Mother's Day Banner

A very Happy Mother's Day to all!

I live about 350 miles from my Mom, but when we get together, we sure have fun. A few months ago we met up with my sister and made seat cushions for my little Scotty camper. Mostly, they made the cushions and I got drinks, scissors, and supplies, pressed seams, made sandwiches and tried to be useful!

Mom hard at work.

  The sweatshop is open for business.

Hooray!

Here we are congratulating each other for a good two days work. 

Thanks Mom and Kathy- you are the best!

In honor of my amazing Mom, I made a quick little banner for Mother's Day using my new Ribbon, 3D die, some pretty papers from Bazzill and cool bumpy yarn. The Serif Essentials alphabet were used to make the letters from glitter cardstock. This banner could be made to celebrate any special occasion. The ribbons go together in a few seconds and they are so much fun to mix and match!

 I cut two of each letter- one from silver glitter paper and one from matboard. I used my new ColorBox Blends™ inks to blend colors over the letters, then glued the glitter letters on top.

Tiny clothespins were used to clip the letters to the yarn.
I adhered the bows with Zots  directly to the yarn and also stuck it to the door.

...or hang it on the back of a chair to celebrate Mom's special day.

Thanks for stopping by! 

A fabric cover for my patchwork folder

Thanks  this new adventures with Sizzix , I needed something to schedule my projects. I love notebooks and then I decided to try one of the applique dies . 

Heart is one of my favourite , so I planned a fabric cover for a folder I had bought for it.

I´m in love with  Lecien prints, they are so romantic and so beautiful that I couldn ´t  resist to one of the last collections called " Flower Sugar" , do you know it ? 

I choose the white and the blue one with some of my linen to make my fabric cover.

Supply List :


656335   Sizzix Bigz Die - Hearts, Primitive

657900   Sizzix Big Shot machine

Binder  ( mine is 8.5"x 9 3/4 " )
White, ecru or cream  linen 10"x11"
Flower Sugar fabric by Lecien ( white background) :
 13" x 11" for the cover
 2" x 23" for a part of the lining
1"x 11" sewing in one the flaps
Flower Sugar fabric by Lecien ( blue background ) :
9.5"x 23" for the lining
6" x 3.5" for the heart
23"x 11" batting
fusible fleece
11" x 0.5 " white lace
Ribbon
Buttons
Frixion pen


I have took the size of my binder before. You must to adjust your size to yours. All the measures I give you  include seams.
First  sew the linen with the white fabric and  lay  the lace between them. Press and  handwrite the message with Frixion pen ( for the love of patchwork  ) . Onto the wrong side put the batting and do the   quilting. You can clean the pen just iroining over it.

Now go for the heart using the Big Shot machine and the Heart die. I have chose the big one. Don´t forget to iron the double fusible on the back  side of the blue fabric. Center the heart using a template before and pin.

Cut and iron on the linen. 

 Sew around the heart with the same colour thread  you used in the quilting . The ribbon must be down before sewing.
On the right side of the linen stitch a fabric strip  ( 1"x 11" ) with a decorative stitch. This will be in the left flat.
Take a look to the pictures to  make an idea.

Sew the blue fabric with the other white and you will have the lining .

Lay right side together, lining and cover , and sew around  leaving without sewing a little.

Turn the right side and finish by hand.

Do the flats  ( 2" width each one) and sew top and bottom

Now do the finishing adding the ribbon to close and tie and maybe some button if you want. 

And here it is my practical journal where I do my plans, ideas , take notes, pics of the finished projects , and everything  just done with Sizzix Dies !!!!

I hope this will be a good idea to have all your projects keep in a nice place , ready to use, check and do

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Love

Mercedes

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Gracias a esta nueva aventura con Sizzix, me vi en la necesidad de tener algo para programar mis proyectos. Ya sabéis que me  encantan los cuadernos y decidí probar con uno de mis troqueles preferidos, el corazones primitivos, en una funda para un archivador que había comprado.

Me encantan las telas de Lecien , siempre con este toque romántico y tan bonito. No pude resistirme a una de sus últimas colecciones llamada “ Flower Sugar “, ¿la conoces ?

Elegí dos de sus telas , una con el fondo en blanco  y otra en azul. Ambas tienen unos estampados preciosos de rosas.

Materiales :

656335   Sizzix Bigz Die - Hearts, Primitive

657900   Sizzix Big Shot machine

Un archivador pequeño, el mío mide 22cm x 24.5cm comprado en Lecrerc

25.5 cm x 24.5 cm de lino crudo

 Tela Flower Sugar de Lecien ( fondo blanco ) :

34.5 cm x 28cm para la parte exterior.

5cm  x 58.5 cm para una parte del forro

2.5 cm x28 cm para una tira cosida en una de las solapas.

Tela Flower Sugar de Lecien ( fondo azul ) :

24.5 cm x 58.5 cm  para el forro

15cm x 9 cm para el corazón

58.5 cm x 28cm de guata

entretela de doble cara para pegar con plancha

Puntilla blanca 24.5 cm x 1.5 cm

Cinta para el lazo de cierre

Botones

Bolígrafo Frixion

Antes de empezar toma las medidas de tu archivador para ajustar. Las que yo indico ya  llevan incluídas las costuras.

Primero cose el lino con la tela blanca , colocando en un extremo la puntilla entre ambas telas , puedes ayudarte de alfileres. Plancha por el derecho y escribe a mano  en el lino tu mensaje con el boli.Coloca la guata debajo dejando el derecho escrito listo para bordar. Puedes sujetar con alfileres. 

Luego haz el bordado. El mío ha sido libre. La marca desaparecerá con la plancha. 

Ahora haz el corazón con la máquina Big Shot y el troquel del corazón, en este caso el grande. Pon la entretela de doble cara por el revés, situa una plantilla de corazón en papel para centrar la flor.

Corta y plánchalo  sober el lino. Borda alrededor habiendo colocado antes una parte de la cinta que luego cerrará el archivador.

En el lado derecho del lino cose la tira estrecha para adornar y haz una puntada decorativa. Esta parte será la solapa izquierda.

Cose la tela azul con la otra blanca y formarás con las dos  el forro.

Sitúala revés con revés y cose alrededor dejando una parte libre para dar la vuelta y luego rematar a mano.

Dobla hacia el interior para hacer las solapas  ( 5cm  de ancha) Cose toda la parte superior e inferior lo más cerca del borde que puedas.

Termina añadiendo la otra cinta cosida por detrás a mano y sobre la que pondrás un botón.

Coloca los adornos que quieras como algunos botones más o trocito de  cinta.

Y aquí mi práctico cuaderno  para anotar mis planes, ideas, fotos de mis proyectos ,y todos hechos con los troqueles de Sizzix!!

Espero que esta sea una buena manera para tener todos tus proyectos  guardados  en un bonito sitio , listos para trabajar. 

Que tengas un maravilloso fin de semana

Cariños

Mercedes

Quick gift decoration with Janna Werner.

Hello everyone, this is Janna with a quick and sweet gift decoration that fits nearly any occasion. 

supply list:
655268 Sizzix Big Shot machine
655098 Sizzix Accessory - Extended Spacer Platform
654558 Sizzx Accessory - Decorative Strip Cutting Pad
658613 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Wrappers, Circle
657691 Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves
cardstock: American Crafts, Stampin´ Up
ribbon, stamp, brad, patterned paper: Stampin´ Up
ink: Tsukineko
rhinestone: Kaisercraft
glas: Ikea

If you´d like to give a small present to someone, but don´t have a lot of time to prepare an elaborately decorated gift, this decoration might be the right fit. I used the Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Wrappers, Circle with a white cardstock and a patterned paper. I adhered the patterned paper in the back of the white cardstock so it shows a little bit through. I used the Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves to create the heart shape, stamped onto it and punched holes around it. Adhering the twine onto the heart was the most time consuming part - the thicker the thread, the longer it takes. If you use thick thread, make sure to not punch the holes too close to the edge as the paper might break.

I used dimensional foam dots to glue the heart to the wrapper, then I added a rhinestone as a highlight and ribbon on the top part of the glas. The final step was to attach the brad on top of the knot, this might be a bit tricky, but looks really nice. All in all this decoration might take 25-35 minutes.

Have a great and crafty day, everyone!
Janna

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Hallo ihr Lieben, hier ist Janna mit einer schnellen und niedlichen Geschenkverpackung, die zu fast jedem Anlass passt.

Materialliste:
655268 Sizzix Big Shot machine
655098 Sizzix Accessory - Extended Spacer Platform
654558 Sizzx Accessory - Decorative Strip Cutting Pad
658613 Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Wrappers, Circle
657691 Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves
Cardstock: American Crafts, Stampin´ Up
Band, Stempel, Klammer, Patterned Paper: Stampin´ Up
Tinte: Tsukineko
Glitzerstein: Kaisercraft
Glas: Ikea

Wenn ihr jemandem ein kleines Geschenk überreichen möchtet, aber nicht viel Zeit habt, eine aufwändig gestaltete Verpackung herzustellen, dann ist diese Art vielleicht genau die richtige.
Ich habe aus weißem Cardstock und Patterned Paper Formen mit der Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Wrappers, Circle gestanzt. Das Patterned Paper habe ich hinter dem Cardstock befestigt, so dass es ein wenig hervorlugt. Mit der Sizzix Bigz Die - Heart, Stem & Leaves habe ich anschließend das Herz aus kraftfarbenem Cardstock ausgestanzt, auf diesem gestempelt und dann Löcher um den Rand herum gestanzt. Das Herz mit Garn zu besticken war der zeitaufwändigste Part. Je dicker das Garn, umso länger braucht man. Wenn ihr dickes Garn verwendet achtet darauf, die Löcher nicht zu nah am Rand anzubringen, sonst zerreißt das Papier.

Danach habe ich das  Herz mit 3dimensionalen Klebepads angebracht, ein Glitzersteinchen als Highlight befestigt und Band um den Glashals gewickelt. Zum Abschluss habe ich eine Klammer um den Schleifenknoten gebogen, das war etwas knifflig, sieht aber gut aus. Insgesamt hat diese Dekoration ca. 25-35 Minuten in Anspruch genommen.

Habt einen schönen Tag!
Janna