I love the way this project turned out. It's such a fun addition to my art studio and a great way to use up any scraps you have laying around.

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• Sewing Machine and Accessories
• Iron and Ironing Board
• ScanNCut Rhinestone Kit
• 89 10mm Turquoise Rhinestones
• Download the FREE Rhinestone Cut File: http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/create.fcm
• Photo Frame (I picked mine up at Ikea)
• 8 Patterns of Fabric (cut to 2 ½” x 8”)
• 1 Piece of Chipboard to fit inside the frame
• 1 Piece of Batting (cut to fit around the chipboard)
• Thread
• Decorative Pins
• Coordinating Embroidery Thread
• Tape or Glue
• Pins or Clips
• (optional) Piece of Cardstock to fit inside the frame

Instructions:

(Note: I used pieces of fabric that were longer than 8" and then trimmed them down, but the correct measurements are listed in the instructions for my 4 ½” x 6 ½” frame...if you use a different size frame adjust your fabric sizes accordingly.)

1. Select two strips of fabric and pin or clip the right sides together. Sew a ¼” seam down one of the long edges. Open and press the seams down with an iron.
   
2. Select another strip of fabric and pin or clip it the right side to the right side of one of the previously sewn strips.
3. You should now have three strips of fabric sewn together. Trim the two edge strips in half. 
   And then trim your joined fabric to  4" x 4"
4. Decide which fabric pieces to use for each of the edges and then continue to sew on strips around the edges of the three strip piece using the same method of pinning the right sides together, sewing the edge with a ¼” seam and then pressing the seam open.
5. Prepare a piece of fabric for the rhinestone by cutting it to about 6 ½” x  2½”. Fray the edges if desired. Set aside. 
6. Download the free rhinestone cut file and open it up on your ScanNCut machine.
   
7. Open the Rhinestone Kit and remove the black fuzzy template material. Apply that to the cutting mat, fuzzy side up.
8. Cut out the “create” rhinestone design. Be sure to do a test cut if you are not sure what blade setting to use.
9. Remove the material from the mat, trim down if necessary, and separate just the corner of material from the backing. While firmly holding down the backing, quickly pull off the material. If any circle remain in the fabric, poke them out.
   
10. Place the Rhinestone Kit lid down onto your work surface and place the reusable backing board, shiny side up into the lid. Adhere the template you just created onto the backing board.
11. Sprinkle the rhinestones onto the template.
12. Use the brush in a circular pattern over the rhinestones to move them into position.
13. Cut a piece of transfer tape to size, remove the backing, and press it firmly onto the rhinestones.
    
14. Lift the transfer tape up to remove the rhinestones from the template.
    
    
15. Place the transfer tape with rhinestones on top of the previously prepared fabric piece.
16. Following the package instructions, iron on the rhinestones and allow it to cool.
17. Carefully peel up the transfer tape.
18. Place the rhinestone fabric piece into the center of your quilted piece. Using the embroidery thread, hand stitch around the rhinestone fabric to secure it in place.
    
19. Place the fabric piece face down on your worksurface. Center the batting on top of it. Center the chipboard on top of that. Fold the fabric and batting edges around the chipboard and tape or glue into place. If desired, cover the backside of the piece with a piece of cardstock.
    
20. Slide the piece into the frame.
21. Embellish with decorate stick pins.
    

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

There is just about 50 days of summer left...let's celebrate before the cooler weather comes to town.  Now you might not think of using felt very much in the summer, but it is a great way to add texture and create dimension on your projects any time of year. Now I usually use 100% wool felt for my felt projects, but I get so many emails about using craft felt that I thought I’d try it for this project.  The craft felt I’m using for this project is a blend of 35% Marino wool and 65% rayon and is about 2mm thick and comes in so many bright, fun summer colors.

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut Standard Craft Mat
• 6” x 9” Craft Felt: Dark Pink, Light Pink, Peach, Light Peach, Dark Purple, Light Purple, Yellow, White, Green
• 9” x 19” Pennant
• Embroidery Floss in complementing colors
• Embroidery Needle
• Fabric Glue (or a Glue Gun)
• Buttons
• fcm Cut File

Instructions:

Watch this video on how to create this project for follow the written instructions below.

1.  Begin by cutting out all of the felt pieces using the following built in designs:

 (****NOTE: preform a test cut first to determine the correct settings. I used a standard blade depth of 11 and a pressure of 5, but your settings may be different depending on how new your mat and blade are and the type of felt you use.)
Use the scanning feature to cut shapes out of left over felt. Use up all those scraps!!!

When removing the felt from the mat be sure to gently weed out the negative pieces of felt and then use a spatula to remove the flower and leave pieces so they retain their shape.

2. Download the “summer” cut file here and then cut out the letters using the left over scraps of felt.

3. For the yellow roses, roll up the border strip while applying small dots of glue. Allow to dry. Repeat for the remaining borders.

4.  Embroider the top layer of flowers and leaves. Sew a button onto the center of each top flower layer.

5.  Embroidery each of the “summer” letters using a different embroidery stitch.

6.  Glue the top and bottom flower layers together to create a whole flower. Repeat for all the flowers.

7.  Using scraps of felt, cut thin strips of felt, about ¼” x 1 ½” long. Fold it in thirds or fourth and glue it onto the back of the flower to pop it up and give it some height. You can do this for just some of the flowers or all of them depending on your preference.

8.  Adhere the letters, flowers and leaves to the pennant with glue.

Do you want to attach a wooden dowel to it? Here's a video on how I did it:

Is your mat all gunky now from cutting felt?  Here's a video on how to clean it!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

Yay, fall is just about here and I'm excited to welcome in the cooler weather of my favorite time of year.  Autumn always reminds me of comfort and so when I was trying to think of a project to create that symbolizes all those warm, fuzzy, comfy things, I thought what could be better represent that then a wool felt applique project!

Here's a video of how it all come together:

Supplies: 

• ScanNCut Machine and accessories
• ScanNCut Deep Cut blade
• ScanNCut Pen Holder 
• ScanNCut Erasable Pen
• Wool felt in a variety of colors (I got mine here.)
• Heat 'n Bond Iron-On Adhesive
• Embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle

Instructions:

Step 1 - Write "happy" onto a piece of scrap paper and then scan it into the ScanNCut using the "Scan To Cut Data" option and then save your design.

Step 2 -  Press the home button and then open up your design by going to "patterns" and then "saved data".  Unify the letters so you're able to move them anywhere on your screen.

Prepare your felt by ironing Heat N Bond onto the backside of it. Once your design is unified you can then apply your felt to the mat and scan it into the machine so you can line up your word "hello" exactly where you want it.

Step 3 - Insert the fabric pen into the pen holder and insert that into the ScanNCut. Use the "draw" option instead of "cut" to draw the design onto the felt.

Step 4 - Choose the designs and colors of felt that you want to use and then cut them out using the Deep Cut Blade on your ScanNCut. Make sure you do a test cut first to ensure you're cutting through the felt but not through your mat.  If your mat gets too much lint on it from the felt use a baby wipe to gently clean it off then allow it to dry and it will be good to continue using.

Step 5 - Iron your designs onto your felt (the one you wrote "hello" onto) and then have fun embroidering it!

Happy scanning, cutting, and embroidering!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother ScanNCut to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw my posts about Emmy's Hoop Exchange fundraiser (#itsjustemmyhoopexchange) to raise the funds to adopt again.  Well my hoop is finished & headed off to it's new home!  I really hope my hoop-mate likes it!!! *fingers crossed*

I did some embroidery and added some beads and sequins to it as well.  I'm really happy with how it turned out!

If you're bummed you missed this swap then no fear, Emmy is doing another one! This time it's a Garland Exchange...check it out HERE and help them add to their family!

Yesterday my "Birds Of A Feather" mixed media canvas was featured on the Basically Bare blog.  It's a fun size one...12" x 6"!

I was thankful to partner up with Pink Paislee for this project.  They sent such great product for me to work with!!  And of course I used a bunch of awesome Basically Bare pieces on it as well!

Don’t you just love those little birdies? Each one is made of different Basically Bare materials….felt, chipboard, and acrylic.

This first bird was made with the chipboard bird....

The second bird was made with an acrylic bird...

And the last bird was made with a felt bird....

I used my favorite little heart punch for the tree leaves and used some Faber Castell PITT Big Brush pens for the shading on the leaves and trunk.  I also took a canvas heart, embroidered my our initials on it and some edge stitching, and added that to the tree trunk. That’s my favorite part of this canvas!
I also frayed the heart edges…like I do on just about any fabric I get my hands on.  ;)  To keep it from fraying too much I like to put some Fray Check along the fray so it doesn’t get out of control.  Once it’s dry you can’t even see it.

Stop by the Basically Bare blog to check out what some of the other designers made!

Sponsors: Basically Bare, Pink Paislee, Faber-Castell