Let's Have Pie

Hi Stampers!

I feel like it has been FOREVER since I have got to post on here! Holly has been doing an amazing job keeping the Inspiration going on here while I have been taking care of my Grandma. She is doing better, she is working with the home physical therapist right now allowing me to sneak away for a bit to get some computer work done. I haven't had much crafting time lately but I am hoping that now that Grandma is here with us and out of the hospital, I will have more of a chance and can keep up with things better!

I did get a chance to squeeze in some time last week to get my Crafty Sentiments Designs Design Team Project done for this week's new Crafty Sentiments Challenge! This week you are to have sewing on your card - it can be real or faux stitches. I love the look of sewing on cards and have tried it a few times since I got my little mini sewing machine for stitching on paper - so I chose to do real sewing. Here is what I came up with...

I created an easel card using the super cute - Let's Have Pie image from Crafty Sentiments Designs. I wanted the card front to look like a cherry pie so I wove strips of cardstock to look like a lattice crust and then added oval punchies to make my scallop edge. Now...I don't know how your pie crust turns out in real life... but mine always tastes super yummy but I have not mastered the art of making it look perfect! It is always very messy and uneven on the edges. So I wanted to add an "imperfect" look to my paper pie crust edges so it feels more "homemade" and more like it was made by me - LOL! I kept my tension tighter than normal so my sewing would be imperfect, it made little loopies and would catch a bit when I was turning and created little wiggles. I think it just gives it a great vintage, country appeal :)

I added a mix of handmade rolled flowers and primas and then added the Recipe For Friendship stamp that is from Bildmalarna to finish my card front.

Here is a peek at the easel card open:

I wanted the inside to be really simple so I just added a die cut sentiment that is from The Greeting Farm called Delicate Words Die, some flowers and a few pearls.

Here are some close up pictures of the main image:

I colored my image with a mix of spectrum noir markers and copic markers and I also hand drew the little cherries on her apron.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Come play along in the Crafty Sentiments Challenge with us! I will also be back in just a little bit with another project that I created for the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge this week too :)

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by!
Laura

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - #93 Handmade Backgrounds
Die Cutting Divas - Shaped Cards
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes #122
Card Mania - CMC - 21 - Spots and/or Stripes
Lady Anne's Challenge - May - Easel cards
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Tic Tac Toe - Line Made - Flowers, Stamps, Stitching
613 Avenue Create - #21 Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen Challenges - Girls Girls, Girls
The Squirrel and the Fox - #44 Here Comes The Girls
Paper Creator's Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Challenge 38 Bingo - Used Letter N
Stempelsonnen Challenges - From the Bakery
The Crazy Challenge - Use Sentiments
Aud Sentiments - Challenge 81 Friend
Delightful Challenges - Celebrate Friendship
Divas by Design - Friendship
The Perfect Sentiment - Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesday - Anything Goes