Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 4: Lesson 5 (Simple Stitching)

Welcome to the final day of my 4th Use It! class.

My supplies for this week are:

Clearly Besotted's Elegant Butterflies Dies

American Crafts Mayberry 6 x 6 Pad

Pink Paislee Luxe Rub Ons

Simon Says Stamp Brackets Die Set

Papertrey Ink's Signature Greetings Stamp set

and Simple Stories Sn@p Typeset and Letters

Lesson 5: Simple Stitching

As you may have noticed, I am a bit of a sewing addict. I have hundreds of sewing projects in my mind, and if I only had the time, I would be sewing all day long. So it is no surprise that I add a lot of sewing to my cards. Seriously, I adore my sewing machine. :)

Creation

For this card, I used the die cut butterflies left over from my Lesson 1 card. I just couldn't throw them away!!!
Stitch the butterflies together with a simple straight stitch. Trim the ends but leave them hanging.

 

Here's a peek at my sewing machine so you can see my settings… just in case you are interested. :)

Select your rub ons and trim from the pack.

Apply the rub ons to the butterfly.

The Mayberry paper pad has this pretty diagonal stripe paper. However, for this card I wanted vertical stripes. So I trimmed the paper down the stripes and made it vertical. :)

Stamp the sentiment in Silver Shadow Ink.

 

TIP: when I was about to take the previous photo, I noticed that my acrylic block was pretty filthy. So I thought I'd share my method of cleaning my acrylic blocks. I found this on Pinterest (follow me HERE - I am a regular pinner!) and it works a treat.

Use Magic Eraser household cleaning pads. I love these things… and I never even considered using them for cleaning my craft supplies. Genius!

Before: 

After:

 

Stitch the edges of the stripy paper and trim the ends. For this card I have left the ends loose on the butterfly and the paper panel. I am loving this look at the moment. If you like a cleaner finish, adhere them to the reverse with some sticky tape.

Adhere the butterfly to the stripy panel and then adhere the panel to a folded card.

 

And that it it. Finis.

It always feels to good to use up scraps. Right. :)

I hope you have enjoyed this week.

Please let me know - anything you want / don't want… I'd love to hear your feedback as I will be starting preparations for the next class tomorrow!! 

Have a happy weekend.

x

Supplies

Elegant Butterflies Dies	Mayberry Pad	Luxe Rub Ons	Signature Greetings
Silver Shadow Ink	*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293	*Tonic Studios 6 INCH PAPER TRIMMER Guillotine Cut Trim Mini	*Hero Arts 12 MIX NOTECARDS MIDNIGHT 2013 Folded Cards PS698
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