You Keep Me in Stitches!

I made this card for the Moxie Fab World I'm Sew Excited Challenge. I just love these Material Girl Stamps from Cosmo Cricket. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Whisper White, River Rock (Stampin Up)

Stamp Set - Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink - Eggplant Envy, Melon Mambo, River Rock, So Saffron (Stampin Up)

Markers - Stampin Write (Stampin Up)

Tool & Thread - Sew EAsy Stitch Piercer (We R Memory Keepers)

Howdy!

I just got in this stamp set and decided to try it out tonight. I'm still experimenting with my Sew Easy Stitch Piercer. I like how the stitching turned out. I entered this card in the Wee Memories Challenge #53. Thanks for taking a look at my card!
http://suchins.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-53-sponsored-by.html

Materials
Card stock - Crumb Cake, Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Decorative Paper - blue (Stampin' Up), Grid - Snow Day (Crate Paper), Pink - Life of the Party (Hero Arts)
Stamp Set - Howdy (Hero Arts)
Ink - Black (Memento), Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up) Markers - assorted colors (Copic)
Pearls - Hero Arts
Stitching & Thread (Sew Easy Stitch Piercer)
Die - Rounded Rectangles (Spellbinders)


Instructions
1. Create card from card stock (ink edges) - finished size 5 x 7
2. Cut blue decorative paper to 4.5 x 6.5 (ink edges), stitch and adhere to card with foam tape
3. Die cut grid paper (ink edges) and adhere to card with foam tape
4. Stamp images, color, cut and adhere to card
5. Add Pearls

Friends

I wasn't going to make a new card today, but after my acceptance e-mail from Card Maker magazine, I got inspired - so here's what I came up with. It's my 3rd and final entry into this weeks Lawnscaping Challenge. I wanted a sweet, happy card and I like how this one turned out.

 

Materials

Card Stock - crumb cake, confetti white (Stampin' Up) 

Decorative Paper - Pink Swiss Dot (Bazzill Basics)

Stamps - Critters in the Burbs, Say Cheese, too (Lawn Fawn)

Ink - Black (Memento) Old Olive (Stampin' Up)

Makers - assorted colors (Copic)

Dies - Circle, Scallop Circle (Spellbinders)

Thread - Light brown - (Sew Easy)

Adhesive - Foam tape

Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

Tools - Sew Easy Stitch Piercer

Instructions

1. Create the card from kraft card stock - finished size is 5.5 x 5.5

2. Cut 5 x 5 panel, pierce with Sew Easy Stitch Piercer and sew the panel to the card

3. Die cut circle and scallop circle

4. Stamp grass on circle

5. Stamp images, color and adhere to circle with foam tape

6. Adhere circle to scallop circle with foam tape and adhere to card with foam tape

3 Dresses Friendship Card

This card uses coloring with markers and stitching techniques. I got the idea for the color scheme from the Stampin' Up Color Coach.

Materials List
Set - Material Girl - Cosmo Cricket, Teeny Tiny Wishes - Stampin' Up

Inks - Ink Pads & Stampin' Write Markers - Elegant Eggplant, River Rock, Melon Mambo - Stampin' Up

Card stock - River Rock, Eggplant Envy, Whisper White - Stampin' Up

Embellishments - Melon Mambo Buttons - Stampin' Up, Hot Pink Thread - We R Memory Keepers

Tools - Modern Label punch and Word Window punch - Stampin' Up, Sew Easy Stitch Piercer - We R Memory Keepers

Adhesives - Stampin' Up SNAIL

Instructions

1. Create card from River Rock card stock - fold long ways

3. Cut Elegant Eggplant rectangle to 5 1/2 x 2 inches and adhere to card

4. Cut out 3 Whisper White rectangles to 1 1/2 x 2 inches

5. Stamp a dress on each white rectangle and color in with Stampin' Write Markers

6. Use the Sew Easy Stitch Tool to make holes on the edge of the rectangles. 

7. Sew thread into the stitch holes and tie in a knot

8. Adhere Elegant Eggplant rectangle to card

9. Adhere 3 dresses rectangles to card

10. Tie thread in buttons and adhere to card

11. Stamp sentiment and Whisper White and punch out with Word Window punch 

12. Punch sentiment background on Melon Mambo paper with Modern Label punch

13. Adhere sentiment punch to background and adhere to card.