A Mixed bag today

Today my post is something of a mixed bag as it's about both In the Hoop Machine Embroidery, plus, some card making.

Firstly the cards.

I recently bought a stamp set by Heartfelt Creations, while this is no where near a new stamp set on the market, it's new to me, so of course I have play with it, lots.....

I made several  of these cards, all with slight variations, but basically the same, all were coloured with copic markers.

The next card is another birdy card, I guess you can see I'm into birds at the moment. This one uses the bird builder punch from Stampin Up, and some itty bitty flowers also punched out, shaped and tinted. The embossed background used Couture Creations JO JO embossing folder.

 The following male card used a retired SU embossing folder with diagonal stripes, which I then added gold and silver metallic Washi tape between the wide channels. the Camera is an SU stamp called Snapshot (retired) and the sentiment is from SU stamp set Perfect Pennants (retired).

The In the Hoop machine embroidery, is a design from Anita Goodesign from a collection called Pocket Purses.
This Owl, and I may have at some point in the past mentioned that I love Owls. Anyway, this little fellow is so cute, and the zipper makes him look like a wide-mouth owl sort of, ish.... a little bit anyway.

There are 12 designs in the collection which include:

1. Cupcake
2. Strawberry
3. crayon
4. watermelon
5. Owl
6. Heart
7. Flip Flop
8.  Dog n Bone
9. Cat n Fish
10. Butterfly
11. Tape cassette
12. Tulip

All are done in the 5x7 hoop and the instructions are very easy to follow with pictures each step of the way.  You can find this set here: Anita Goodesign Pocket Purses

Thank you for calling by today to see what I've been up to, having fun and doing the things I love. It's highly recommended, certainly by me!

Happy Crafting,

Hugs n Stuff,

Beth

Machine Embroidery

Since I bought my Embroidery Machine (A Brother Quattro 3, Innov-is 6750D) I have been having lots of fun learning different techniques and at the same time turning out some stunning designs.

The people who I buy my designs from of course play a huge part in my getting such good results, because their designs are so beautiful and easy to stitch out.

My all time favourites, there are two of them are Sweet Pea Embroidery and Kreative Kiwi.  If you're interested just use the links to check them out. They have amazing designs. 

Here are some of the things I've made using Sweet Pea and Kreative Kiwi designs.

The first one is called Hobo clutch Bag. I've also used this design to make a much deeper bag.

 The next is a table runner and it's called Free Form Table runner

 The next two designs come from Kreative Kiwi.

The first is called Swirly Placemat.

 this second one I absolutely adore the look of this, is called stained glass rose placemat and I used Mylar in the white sections to give it a real shimmer.

I do have other designs to share with you, most of my work I've given away as per usual, and some I forgot to take a photo of before I did, never mind, I'll just stitch them out again, and again and again.

Love them!!!

Thanks for calling by today, hope this inspires you to get embroidering.

Hugs

Beth