Paper Issues: You're Sew Cute, Keep Me in Stitches Issue

Hi Everyone!  There's a new issue at Paper Issues today.... You're Sew Cute, Keep Me in Stitches sponsored by May Arts !  Ideas for this issue include any project with stitching, floss, thread, twine, ribbon, fabric, anything that says cute to you, use buttons, sewing machine, babies, jokes, anything that makes you laugh, funny things kids say, or any project that uses May Arts products.  Here's what I created using some gorgeous 1.5" Celery Chevron Ribbon sent to me by May arts!

 

 

I used the ribbon to weave a can-sized vase. 

 

This is the inside...The bottom is simply a piece of chipboard.  From there, I wove the ribbon, and held it together with some hot glue.

 

To fill my vase I created a bunch of fall flowers using some Doodlebug Design Friendly Forest papers and a Sunflower Silhouette cut file from Jamie Cripps.

 

 

 

 

Would you like to win four rolls of May Arts Ribbon???  Make sure to link up your "You're Sew Cute, You Keep Me in Stitches" projects here.  Please make sure to link back to Paper Issues as well.  Your project may also be featured on Paper Issues Facebook or Instagram!  Also, be sure to stop by the Paper Issues Blog to check out all of the Design Team's You're Sew Cute creations!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Paper Issues: Mum's the Word

Hi Everyone!  We have a new Issue up at Paper Issues today, "Mum's the Word."  Ideas for the issue are Mother's Day, what you call your mother, flowers, gardening, spring, put the focus on a big word or journaling, are you good at keeping secrets/my lips are sealed, One Little Word projects, use lips as an embellishment, someone who is like a mother to you, use Doodlebug products... There's a million different ways to look at it!!  This issue is being sponsored by Doodlebug Design (obviously one of my FAVORITES!!)   I chose to play with some flowers for my project!  Take a peek...

 

Hydrangeas are my favorite flowers.  We have about 30 of them in my back yard and every year they blossom in to big gorgeous blooms! Unfortunately right now they look like a bunch of dried sticks!  I found a fun 3D Hydrangea file, designed by Jamie Cripps, in the Silhouette Store and went to work!  Jamie also designed the vase file.

 

 

I used a combination of Doodlebug's new Sprinkles Vellum and Tiny Prints for the individual blossoms.  The leaves were created from some Kraft in Color paper (Limeade Arrow/Dot) and the stems are wrapped with some Doodlebug Limeade Swiss Dot Washi Tape.

The vase was created from some Kraft in Color (Swimming Pool Dot/Woodgrain) paper with some lace tape from my stash and some Doodlebug Sequins!  Now I don't have to wait another 3 months to look at Hydrangea blossoms! 

We'd love for you to play along with us!  Link up your Mum's the Word  projects (here) and you could win this fun prize pack from Doodlebug Designs!

 

 

 

 

And make sure to stop by the Paper Issues Blog to check out all of the other Mum's the Word projects from the Design Team!