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Hi friends! Simon Says Stamp has a fabulous new release, called Shine On, and it’s available and shipping NOW! Click HERE to see the full release. It’s chock full of summertime imagery, with ocean themes, flowers, fun (and a little sassy!) sentiments, beautiful stencils…. so much crafty goodness to feast your eyes on!
I am always up for a good excuse to play with my felt and fabric, and I thought the new Happy Seagull, Weathered Pilings, and Flying Gulls dies would work so nicely together to create a cute nautical wall hanging! I pulled out a 6″ embroidery hoop, some red and white striped fabric, and my felt and got to work. Let’s get started with the details on my project!
To begin, I used a gray, white, and yellow felt to die cut the different pieces of the Happy Seagull die set, layering them together with felt glue and placing them beneath a stack of stamping blocks as they dried to ensure that the glue was distributed evenly. I also die cut the pieces for the Weathered Pilings from some light brown felt and gunmetal metallic felt. I used more felt glue to add lines of twine for “rope” around these wooden cylinders that you find on a pier or boardwalk. I also die cut a few pale gray seagull silhouettes using the new Flying Gulls die set to help finish off the scene.
Once the glue had dried on the large seagull and the pilings, I arranged the die cuts on the fabric in a dock scene, adhering them with plenty of felt glue. I also die cut a fun “ahoy” sentiment using alphabet dies to help fill in the design.
Once I had adhered all of the pieces to the hoop, I decided to add a little extra texture and interest to the scene. I added a gray gem to the eye of the large seagull, then tied a a few pieces of twine into a bow as well as a piece of silky red ribbon. I layered the two bows together and added them to the top of the hoop with my hot glue gun.
Well, that’s all for my project today! As always, the new release will be celebrated with a fabulous two day blog hop featuring tons of inspiration using these new products. You can check out the Simon Says Stamp blog to get started tomorrow morning! And you can check out the new Shine On release HERE ! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
