Sew. . . . .What's New?

As I sat at my craft table this morning, I knew that I wanted to make something that would allow me to combine several current challenges together in one project.  I came up with this little card using my "Sew. . . . .What's New" stamp.  This stamp has become a favorite of mine, and I've been using it quite a bit lately.  It's from Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps -a Heinrich Co. "I'm In Stitches" stamp set.  I also used the "Material Girl" stamp set from Crafty Secrets.  I thought they really went well together.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Lemonade line.  The little girl and sentiment backing are both snippets from a vintage dress pattern wrapper.  Of course, I had to add some of my hand-made scrunched seam binding, jute, buttons, and stick pins.  Oh, and let's not forget the butterfly in the upper right corner.

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-it-monday-with-kraft-outlet-needle.html - The Kraft Journal Challenge Blog - "Needle and Thread" - I used my Kraft cardstock, which I love.

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/simple-salutations-challenge-6-08-08-12 - Mark's Finest Papers on Speedy TV - Simple Salutations Challenge - Use a Butterfly.  Do you see him up there in the upper right-hand corner?  I also used a Mark's Finest Papers stamp for the sentiment.

http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/08/simon-says-lets-play-bingo.html - Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Let's Play Bingo.  My Bingo is Ribbon (seam binding bows), Die Cut (butterfly and banner), and Buttons (2).

http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-linky-party-3-new-stamp-sets-and.html - Crafty Secrets August Linky Party #3 - I used my Material Girl stamp set for this card.

http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/fortnightly-challenge-no42.html - Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Fortnightly Challenge #42 - Something New (Where's my animal?  It's the small butterfly in the upper right-hand corner).

For some reason, I am very drawn to sewing stamp sets and own a few different sets.  From this, one might guess that I'm quite the seamstress.  However, sadly, I am not.  I know how to sew and I sew on my scrapbooking pages and cards all the time.  But my actual sewing skills are not so great.  I can do simple mending, and possibly make a pillow or something simple.  I should branch out a bit and push myself to become a better seamstress.

I greatly appreciate your visit today, and hope that you're enjoying this beautiful weekend.  And, since my sentiment and blog post title are, "Sew. . . . .What's New", I'd love to hear what you're doing this weekend.  I hope it's restful and wonderful.

Blessings to you all, my crafty friends.

Karen