Hello there! It’s TGIF time again and I couldn’t wait to share these projects with you because, gosh, they’re just so pretty! And the best part is, ANYone can make them, thanks to the ease of use with these fun new products from the most recent release at The Greetery! I fell in love with the Rose Tapestry stencil set and just had to use them again after making my release projects, so this TGIF post was just perfect timing!
Firstly, let me just say that I LOVE that you can use the new Aida Cloth Texture Plate to make card stock look like Aida cloth! My mom made MANY counted cross stitch pieces when I was growing up! Our walls were covered with them, so I became familiar with Aida cloth from a very young age. And even though she framed the cross stitch works when they were finished, while she was working on them, they were always in embroidery hoops with these same screw tops like the Hoopla Oval die! So, working with all of these same elements, but in paper form, just brought back so many memories! Made me think of my mom the whole time!
PRO TIP: Stencil your card stock FIRST and then run it through your die cutting machine with the texture plate (use a rubber embossing mat for best results). You don’t want all of your ink to be affected by that texture when you’re stenciling. So, stencil first and add the texture after.
I used silver and gold card stocks to die cut the screw elements at the top, and just die cut the frame from white card stock, which I then inked up with brown ink, using a blending brush. Fast and easy! I die cut that “sew” and then stamped it with the matching word. I added a simple card stock strip to finish off the sentiment.
Sometimes, the pattern is just too pretty to cut off any! I added the sentiment (from the Sew Vintage stamp set) to one of the little Hoopla Mini die cuts and added a bit of paper “thread” to accent the hoop (cut using the Notionable die).
PRO TIP: When you have a small die cut element such as this frame, and you don’t want it to get lost in the busyness of the background, add a strip of card stock behind it to serve as a grounding element between the two. It gives the eye someplace to rest and allows the focal image to really pop!
Hope you’ve enjoyed today’s cards and I hope they can give you some inspiration and serve as a jumping-off point for a project of your own!
Have a great day,
Dawn
