template
  Decorative leaf pins

Sizzix die

 

Cut cream card so it measures 11" x 11",  with pencil, use Technique Tuesday square template to draw two squares overlapping each other in the centre.

Create holes for stitching using a large needle or the 'Sew Easy' tool.  Rub away pencil lines. Back stitch around both squares with 3 strands of the DMC thread.

Gut yellow dot side of Rose trellis paper to make a 1" frame 12" x 12".

Mount card centrally over frame.   

Cut a piece of 'Pie Tin' paper 2" x 7 1/4", 'Berry Basket' 4" x 7" and a scalloped square piece from 'Mason Jar' paper using the acetate template. Distress and ink all the edges. 

Lay these into position and stick in place. 

Mount the 4" x 6" photo in place over the papers. 

Turn the top right corner of the denim paper over to show the flowers side, place a few 3D foam pads underneath, and stick a little yellow wired flower over the point. Add a leaf cut from the 'Rose Trellis' paper.

From the 1" strips of card left over cut some lacy shapes with the Sizzix die. You will only get the top of this shape, but it's all you need! tuck the shapes either side of the photo.

The photo is of my daughter at the Farm so I used the manufacturer's strip to create my title. 'Farm Girl' and 'October Afternoon' were perfect! Create your own title using left over papers.

Cut a few flowers from the 'Rose Trellis' paper and arrange on the layout, some flat and others on 3D foam.  Cut the centres from a few more flowers and add these over a few of the flowers on the page. Cut a few leaf stems and arrange these around the flowers. Also cut a few leaves to use on their own without the stems.

Arrange the wired flowers on the layout and stick down.

Place the decorative pins, sticking them through the 3D foam pads to hold them in position. 

Please pop over to my blog for details of the layout and photo.

Thanks for looking Lynn x

H is for Hand Stitched

For the month of May we are scraplifting the very creative scrapbooker

Delaina Farr Burns
Her BLOG can be found HERE

Please take a look

A few words from Delaina:

"Hey, I am Delaina Burns and I love all things scrappy. I live in a small town in Alabama with my sweet hubby. My daughter is away at college and my son married and moved away last year. I have lots of time on my hands now to scrap my days away. Scrapbooking is my way of preserving memories for my family, while indulging in the pretty stuff."

We challenge you to include some hand stitching on your layout.

Here is Delaina's original layout:
 

We drew our sketch as always

Here are the layouts created by our design team to give you some inspiration. Please click on the names to be taken to the relevant blogs.

LYNN

LINDA

ANITA

SHEENA

ALISON

ANITA

KAREN

DEIRDRE

ANITA

SUE

SANDRA

We hope you will joining the fun and enter the challenge by creating a layout using the sketch and some hand stitching  To enter the challenge, comment below with a link to the post on your blog where your layout is featured. If you don't have a blog please email us with an image - address in sidebar.

The challenge closes at midnight on 5th June 2013

Please create a new layout for this challenge - no back links will be accepted.

Looking forward to seeing what you all make - good luck.

Sneak Peek for May

Sooooo, it's that time of the month again - what have we got lined up for you for May?

No, unfortunately not Tom Cruise.... but we do have....

 

  

  

  

Can you guess what it is yet?

Watch this space :)

The luck of the Irish

Favoured the following winner of our March card challenge..……

RITA

With this lovely card.

Please contact us to claim your prize :)

Well Done x