MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Baby

Hello Lovely.  Don't say I didn't warn you, here we are with one more stitched card this week.  Stitched cards take a lot more time than many of the other cards I make, but the stitching is very relaxing for me and it creates an easy escape while I watch my favorite Youtubers.

This card is another version of the baby feet from the MFT Printable Resources page.  I love these little feet and this is my third rendition of these.  You can see the other two here.  I love that the MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag die is versatile, allowing me to use the stitched grid alone.  I die cut the stitch grid on kraft cardstock and trimmed it out with my paper trimmer.  The baby feet are stitched in DMC size 5 thread in #605.

The rest of the card was pretty simple.  I cut two rectangles using the Stitched Rectangle dies from Simon Says Stamp, one of kraft and one of pink polka-dot.  I layered the two rectangles onto a white card base.

I added a frame of foam tape to the back of the stitched panel to create a more level panel and added it to the card front.  I stamped the word "baby" onto white cardstock using the Honey Bee Flakey Sentiments stamp set and die cut it with the matching die.  To give the word a little more dimension I die cut the word a second time and glued the layers together.  I added foam tape to the middle of the word and use Ranger Multi Medium Matte to the ends, creating a flat laying word to complete the card.

Thanks for swinging by today.  Have a great weekend and we'll meet back here on Monday.

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MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Butterfly Too

Hello Lovely.  I'm back today with another stitched card.  This is the second butterfly I created a couple of days ago.  Don't you just love how this pattern looks with the variegated thread?

I cut some soft gray cardstock using the My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag die and used the same butterfly pattern from Tuesday's post.  You can find it here on the MFT Printable Resources page.  I used DMC size 5 thread in #4237 to stitch the butterfly.  I completed tag by stamping the sentiment "sending good vibes" from the new Tiny Words from Simon Says Stamp using VersaFine Smoky Gray ink, adhered a tag back in the soft gray, added some organdy ribbon and secured it with a bow.

To complete the card I used the same gray cardstock for the base, add a white panel I die cut using the Kat Scrappiness Peacock Backdrop die, then I adhered the completed tag.

Thanks for swinging by today.  Tomorrow I'll have one more stitched card for you.

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Honey Bee Stamps Happiness - Masculine Birthday

Hello Lovely.  We've made it to hump day the weekend is closer than we think.  I'm ready for it, and I'll be honest I'm a little excited because there might be Indian food.  Yep, I get excited about food.  Anywho... let's talk about these cards.  I've been thinking about all the girly cards I make and thinking that I really need to make more masculine cards.  This is just a start, which of course had to include ink blending.

For the card on the left, I started with a kraft panel and the retired Bubbles from the Deep stencil from Echo Park and blended Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge ink over top.  I  removed the stencil and used my Clarity Stencil Brushes to add a light blend of ink over top.  You know what happened next, I cut it with my famous Stitched Rectangles from Simon Says Stamp.  Then came the fun part, building the sentiment using the Honey Bee Stamps Happiness and Kindness stamp sets, which I stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  I mounted the panel onto a rust colored card base.  Nearly a one layer card.

The card on the right is also a kraft panel with ink blending.  I used the same Bubbles from the Deep stencil and blended Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, and Carved Pumpkin.  Then I shifted the stencil and added some Perfect Pearls in Perfect Bronze over the stencil. I set the Perfect Pearls with a few mists of water.  I also cut this panel with the same Stitched Rectangles dies.  I built the sentiment for this card using the Honey Bee Stamps Happiness set and stamped it in VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  I completed the card by mounting the panel onto the same rust colored card base.

Thanks for swinging by today.  I know the font on these is a bit more feminine, but I think it's a good start to working on masculine cards.

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MFT Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag - Butterfly

Hello Lovely.  I hope you liked yesterday's stitched tag because I have another one for you today.  Stitching is very relaxing and cathartic for me.  I can watch Youtube videos and still work on a little something at the same time.

Today's card uses the same My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Scalloped Tag and some white cardstock.  I grabbed a pattern from the MFT Printable Resources and stitched the butterfly using DMC size 5 thread in #99.  I just love the way the variegated color worked with this butterfly pattern.  I backed the completed stitching with another of the scalloped tags in white, added some vintage seam binding tape and a bit of gray thread.

I used the Wonky Rectangle dies from Simon Say Stamp to cut some older pattern paper from the Cupid's Arrow pad by My Mindes Eye and adhered it to a white card base.  I added the completed tag.  To complete the card I added the sentiment "you're the best" from the MFT set Because and stamped it onto a stitched gray flag I cut using the Lil' Inkers Stitched Sentiment Flag die.

Thanks for swinging by today.  I really hope you're enjoying the stitching because I have another one coming soon!

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