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Release Event Recap

Erin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:23:26 +0000

Last weekend I spent some time at Craft Fancy in the Chicago area! They are the newest retailer to carry my stamps in their store and I had an awesome time meeting some of you and seeing what their design team made! This is the Make & Take that Marnie taught everyone how to make! Isn’t it great? I love the combo of sky blue and happy orange!

They used the Boughs stamp set, the sentiment from the Furnishing Fun set and the new Zing embossing powder from American Crafts. The embossing powder is awesome! It’s works well on even the finest of stamps and comes in great fresh colors! Thanks Marnie for letting me share!

Tutorial: Stamping is fun on fabric too!

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:02:00 +0000

Ok, so you remember what happens when I do a tutorial right? I’ll be giving away something that you’ll need to complete the project. And this time you get a choice! The winner will get to choose between a brand new StazOn ink pad, or a set of 4 ready-to-be-stamped-on napkins. So, after the tutorial be sure to follow the directions to enter!

I made a few napkins this weekend. Of course I used the new stamp sets! I wanted some for birthdays or if we have company over for dessert. I used the Hey Cupcake set and the StazOn ink. The StazOn ink is permanent. Then I just embellished the cupcake with french knot “sprinkles”. (Thanks to my friend Celia for showing me how to do a french knot!)

Here is a general one that I did for everyday eating.

Ready for the instructions?

Start with the Bough set, a napkin, StazOn ink, and a water soluble transfer pen. (I love the water soluble transfer pens, you just get them wet and they wash away!)
Mark two dots in the middle of your napkin to help with the stamp placement. (If you click on the picture you’ll be able to see mine.)
Stamp the branch on the napkin.

Then I used the lazy daisy stitch to make some hand embroidered flowers on my branch.

Finish it off with a french knot in the middle of the flower and a herringbone stitch along the bottom.

This is another color combination I did.

Now for the entry rules:
Leave a comment on this post by Friday night, June 28, 2008. In the comment, tell me what other things, besides stamps you’d like to see me carry in my store. Would you like to buy paper kits that I put together with coordinating colors of cardstock? Special types of ink pads? Unique packaging to stamp and embellish for gift giving? Let me know what floats your boat and be entered into the drawing! Thanks so much!

Bough Stamp Set

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:55:00 +0000

This set is super versatile. I was able to make the flowers, tree and topiary with the same stamp set. The only other stamp set I used was the “Thanks” Sentiment from the new Borders set! I think that the topiary might be my favorite, but I’m not sure, because I liked them all!

Hand Embroidered Kitchen Towels

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:13:00 +0000

I made these for Mother’s Day presents. (Hopefully my mom won’t decide to make this the week that she checks my blog! The J is for Janet, my mom, and the G is for Gayle, my mother in law.)

You might recognize the images…they are from my stamp sets that will be here soon! So here’s what you do to make these, using stamps. Just stamp the image with black ink on white paper for the highest contrast. Then find where on the towel you’d like the image to be embroidered. (For these towels I used the cotton flour sack towels. I like how absorbent these are.) I placed the image underneath the area and traced over my stamped image onto the towel with a water erasable pen. (You can find these in the sewing section of your favorite craft store. The ink on mine is a bright blue.)

Next, free hand embroidery using any stitch you want and you’re done. You can also use permanent pigment based ink and stamp the image onto the towel. Then try adding small beads for the small berries on the branches.