I was thinking of a gift for a friends birthday who has been inspired by The Great British Sewing Bee recently on BBC2 and came across this cute little cross stitch Sweet Threads Simply Sent set (126924 £11.95) comprising 8 printed & folded cards in Lucky Limeade & Primrose Petals, 8 pre-pierced die cut pattern pieces for cross stitching with the embroidery floss & needles included.
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Decided to continue the theme and I hand drew a cotton reel using the woodgrain piece from the Natural Composition papers (126917 £11.50 for 12 12"x12" sheets) to decorate the Kraft gift box with (124106 £2.75 for 4 boxes) and I used some of the pretty polka dot cards in the Sweet Threads pack to decorate the top & sides of the box with.
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After attaching the decorated panels I wrapped some cherry cobbler bakers twine (123125 £2.50 for 22.9m) around the box and threaded the buttons from the Artisan Embellishments kit (129328 £8.95) and stamped a sentiment from the Little Friends stamp set (w 122665 £21.95, c 122667 £17.95).
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The box was filled with the remaining cards, cross stitch pieces & a variety of Stampin Up buttons, fabric & ribbons for her to sew at her hearts content!
Threading through to these challenges with my little box My Sheri Crafts #110 - flower power, Rogue redhead designs #23 - May flowers, Crafting when we can #44 - lime & pink, Fashionable stamping #48 - alter it, Glitter n Sparkle #33 - funky colours, Pile it On #20 - add fabric, Get Inky #4 - diecuts, My craft spot #98 - ribbon & twine, Paper playtime #10 - buttons, Take a word - sewing, Can you digi it #36 - not a card, Crafty Sentiments - buttons, Loves rubber stamps #53 - not a card, Top tip tuesdays #101 - boxes, Nutcrafters - kraft.
If there's anything you like the look of from todays creation just drop me a line or call and I will do the rest!
Until tomorrow, happy crafting!
