Each month I choose a Stampin' Up! product as my Feature Product. For the month of July I am featuring the Pretties Kit! The Pretties Kit shown on page 188 of the Spring Summer collection is also on special this month when purchased through me. My Technique Tuesday feature during the month of July will feature ideas for the Pretties Kit. As well, throughout the month of July, you can expect to see lots of projects on my blog featuring the Pretties Kit, and I will be demonstrating with them during all my July workshops.
Here is the special for July:
- 10% off the Pretties Kit through til July 31st
- My July hostesses will receive 20% Off!
If you wish to place an order, you may contact me via email. I accept all major credit cards. Canadian orders only please. Sorry, them's the rules!
Technique Tuesday; Hatpin Heart
When I first got my Pretties kit, I was all over the flowers, but the hatpins really through me. Honestly, I had never seen them before, so it wasn't until some cards started showing up on Splitcoast Stampers that I really saw what you could do with them. They are still not the first thing I reach for, but I wanted to share a fun idea as well as some basic hat pin how to's!
To create this simple, although I will admit, a little finicky, hatpin technique, you will need:
Pretties kit
Heart Stamp along with ink and markers to colour it
Ribbon...yes I am using retired ribbon, but when you do it, you can pick colours that have current ribbon!
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You will begin by threading the beads on to the hat pin.
I start with a larger bead, then a spacer, then a smaller bead.
You only want to place the top half of your beads on at this point.
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Now, you want to insert the half beaded hatpin through the ribbon, with about 1/2" between the in and out points.
Your ribbon should be long enough to wrap around your heart...or what ever image you chose to work with.
You could thread it through the heart without the ribbon, but I found the paper buckled too much for my tastes.
When you have threaded it through, you can add the last half of the beads.
When you fill it up with beads, the hatpin will not move on the ribbon.
Place the hatpin cover on the end, which covers the pointed portion and keeps the beads from falling off
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Apply adhesive diagonally across the back of the heart.
Then you will attach the ends of the ribbon.
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When you are done it will look like this.
The heart stamp is from "Just Celebrate" which was featured in the Occasions Mini, and it just happens to be my favorite heart stamp. Here's the finished card.
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I stamped the heart in black and coloured it in with Rose Red and Regal Rose Markers. The key to colouring with markers is to colour in a circular motion, and really get the paper wet with the ink, which helps it blend and not show lines.
The heart was mounted on a 2" square of Whisper White with dimensionals, then layered on Rose Red and Regal Rose.
The card base is Whisper White, and the designer paper is the Prints series in Rose Red. I wrapped some Rose Red ribbon from the Fairy Tale ribbon originals set around it and snipped in flag fashion. Now before I get feedback on the fact that this will not fit in an envelope with the ribbon like that, let me assure you, NO card with a hatpin and beads is going to fit in an envelope anyway, so if you are wanting to try that cool technique, try it with a beaded hatpin!
The sentiment was stamped on a tag from the old retired tag sheets, and tied to the top of the hatpin with ribbon. To finish it off, I added some half back pearls, also from the Pretties Kit, using glue dots, along the bottom of the card.
There you are. Just another fun way to use the hat pins. Try making a flag by attaching a flag to the top of the hat pin, or a golf hole holder! There are lots of fun things you can do once you get your creative juices flowing.
I will not be doing my Technique Tuesday next week, as I will be on vacation. I will try to get some posts up, but I won't get another tutorial staged, shot and edited before we leave.
I hope you are having a wonderful day! Thanks for dropping by...I always love it when you do.
