Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Pin Cushion Tuesday Trigger

I'm so excited to get to do the Tuesday Trigger challenge! Love them, but I just haven't been able to keep up in a long time. I'm also super stoked about how this card turned. It's actually similar to what I envisioned, which is a rare thing for me.

Here's the trigger picture.

And here's mine.



Okay, so it looks nothing like the sweet pin cushion in the photo, but I was dying to try to turn the PTI pumpkin die into a tomato so I went with it. You can be inspired by function over aesthetic, right? This card is mostly die cuts. The tomato body is the pumpkin shape up die, the leaves are trimmed from the Autumn Acorn leaf die, and the strawberry is the Fruit Fusion berry die. I even used the pumpkin section die as a guide to poke holes for my stitching. Traditionally, I'm not much of a die girl (except for clouds!) so this out of the box for me. The sentiment is from GinaK's Sew Pretty set, which is awesome. The pins are stuck between the layers so there aren't any sharp edges. I'll probably include an 'open with care' note when I send it, just to be safe. :)

See all the beautiful entries at Moxie Fab World. Thanks for looking!

Supplies: Stamps - GinaK Sew Pretty
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - SU Poppy Parade, unknown green
Other - PTI Pumpkin Shape Up die, Autumn Acorn leaf die, Fruit Fusion Strawberry die; green DMC embroidery floss, needle, paper piercer, vintage buttons, pins, mini glue dots, circle punch

10 comments:

  1. Oh, my. This is just so clever. I love your tomato--how creative. And, the green stitching and buttons are the perfect extra touch. I just noticed that little strawberry--my pincushion has that, too, and I've always wondered what it was for.

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  2. How creative and fun! I hardly ever think outside the box, er, pumpkin!!

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  3. That is "sew" cute! (You know I had to do that!)

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  4. What a CUTE idea!!! I love how you made the tomato from a pumpkin die!!! Very clever!!!

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  5. This is freakin' AWESOME! Very good counterfeiting! (please send me some red, too. LOL. please.)

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  6. So cute! Pure genius. Can you post this to PTI's FB page? Adorbs. :D

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  7. That is so cute, Paula! I remember my mom having a pin cushion like that when I was growing up!

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  8. Perfect 'copy' of the real deal. Detailing sew creative!

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  9. Paula, it's wonderful. What a great way to turn a pumpkin into a coach, ..er..into a tomato. :) Too cute and i used to have a pin cushion like that but haven't thought about it in years.

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  10. Hey Paula! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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