Hi
Everyone,
Well,
today is the first Monday of the month and that means we’re going to have
another fun filled day of blog hopping with the professional designers at Designer Craft Connection!!! To hop around to all of the
designers that are participating in this hop, all you have to do is click on
the Designer
Craft Connection blinkie on the right
side of my blog. That will take you around to all the different blogs. If you
find a project that you really like, leave a comment for that designer. We love
hearing your thoughts about our work!
The
theme for this month is Summer Picnics and boy, do I have a project for you!
Because let’s face it, if you’re going to have a picnic, you’re going to need a
picnic basket and lots of fun goodies to go inside of it.
Now,
the fun goodies I’m talking about don’t have anything to do with food. Everyone
that knows me knows that I don’t cook. I really don’t know how to cook and I
know that I don’t ever want to learn, but I can design very cool projects and
this is one of those!
So,
if you’re looking for food, you’ll have to watch the Food Network or do what I
do and pick up some sandwiches from Subway, but if you’re looking for a
fabulous picnic basket to put your food in, then you’re in the right place!!!
I
hope you have as much fun creating this picnic set as I had designing it. When
you’re finished be sure to fill your basket with wonderful goodies, grab your
loved ones and enjoy a beautiful day at the beach or a park. Have fun!!!
Thanks for joining me.
Until next time…
Crafty hugs,
Lisa
Stampin’ Queen Creations
Give The Queen A Call!!!
Cherry Blossom Picnic Basket Set
SUPPLIES
Picnic
basket
Wineglasses
Foam
core board
White
Shrink Plastic
Gold
jewelry findings and jump rings
Quilting
batting
Stuffing
Muslin-
17 ½”L x 12”W
Blue
& White checkered material- 23”L x 5”W
Bottle
bag- I made mine from muslin but you can purchase them at any craft store
Blue
rickrack
Yellow
checkered ribbon
Trim
Red
buttons
Assorted
beads
Textile
paints by JacquardÒ
Aleene’sÒ
Paper Glaze
Paintbrush
Yellow
embroidery thread
Creative
Versa-ToolÔ with Hot Knife Point by Walnut Hollow
Sewing
machine
Glue
gun
Staple
gun & ¼” Hole Punch
Rubber
Stamps by Rubber StampedeÒ
Note- If stamps are no longer
available; you can substitute them with any stamp that is similar on the market
today. There are plenty out there to choose from.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR PICNIC BASKET
Step
1. Remove picnic basket lid. Lay lid on
top of a piece of foam core board and lightly trace with a pencil. Cut out foam
core board using Creative Versa-ToolÔ hot knife point,
following the manufacturer’s directions.
Step
2. Lay muslin on top of foam core board
and lightly trace around all edges with pencil or sewing chalk. Place muslin on
work surface. Apply blue textile paint to Cherries rubber stamp with a foam
brush. Stamp image five times on muslin using picture if needed for placement.
Designer Tip: If you’re a little
nervous about fabric stamping, stamp image five times on a piece of scrap Muslin
and cut out with scissors. Lay images onto your large piece of muslin and arrange
as desired. When desired arrangement is achieved, simply remove one image at a
time, stamp on large piece of muslin.
Step
3. Color stamped images with textile
paints. For softer shades, dilute paints with water. I experimented with
different amounts of water on scrap pieces of muslin. When paints are dry, turn
muslin over and heat set paints by ironing.
Step
4. Lay batting on foam core board. Cut
around edges with scissors. Place muslin on top of the batting, making sure to
center stamped images on the batting. Secure the four edges of the muslin and batting
together by adding a few basting
stitches in each corner with a needle and thread.
Step
5. Using a needle and thread, add four red beads on each of the five stamped
images. Next, add four red buttons to each corner of the five stamped images
with yellow embroidery thread. Lay muslin and batting on top of foam core
board, making sure again that the stamped images are centered.
Step
6. Carefully turn everything over. Pull
edges of muslin tightly over the foam core board and glue in place with glue
gun. Turn the completed piece over and glue to the top of the picnic basket lid
with glue gun. Adhere trim around outer edges of lid with glue gun.
Step
7. For the handles, fold blue and white
checkered material lengthwise and machine stitch, leaving a ¼” seam allowance.
Turn inside out and stuff. Hand stitch each end closed.
Step
8. With staple gun, staple each end of
the handles to the front and back of the picnic basket. Glue two red buttons on
each end of the handles with glue gun. See picture if needed for handle
placement. Reattach lid to picnic basket.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR WINE BOTTLE BAG & WINEGLASS CHARMS
Step.
1 Apply blue textile paint to Cherries stamp with foam brush. Stamp in the
center of the bag. Color stamped image with textile paints. When dry, turn bag
inside out and iron to heat set the paints.
Step
2. With a needle and thread, sew four
red beads on stamped image. Add four red buttons to the corners of the image
with yellow embroidery thread.
Step
3. Glue blue rickrack to the top of the
bag with a glue gun. Insert wine bottle in the bag and tie yellow ribbon around
the neck of the bottle.
Step
4. Lightly sand shrink plastic and wipe
with a clean towel. Apply blue textile paint to the Cherries rubber stamp with
a foam brush, being careful to only use the center portion of the stamp. See photo
of wineglass charms if needed.
Step
5. Stamp shrink plastic and color the
image with the textile paints. For the leaves, apply green paint to top portion
of the leaf stamp with foam brush. Stamp on shrink plastic six times,
re-applying paint as needed.
Step
6. Cut out images with scissors. Punch
hole in the top of each image. Shrink plastic using heat tool. Once Cherry
image is cool, add a layer of Aleene’sÒ Paper Glaze.
Step
7. Once images are dry, slip jump rings
through the holes of each stamped image. Add charms and beads to gold jewelry
hoop and slip around the stem of the wineglass.
