Sewing on Paper 101 and Teacher Thank You Cards

Hi everyone, I created these simple teacher thank you cards really quickly with the help of my sewing machine and lots of Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane goodies from the store. Many of you have told me that you find sewing on paper cumbersome or that it's difficult to sew a straight line on a paper project. I want to show you a video that I made; you will see just how easy it is. I'm far from an expert seamstress, so if I can do it, you can do it too.

Why machine stitch on paper, you say? I can think of a few reasons, it's fast, it's easy, it's super cheap and it adds so much dimension and interest to a page. Once you start doing it, you're not going to want to stop.

Here are my finished cards. I completed these two cards in about a half an hour!

Here is a close up of the stitching and stamping.

I hope that this video will encourage you to give machine stitching on paper a try. Really, it's fun! I would love to see your machine stitched paper projects.

Supplies

• Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane paper and Element Deck
• Ribbons by May Arts and American Crafts
• Thread
• Acid Free Glue by Helmar
• Stamps by Stampin' Up and Imaginisce
• Staples and Stapler (Tiny Attacher) by Tim Holtz

Thanks for dropping by!

Kate Vickers
www.scrapsation.com

Cosmo Cricket Pre-School Layout

Hi everyone! It's Kate here today. I would like to share my latest single page layout done with Cosmo Cricket's Baby Jane line. This line is so versatile, not just for baby layouts. I used it for a layout documenting my son's second year of pre-school. I will likely use it again for a layout focused on my youngest daughter's first year of pre-school.

I started off this layout by cutting out the middle of this Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane paper. I backed this paper with some Bazzill Kraft cardstock and machine stitched the two papers together with a zig zag stitch.

I misted the Kraft cardstock with some Mr. Huey's mist and a Crafter's Workshop template. I stamped on top of the Maya Road canvas button with a chevron stamp. I used the Baby Jane paper as my title by cutting out each individual letter and inking the edges. I used the zero for my extra '0'. For my last hat trick, I applied some Versamark embossing ink around the edge of the Maya Road wood doily and then applied Wow embossing powder on it and heat embossed it. I love the effect this gave me. ... and that's all that I have up my sleeve for today...

Here is the completed project. Let me know what you think!

Here are the close ups.

Supplies

• Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane Element Deck
• Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
• Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane papers
• Maya Road Canvas Buttons
• Maya Road Vintage Wood Doilies
• Crafters Workshop Template
• Mr. Huey's mist
• Brads by My Mind's Eye
• Red embossing powder by Wow!
• Inks by Versamark & Stampin' Up
• Chevron stamp by Christie Tomlinson/Unity Stamps
• Ribbons by American Crafts, Stampin' Up and Hug Snug
• Adhesives by Helmar
• Other: thread, vintage milk bottle cap and pen 

Thanks for stopping by today!