Monday, February 1, 2010

Magical Monday - I Heart You!

Aloha and welcome to Magical Monday at There's Magic in the Air with Paper Cupcakes. Today's challenge is using Nina's adorable "I Heart You" image and Sue's challenge of a "Valetine Gift Tag with Stitching (can be with thread or also can be hand drawn)".


Well, another one of my resolutions this year was to get out the fantastic sewing machine that my parents bought for me YEARS ago (and rarely gets used) and USE it for stitching on cards! GASP, I know such a unqiue idea (that's sarcasm, btw)!! I've been seeing sewing on cards for awhile and everywhere so wanted to try it too. Sue's challenge helped me continue to meet another goal for myself this year! Thanks Sue!!! :)

No fancy coloring for this one...paper pieced with another fab red bow (I think that makes three weeks in a row for red bows on my projects...hum...may have to remake the one for next week to keep that theme going!) hehe! And kinda keeping with my personal challenge of finishing the inside of cards...I also finished the back of this tag and here's a pic of that:


And look what you could win for playing along with us this week!!
Last, but not least, a big E Komo Mai (Welcome) to Linda Payne TMITA/PCC Guest Designer for the month of February. Linda was the lucky winner of the blog hop back in December and now we get a whole month of her fabulous creations! Welcome, Linda!

In addition to Nina's great image and Sue's awesome challenge I'm also submitting this to the following challenges:
~ Bee Crafty #23 - Romance/Love theme
~ Challenge up your life #13 - Valentines with hearts
~ C.R.A.F.T challenge #35 - Paper Piecing
~ Dare you to digi stamp #30 - hearts/valentines + digi
~ Inky Impressions challenge #28 - red/pink and hearts

TFL!!  And here's hoping you have another magical week!
Aloha,

31 comments:

A Consuming Passion said...

Oh so sweet! Love your stitching.... now you have to leave your sewing machine out so you'll use it again!!!
Good work completing the back too!

The Other Patti Sue said...

Awww, so cute! Love the red bow!

Nilla said...

Perfect, love all the bear, papers and stitching! Hugs Nilla

Patti J said...

What an adorable tag, Kim! So glad that you drug out the sewing machine to make it! I love that you even finished the "inside" (back) of your tag! Look at you go girl! You are an inspiration to me with all of your goals!!! Great tag! Hugs!

Selma said...

Cute paper pieced bear Kim. I like that you tied the bow around his neck. Your stitching is beautiful. I'll be watching for more cards with sewing on them now that you have your machine out!

Carol said...

Kim, this is just serious adorable! Great stitching, btw!

Danielle said...

Beautiful gift tag Kim! The heart paper is so sweet and your stitching is just fab! I love how you finished off the other side - great job!
Hugs, Danielle

STAMPING SAM said...

Well everyone, that one tag cost over #300. plus shipping to Hawaii! But I am encouraged now that Kim has her sewing machine out that it will be used for other things beside card making! FYI - I was Kim's enabler because I did all the sewing while she was growing up, wait, she took sewing when she belonged to 4-H, oh, maybe that was my choice not hers?!?!? LOL.

I'm feeling better now, so I can comment on the her tag! Love it and that you finished the back is awesome, you sure are setting that bar high and I want to thank you for that!

Congrats on all your wins lately, you are an artist! Have you thought about selling your cards at craft fairs?

Love, SAM aka MOM

Mel X said...

Fabulous stitching. Cute bear and pretty colours. Great ribbons.

Thanks for joining us this week on SCSC

Mel X

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

Super cute!

Thanks for joining us on SCSC :)

Hugs Jane x

Manuela said...

fab tag :) i really like your stitchiing! thanks for playing with us at challenge up your life! hugs, manuela

the crafty duck said...

Lovely tag, your teddy is so sweet and the colours work so well, thanks for playing at MCFC, love Steph

Claire Phillips said...

Thanks for playing along at C.R.A.F.T. in our paper piecing challenge! Lovely tag - such a cute bear. Cheers Claire x

Anonymous said...

Teddy tag is lovely, so cute, colour choice is also very nice.
Thanks for joining us at MCFC.
Good luck.
Hugs Angel

jackiescrafts said...

Love your tag and that Teddy is so cute, I love the way you have used the stitching too
Thanks for joining in at MCFC

Jackie x

Unknown said...

This is a really cute tag, adorable image and love the stitchwork.

Thanks for joining us at MCFC.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Carol Ann said...

Great valentine tag Kim great papers and ribbons! Thanks for playing at MCFC.
Carol Ann xx

Crystal said...

Such adorable tags!!! WOW they are great!!! Thanks so much for joining us at Inky Impressions!

Suzi Mac said...

Lovely tags, Thank you for joining us at C.R.A.F.T. this week.

Hugs Suzi x

Unknown said...

Lovely tag! Sweet image. Thanks for playing at The Pixie Cottage.

Anne said...

What a sweet tag you have created!
Thanks for joining us at the Pixie Cottage!

Hugs, Anne

Anonymous said...

Great stitching - it looks fab. Really cute ted too. Thanks for joining us at MCFC xx

Rose said...

This is gorgeous, such a cute teddy! I love his red bow and the stitching. Thanks for joining us at C.R.A.F.T and good luck.

Rose xx

Sandra H. said...

AWWW, what a cute tag!!!

Katie said...

I love this tag!
All the stitching and a super cute image!
Thanks for playing at The Pixie Cottage.

Dotty Jo said...

Gorgeous tags... well done with the sweing resolution! its one of my crafting resolutions too but my machine just won't play ball! Jo x

Toni said...

Very cute tag, and I love the stitching on it but also like that you finished the back. Very nice! Toni

Justine said...

What a sweet tag, cute little bear. Thank you for sharing it with us at Fussy & Fancy

Chris said...

Such a cute card and a very sweet image. Love your colouring and design too. Thanks for joining us at DU2DS this time. Chris :)

Bee said...

Gorgeous tag and lovely work both sides, do pop back to Bee Crafty Valentine's weekend (the challenge will be to use sewing on your projects)
Thanks for joining in the Bee Crafty Challenge :)

Krista said...

So cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Fussy and Fancy.