Sunday 25 August 2013

Fashionable Sewing

Hey everyone - here we are back for another challenge at Fashionable Stamping and this fortnight the lovely Sue has given us a Sew 'N' Sew theme ! It could be faux stitching, hand or machine, some beautiful stamped images of sewing implements or simply a gorgeous dress form. I struggled to get going with this as it's not really my thing - I dabbled with Cross stitch about 100 years ago but never actually finished anything and although I have a mini sewing machine I've only ever used it on paper for craft projects ! I then remembered an old sewing pattern I had tucked away so I fished that out and went from there - 
I've used the pattern instructions for the background, inked the edges and added some faux stiches. The fashionable ladies are a Flonz stamp, and I've used a scrap of Gelli plate background to set them on. The button and thread cards are stamps from Crafty Individuals and I've added Bakers Twine and mini buttons. You can also just about see the sewing machine stamp from CI too on the background strip across the bottom.
The rest of the FSC team have, as always, made some beautiful projects for inspiration, so do pay them a visit. It would be great to have you join our challenge - don't forget we MUST see some stamping, not just Digis, and the winner will be chosen at random and receive a voucher to spend over at FlonzCraft.

I'm sharing this over at  - 

Happy creating…Esther xx

14 comments:

  1. Hi Esther...lol, the lovely lady in the middle looks like she is thinking "so, where is the sewing machine"!!! So funny. And you hold your age well too by the way;) You have created a gorgeous card Esther.
    Dot x

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  2. ...and the girl on the right is whispering "what's a sewing machine?" lol

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  3. Oh wow, this is great! I love all of your details. Thanks for playing the RRD Rebel Challenge, Fashionista.

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  4. Hi Esther! Fabulous job on the challenge! You nailed it! Have a great week. Best, Yvonne

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  5. Yes it is great Esther it hits the right note and more. For someone who doesn't like sewing your creation is amazing.

    Crafty hugs from Shirl x x

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  6. Gorgeous card Esther - love the sewing theme and the colours used. Thanks for entering the Craft Individuals August Challenge. Jean x

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  7. Fabulous project Esther, love all the details and the sewing instructions for the background is a great idea. Love it.
    Avril xx

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  8. Beautiful card Esther, the pattern background is fabulous ! Sue C x

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  9. Totally gorgeous! Just love it! Thanks for playing with us at RRD!

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  10. Super card love it so much to look at. Sandra X

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  11. Gorgeous card, good idea to start with that beautiful vintage paper...

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  12. This is gorgeous Esther. Love all the detail and the beautiful colour scheme.
    xx

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  13. Hi Esther, wow this is such a lovely card. Gorgeous colours and everything works perfectly together. beautifully embellished, those tiny buttons are fab on the stamped card
    Claire xx

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