Technique Tuesday: Little Stitchin'

I thought I would share a little tutorial about how I made this tag that appeared on my blog on Saturday.

Now, great minds must think alike because my friend Sara also happens to be doing a stitching tutorial on her blog today! Check it out here! Also, it's Sara's birthday so you should wish her a happy birthday while you're there!

Happy Birthday friend! I hope it's wonderful!

So, I've been noticing that all kinds of cute Amy Tan tags have been popping up in the gallery on Two Peas and I really wanted to buy one but the shipping costs really deter me- all the way to Canada is expensive! So, I made my own. Here's how:

1. Grab a tag and a punch. I chose a red tag and used a Fiskars heart shaped punch. I punched my heart out of the tag.



2. Write your word on your tag using a pencil or a marker.Puncture your letters with a little pin- I used the Bazzil stichin' tool. I love this thing for making holes.



3. Sew your word using some thread.





4. I didn't like the string that came with the tag so I switched it out for some grey & white Divine Twine.



6. I decided to add another heart in the punched shape area, popped up with a pop dot, and cover it with some glossy accents to give it that jelly-like feel.



And then I used it on this layout.



Just something simple. I wanted to make a layout using the journaling from my anniversary post on February 1st. So I did and I added the journaling, tabbed, behind the photo & the tag.



If you like to stitch or sew don't forget to check out Sara's tutorial over on her blog as well!

Happy Tuesday!

xoxo
K