Valentine Garland

Here is a quick and easy decoration for Valentine's Day!

The die I used is the Garland from the Vintage Kitchen collection.

I have fond memories of cutting strips of paper and gluing them together as a child making paper chains to decorate our Christmas tree. But with this die is there is no need to cut or glue! Each strip has interlocking slots at each end and all you have to do is join them together!  Keep adding links until the chain is as long as you'd like. This is a great activity for kids to do too.

Make a chain to decorate for parties, special occasions, and seasonal decor. Hang flowers, letters or photos from it to personalize. There are so many ways to use this die.

It also fits around your wrist so you can cut it from leather or fabric to make bracelets! There are three different designs on the die. Each link can also be used as a bracelet and the negative space has lots of uses too (see here).

To assemble a chain, hold a strip with your thumbs over slots on either end and raise one hand above the other. Press one slot under and one slot up so one slot is depressed and one is raised. Now curl the strip so the slots meet and connect the strips to make a chain. Repeat. And that’s it!

If you want to keep this as a permanent garland, you can staples or glue the slots together. If you want to store it flat, just take the links apart and store for the next time to conserve space and prevent the chain from being crushed in storage.

Here are some more Valentine projects to inspire you...

Quick and Easy Valentine Cookie Box by Lisa Hoel- visit her blog for how-to's!

Here's a Round Robin banner I made with some friends last year... a fun way to create together. 

Read about it here.

Romantic Canning Jar tags- how-to here...

Happy Valentine crafting everyone! See you in two weeks...    Eileen

Soft tag by Olga

Hello all,

today I would like to share with you my new tag. This time I created a soft project which can be gifted to anybody as expression of gratitude. Or like an addition to a main present.

I used tag die for the base and flourish and a butterfly to decorate it.

The products I used:

Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal)

Sizzix Originals Die - Flourish, Beautiful

Have a nice day!

Olga

Come back to hexagons

Hi everyone!! I come back to hexagons again using Sizzix dies. After selecting my fabrics  I had kept for something especial, I finally decided I wanted a nice grandma garden quilt. It won't´be very big , but enough to enjoy sewing nice hexies.

First of all I cut out a lot of   cardstock  hexagons  with  658317

Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1" Sides #2, so quick so easy.  Then I did the same with the fabrics  and die 658318 Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1 1/4" Sides

I try to sew  the hexagon fabric  through the corners on the wrong side , so I don´t need to cut  the thread  on the right side and I save time. Maybe you do the same.

And here it is my first big and " round" block finished and two more ready to sew a new round.

I love the idea to spend some time watching a movie on tv after a long day and have a rest sewing my hexies.

I will show some progress in my blog Las labores de Mercedes  if you want to follow me. 

Hope you have a nice week and start February full of ideas using Sizzix dies in this blog. 

See you next Saturday with a new Valentine project. 

Love

Mercedes

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¡Hola a todo el mundo! Vuelvo de nuevo con hexágonos utilizando los troqueles de Sizzix. Después de seleccionar mis telas que tenía reservadas para algo especial, decidí que quería montar un quilt , no muy grande. Haciendo un jardín de la abuela.

Primero corté  un montón de hexágonosde cartulina  con  el troquel de 1” de lado     658317

Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1" Sides #2,             super fácil y rápido. Luego hice lo mismo con las telas y el  del 1.1/4” de lado 658318 Sizzix Bigz Die - Hexagons, 1 1/4" Sides

Intento siempre coser las esquinas  por la parte trasera del hexágono  , así no tengo que cortar el hilo  por delante y ahorro tiempo. A lo mejor tú haces lo mismo.

En las fotos puedes ver mis progresos y cómo he montado el bloque “ redondo “ a partir de los hexágonos.

Iré enseñando mis progresos en mi blog Las labores deMercedes por si quieres seguirme. Espero que tengas una estupenda semana y empieces febrero lleno de ideas que el blog de Sizzix puede ofrecerte.

Cariños

Mercedes

Setting the table

With Valentines just round the corner, this month I chose a rather lovely bundle of Cotton and Steel blenders paired with some Kona Snow and the Equilateral Triangle Die (658663) with my Big Shot machine.

I'm not one for making a huge deal out of Valentines, but with the new year has come a renewed effort to rid my home of clutter.  Its working!  The easiest spot to de-cluttered was the table, often found piled with papers, laptop, post, handbag, ... you get the picture.  So what better than to celebrate with a new table runner.