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Howdy!
I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's August. And it's Thursday in most places. Hard to keep track, I know.
I have two simple, stenciled cards for you today - one stencil set with two stencils - clouds and rainbows, and then just sentiments. These are my go to card types if I'm crafting in a group at a retreat because they are easy, duplicatable and I can still talk and not focus too much on my cards.
This stencil is part of tonight's "Let's Connect" release at Simon. I'm sure you're ready to connect, right? Oh my goodness. There are so many cute things - so grab some coffee and have a socially distanced peek. You can see it all here or by clicking the graphic below.
Loveyameanitbye.
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I've told you before that when we finally got a TV when I was nearly 18, some of my happiest TV moments were spent watching Simon & Simon, Murder She Wrote, Magnum PI and Moonlighting with my mom while cross stitching. I LOVED cross stitch and needlepoint, and still to this day I cannot watch TV without doing something - probably because I didn't watch TV until I was technically an adult, and it felt weird (and still does) to just sit there.
So now when I watch TV, I either stitch or do crossword puzzles. So when my friend Nina asked if I wanted to try out her new Stitchables dies I was all YES PLEASE! So I've happily spent many evenings doing mini stitching projects which you will see today.
Jennifer McGuire told me she prefers #5 Perle Cotton to embroidery floss for stitching paper and she's right. That's what I used for this whole project and it's awesome. I bought mine from Herrschner's which has great service. It's not as fiddly as multi-strand embroidery thread.
So here are the finished coasters using this adorable round die - you will see how to make them in the video below!
Here is the view of the sealed sides of the coasters.
Here's the video for these coasters, and there are more stitched projects below!
The very FIRST project I did with this release was a beloved sugar skull. I downloaded this Dia de los Muertos pattern for free from DMC - I love that both Nina and DMC give you the stitch counts so you instantly know if your pattern fits your die cut. I ignored the colors on the pattern and went with my beloved aqua/red combo. The sentiment is from this bundle, as are the die cut and colored skulls, and this awesome square stitching die was perfect for this pattern.
Now for the Pokemon coasters! I started with this round Stitchables die and white cardstock. I used this ingenious plate for removing the chads, which you'll see in an upcoming video as a shaker card! Waste not want not! Remember, because stitching dies are making many tiny, intricate holes, depending on your cardstock weight you may need to run them through a few times before using the removal plate. Nina has a great video on this plate.
I used this download to stitch all five Pokemon characters - again, disregarding thread numbers and using what I had - just visually choosing the colors.
AND - the amazing Nina has created some free, downloadable patterns herself! You can get those here. This is just a tiny sample of what's available.
There is an awesome blog hop happening with these dies today - and you can win one of THREE $25 gift certificates by leaving comments on the hop. Your next stop is Tessa, and you can see the full hop list starting here. Entries close on Sunday the 9th and you can see winner info here on the 12th. And while you're shopping, use code LASTCHANCE to get 25% off HERE.
Have fun stitching! Loveyameanitbye.
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