AWDML Design Team Blog

Friday Inspiration

Hi Everyone!  It's Scarlett coming to you today with some stitching inspiration. Happy Friday!

I just adore the way stitching looks on scrappy projects, but to be honest with you all I can't use the sewing machine. I know, I know......GASP! LOL! So lately I have been adding that special touch by using a bit of hand stitching.  This technique works best when you poke all the holes you would like to use before you actually begin stitching.  Once the holes are all set you can stitch with your floss easily.

On this first card I used hand stitching to create a border.

I love how the stitching adds extra texture to the card and frames the little scene I created.

On this next card I just added a bit of stitching to certain parts of the patterned papers I used.

Again, this stitching adds a bit of extra dimension and also some visual interest.

So the next time you are looking at your project and thinking to yourself it may need something else to make it complete, think hand stitching! It adds lovely texture, dimension, visual interest, and that special extra touch!

Happy Scrappin'!

Products Used:

Patterned Papers: Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety, Bo Bunny Sun Kissed (featured manufacturer 25% off)

Letters: Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type, October Afternoon Mini Market

Stickers: October Afternoon (labels), Jenni Bowlin Studios (banner)

Fantastic Flower Punch Tutorial

Hey there everyone...Stacy here.  Today i'm going to show you how to make a fantastic flower using any size circle punch.  Now the bigger the circle punch the bigger your flower will be.  For my flower I used a 1 3/4" punch.

Ok so...grab your circle punch and whatever sheet of pattern paper you want.  This works best if there is print on both sides of the paper.  First you want to punch out 8 circles and then you will be ready to begin.

Next take your circle....(make sure you fold all eight circles the same way)  Fold a small part from the bottom on both sides of the circle as shown below making sure they come together at a point.

 
 Next flip your circle over and fold back from both sides until they meet in the middle. I usually put a little adhesive down under the flap to keep the flower flat.  You want to do this will all 8 circles.

Now you are ready to adhere it to your project.  You basically just layer them around in a circle.  If you use a bigger punch you may have to layer them slightly as shown below.

The last thing you can do is make the center of your flower.  You can add a button, a sticker, use a smaller punch and a different piece of pattern paper for the center.  The possibilities are endless.

Now here is my complete layout with the flower on it.

On this layout I used the following products that you can grab at the ADWML Store.  Simply love this paper line by Echo Park.  This summertime line is fabulous!!!  Great colors and fun sticker sheets to go with it, it also has some fabulous little alphas :)  I used a couple of American Craftsthicker brackets at the top of the layout around my journaling.

Well hope you have enjoyed my flower tutorial...can't wait to see your creations.

Until next time...Happy Scrapping

~~Stacy~~

Step by Step Tuesday-Reunion Invitation

Hey all, it's Erica!

My husband has a large family and we'll be hosting his father's side for a reunion this year.  Which means one thing...I get to make invites!!!  My father-in-law is one of three brothers who all had either 6 or 8 kids and they all have kids, which means a lot of invites, which means I need a fairly simple and easily replicated design.  :)

I decided that the Sun Kissed line from Bo Bunny was a perfect choice for our reunion/BBQ/pool party. 

I cut a 4x6 inch piece of Bo Bunny Sun Kissed Party to use as the base of my invite.

Then I cut a 2" x 6" strip of white Bazzill cardstock and punched along the bottom of it with the EK Success Bumpy Road punch.

I adhered the white strip to the top of the orange side of the Bo Bunny paper about 1/4" from the top.  Then, I spelled out the word "reunion" with Thickers from American Crafts.

Next, I cut three squares from the opposite side of the Bo Bunny paper and rounded the corners with the smallest corner rounder from Ek Success.

Then, I adhered the three squares under the white Bazzill using Scotch Foam Masking Tape.  This stuff is seriously my favorite dimensional adhesive, it's the perfect thickness and it holds everything but is just forgiving enough that I can carefully peel it off if I put it in the wrong spot.  Love that!

Here's the finished front. 

To create the back side, I cut a piece of white Bazzill 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and centered it on the back of the invite.

I then cut out another square from the Party paper and used it as a cute accent next to all the invite info.

 

I hope you all enjoyed this simple little invite!  Now I just need to make 25 more!  :D

Made you Look Monday!

Scrappers have certain things that they just can't live without.  Recently I realized that my Making Memories Self Healing Mat is just one of those things!  I have had mine for quite some time (you can tell by the fact that it has a ton of ink and paint on it!), and I never realized how much I rely on my mat until I had to scrap without it! 

I use mine not only as a cutting mat a protector for my table against my scrappy messes (and at a size of 17" by 23" it covers a large section of my table), but what I REALLY missed was the lines!  I was LOST without  the lines to make sure that the elements I was adding to my pages and cards were straight or centered.  If you don't have a mat to scrap with, I would STRONGLY suggest that you check this one out!

I hope you take a minute to check out the Making Memories Self-Healing Cutting Mat- you won't be sorry!

Make it a great day!!

~~Nicole~~

Featured Manufacturer- BO BUNNY

We have two wonderful manufacturer's that we will be featuring in the month of August.

Our 1st reveal and feature manufacturer is Bo Bunny

 

You can check out all the goodies that

A Walk Down Memory Lane

has in the store HERE

Check out what the designers did this month with Bo Bunny

 

 

Stay tune for August 15th when we showcase the next manufacture for August- Unity Stamps