sweater weather wall hanging | iris fox

Hello friends, Iris here back with more fall love using my new favorite supply, the Fall Favorites Digital Stamp set! And this time I was inspired by the "sweater weather" sentiment to make this cute, little wall hanging for the upcoming season.

I gathered my supplies: a Jillibean Soup Mix the Media 6"x6" wood and canvas panel, Simple Stories Say Cheese 4 stamp set (because it has a sweater), Sulky Water Soluble Stabilizer, Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Soft Brown, Post-it brand removable tape, an embroidery needle, and a selection of threads.

The Sulky Water Soluble Stabilizer comes in printable sheets that are sticky.  I resized the word to 1.25"x 2.5", printed it on the stabilizer sheet, cut it out in a small rectangle, peeled away the backing sheet, and stuck it to the canvas. After the stitching is done, the stabilizer is washed away!

For the sweaters, I used the sweater stamp 3 times, but after I stamped the hoodie in the middle, I stamped the image on the Post-it tape and fussy cut the center so that I could use it as a mask.  I also cut a piece to mask off the hood.  With the masking pieces on the stamp, I inked it, removed the mask pieces, and then stamped onto the canvas.

After all that prep, it just took some time to stitch it all out.  This proved a timely project for me because I was sick, so I just sat and stitched for two days.

Look at how awesome the word art looks.  I love adapting scrapbooking products onto fabric to create unique pieces!

I hope sharing this project inspires you to use scrapbooking products off the page!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my wall hanging.  Don't forget to check out the latest releases at The Cut Shoppe, including the Fall Favorites Digital Stamp set, and all the fabulous new stamp sets.  I want to use them on all the things, and I'm pretty sure you will too!! :D

Cactus Embroidery with Kira

Hey everyone!  It's Kira and I am back with a little off the page project today.  Did you know you can use The Cut Shoppe cut files as embroidery patterns?!  I chose this cute little cactus from the Llama Love cut file to embroidery as a gift for a friend.

There's a few ways you can use the cut file as an embroidery pattern, but to start, you'll need to choose your hoop size and fabric.  I buy 5.5" hoops in bulk so that's the size I went with, but any size will work!  And I typically use a cotton blend fabric, but if you're a beginner, a sturdier fabric might be best.

Then to transfer your cut file.  You could print the cut file on paper and trace around the image onto your fabric by using a light box or window.  You could use the draw feature on your die cut machine to trace the image onto paper and then transfer it onto your fabric.  Or you can do what I do and let your die cut machine trace the image directly onto your fabric for you!  It's so easy!  I use just a regular black precision pen, but if you do that, you will need to make sure you cover up all the pen marks with your stitching.

Once you have your image transferred, it's just a matter of stitching.  I am no professional here.  I am actually self taught and have Pinterest to thank for that.  So if you're interested in learning, it's a really easy hobby to pick up for relatively low cost.  But in case you're curious, the stitches I used are mostly the short and long stitch and a satin stitch.

Thanks for stopping by!

xo, Kira

"Dream" by Kira

Hey everyone!  It's Kira and I'm back with another 12x12 layout to share.  Have you seen the new cut files in The Cut Shoppe?  There's so many good ones that it was almost impossible to choose one to use!  I eventually settled on the Boho Chic cut file and decided to use the Dream Bigger dream catcher to document a picture of my sleeping son.

I have been on a bit of an embroidery kick lately (a forgotten hobby of mine), and I thought it would be fun to stitch the feathers of the dream catcher.  I started by cutting the entire cut file out on white cardstock.  Then I traced the feathers onto some white fabric.  I used a satin stitch to stitch each of the feathers in various colors, knowing I was going to use the Pick Me Up collection, I stuck with pinks, yellows and blues. 

Once the feathers were completely stitched, I fussy cut them out of the fabric and glued them directly to the cut file feathers.  Then I wrapped some additional embroidery floss around the strings holding the feathers. 

Next was the difficult task of choosing a background paper.  Does anyone else struggle with this part too?!  I had about 8 choices and narrowed it down to two with the help of a friend.  I finally asked my husband who liked the ombre pink the best. 

I tucked my photo under the dream catcher and right above my title.  I added some thin jute twine around the arrow and added a few tags between the feathers with the same jute.  I embellished the rest of the page with pieces from the Pick Me Up collection. 

I finished it off with gold Heidi Swapp color shine. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Until next time,

Rock&Roll

Hey there scrappy friends,

Zsoka here with you today with my first layout for The Cut Shoppe! I am so honored to be here! If you know my work, you know that I use cut files in some form on about 98% of my layouts and I've been using The Cut Shoppe cut files pretty much since I started to scrapbook last year!

I never plan out my layouts, I usually don't know where I'm going with them when I start. Generally I open up Silhouette Studio, look at my cut files and see what inspires me at that moment. I more often than not have no idea what photo I will scrap at this point. Sometimes I just feel like doing some hand stitching. Again, no particular plans on my mind what they will be turned into. With my first layout this is what happened. I wanted to do some hand stitching and for some reason the Make A Splash cut file jumped out at me. I think I haven't used it before! I chose the sun and cut three different sizes from different papers from Paige Evans' Fancy Free line for Pink Paislee. 

Because this was going to be quite a lot of stitching, I used the perforate tool (after adding an internal offset to my design) to score the paper. This was the first time I did this and I will be honest, I was quite disappointed with the results! When I use my paper piercer my stitching looks much nicer, granted, it also takes much longer! 

 

Once I was done, I layered my suns on my pink background paper, stitched down the biggest one, then added some foam in between the layers to add some dimension. Then I was looking at the layout for hours wondering what was wrong with it... I just didn't like something but I could not put my finger on what exactly...Then I took a deep breath and cut around the stitching, removing my background paper. Yes I wasted a sheet of Fancy Free paper! While cutting through under my biggest sun, I accidentally tore the paper in a couple of places...I wasn't going to redo it that's for sure :). So how to cover up those spots?! I wrapped some embroidery floss around them...I think it actually looks nice! Happy accidents :).

I then went through my other FF papers and found one I did some mixed media work on but never used because I didn't like it for what I intended to use it. And it was perfect!!! I really liked that there's just a bit of mixed media peeking out from under the sun. I don't know about you but I love when I find something in my stash that has been there forever and finally I find a use for it!

To finish it off I added my title and some embellishments: chipboards, tags, puffy stickers and buttons. Done!

I hope you like my first project for The Cut Shoppe! Should you have any questions, just ask in the comments! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day! X

Embroidered wreath

Hi! It's Flóra back on the blog with a spring layout. I love so much the new Spring Fling cut file set from The Cut Shoppe, specially the beautiful floral wreath. I gave it a go to try how to turn a cut file into a stitched design. The trick is to set up the cut style to perforate edge. Thus you will be able to embroider the design easily... and with a lot of time.  Namely this kind of work takes some hours to complete. So prepare yourself. :D I had to complete the design with few extra holes so the silhouettes of the flowers and leaves are more visible.

My photo was very immersive so I wanted to keep it in the focus. For the background I have chosen a pastel rose patterned paper from Elle's Studio Cienna collection and tiny die cuts for embellishing from the same collection as well. I added the date and the short journaling on the pieces. The page was finished with some stitching and black acrylic paint splatter.

I hope you like my embroidered wreath and layout. You can pick up the cut file in The Cut Shoppe. Have a nice day!
Flóra