Vertical Stitched Strips Archives

Hello stamping friends! Today’s project is a little something I whipped up for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, they have such a fun sketch this week!

I thought the large panel would be the perfect spot to stamp with this adorable set from last month’s Clearly Besotted Stamps release, So Tweet. I altered the shape of the card from square to rectangular so as to better mimic with my tall skinny birdhouse.

The birdhouse and its’ roof are two separate stamps so, after consideration, I decided to die cut the birdhouse shape first, and then stamp on it. Once I had the birdhouse die cut, I adhered it to a rectangular piece of cardstock in order to place it into one of the corners of my MISTI. I then placed my stamp over the die cut shape and fiddled with it until I thought the placement was good, closed the MISTI lid to pick the stamp up, and then inked it up and stamped (and held my breath, lol). The stamped image was perfectly placed (whew) but needed a bit more ink coverage, so I inked it up again and re-stamped. I love that the MISTI allows me to stamp perfectly multiple times! It’s amazing!!

I even needed to stamp the birdhouse stick twice and managed to line it up perfectly!! What an amazing tool this is!!

I love the sweet font on the sentiment! And I don’t know if there are really birds out there that are yellow and blue, but those were the colors in my pattern paper that I was trying to draw out, so please give me some artistic latitude!!

I added a liberal coating of Wink of Stella to the heart, it’s so cute in real life!

Thank so much for visiting me today!! I appreciate your visits and love your comments! As always, please email me if I can answer any questions!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Rustic Cream by Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Sunny by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Beanstalk Green, Lipstick Red, Maliblue, Sparrow, Sunshine by Simon Says Stamp

Stamps: So Tweet by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies: So Tweet by Clearly Besotted Stamps; Stitched Duo 2 by Pretty Posh Pink; Vertical Stitched Strips by MFT STamps; and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Wink of Stella

Hello there friends! I’m so happy to be stamping again! I saw Cindy’s sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I was immediately inspired to pull out this darling bunny…

I know it’s a bit early for Easter but I have so many fun sets that if I don’t start now, I’ll never use them all! That’s what happened for Valentine’s Day…so many sets will have to wait a whole year now…so sad 🙁

This darling stamp, die and sentiment are from Clearly Besotted Stamps Hoppy Easter set (Yes, I bought it last year…). I’m not a very confident colorer (is that a word?) so I love that there are two bunnies in the set, one in outline so you can color him, and one stamped image for the rest of us (wink).

My Favorite Things Vertical Stitched Strips Dies just arrived in my mailbox yesterday so I pulled them out and put them to work! Now, they are supposed to be vertical stitched stripes but as you can see, they work horizontally just fine. I ran the pattern paper through the Big Shot with the die, then positioned my die cut on a slant on my card base and then cut off the overhanging sides with my guillotine paper trimmer from Stampin’ Up! It’s retired now, but will never retire from my stamp room (I have a replacement stashed in my closet so I should be good for a few years…lol)

The bunny and sentiment are stamped in Raspberry Fizz ink. I then applied Wink of Stella liberally to him.I think he looks velveteen!

I used a small die cut border in MFT Grape Jelly card stock to add a bit of separation between the pattern paper and the card base. A few adorably colored sprinkles are the perfect jewelry!

I appreciate your visit here to my blog today, I would love to hear any feedback you would care to share!

Wishing you joy and blessings! (And warmth if you are back east)

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink; Grape Jelly by My Favorite Things

Pattern Paper: Springtime by Doodlebug

Ink: Raspberry Fizz by Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Hoppy Easter by Clearly Besotted Stamps

Tools: MISTI

Dies: Hoppy Easter by Clearly Besotted Stamps; Vertical Stitched Strips by My Favorite Things, and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Bubblegum, Blue Jean and Limeade Sprinkles by Doodlebug Designs

Vertical Stitched Strips

So Tweet – SSSC263

Some Bunny Loves You – Freshly Made Sketches 174