Recycled Sari Christmas Tree Skirt

The Inspiration

I know it is not Christmas but I thought I might share a sewing project that I just completed. My inspiration photo for this project was this tree skirt from Anthropologie which is no longer available for purchase. Even if it was available I couldn’t bring myself to fork up $278.00 for this beauty. That is why I decided to take my old tree skirt and make it over. The inspiration fabrics used for this skirt are recycled saris that I purchased off of Ebay at an amazing price. So here is what I did…

Supplies

• fabric
• saris
• thread
• pins
• sewing machine
• old tree skirt
• pom poms

The Process

I started out with some beautiful Sari fabric that I bought off of Ebay.

I used this tree skirt as a the base onto which I sewed my fabric.

I cut a large piece off fabric, pinned it down and used a embroidery stitch on my machine to sew the fabric to the base.

After all my fabric pieces were added.

At the end, I decided I to add some pom poms for embellishment.

Just a few close-ups

 

 

 

PaperArsty Guest Christmas Post

Happy 1 week until Christmas! Can you believe it? Today I am over at the PaperArtsy Blog sharing an altered December Daily album. Here is a little sneak peek of what you will see. Thanks for stopping.

Vintage Santa Shadow Box

I love the little vintage toys that are part of the Toy Emporium stamp set by Artistic Outpost. I clustered them in the lower right hand corner of the shadow box ad-mists the tulle and flowers.

The leaves were cut out using the fancy foliage die. I added some Stickles to the leaves for sparkle. The background of the box has been painted with gesso and acrylic paint before adding stamping. Thanks for looking!

Christmas Girls

Welcome! I can’t believe it is already the second week of December. I guess that means I should share a Christmas project. I made this card for Artistic Outpost using the new Toy Emporium Stamps. I love these stamps because they are so nostalgic and vintage in appearance. I hope you are enjoying the holidays with your family!

Artistic Outpost New Release!

    I am loving this new vintage Christmas set! Using the little girl and the sentiment, I made a tag pouch, but I am not sharing the tag just yet. My background was made using paints. I embossed the script in dark green. My embellishments include two doily dies, (this Doily is my favorite from ODBD) stickles, and a lot of white flowers.

   Another one of the amazing sets in this release. Who doesn’t love a beautiful dress form? My background is patterned paper with drippy paints. To embellish I added more die cuts.  Can you tell I love those doilies? I used the Vintage Ephemera paper pad for the center doily. I kept the focus on that beautiful dress form embellished with some netting and a flower.
  And one more picture.

Prize Information:
  Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $15 Artistic Outpost Gift Certificate, good towards the purchase of AO Stamps.  You have until October 9, 2015 at 10:00 PM CDT to leave comments on the participating designers blogs for a chance to win! Three random winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winners will be announced on the AO Blog on October 10, 2015, be sure to check back there to see if you have won!

  Now hop along to all the designers to see loads of inspiration. Don’t forget to comment for a chance to win!
Also, you can also order Artistic Outpost products from the ODBD website, so you can save on shipping if ordering ODBD, NCC and AO products.

Tracy
Kate – you are HERE
Shari
Terry
Lisa

Artistic Outpost Blog Hop

    Welcome to June’s blog hop for Artistic Outpost. Our theme is Holiday Stamps. I used the Christmas Chalk stamp set. I embossed the frame and then stamped a snowflake in the background. I sprayed to bring out the embossing in the background and then layered a few die cuts before adding my flowers and sentiment.

    Please hop along to all the Design Team blogs for more Holiday inspired projects.

Terry
Tracy
Shari
Kate- you are Here
Gerrie
Lisa

‘End of the Year’ I Am Roses Blog Hop

  WELCOME! to the I Am Roses “End of the Year” Blog Hop. You should be coming from Aliscia’s blog.

      Over at I Am Roses we are moving our challenge to the 15th of every month instead of the first. This month’s theme is anything goes.
     I am using some simple but lovely mini roses on my card front. I could see these in a bunch, tied with a pretty ribbon and attached to the top of those homemade gifts.
     The stamps are from the Serenity, Christmas Chalk and Paper Boy collections by Artistic Outpost.
    Check out the Challenge for a chance to win free flowers.

Here’s how for your chance to win:

Hop along to each of the Designers’ blogs and be sure to comment on their individual “End of the Year” Blog Post
There are 2 HIDDEN BLOG CANDY PRIZES up for grabs in TWO of our hoppers’ blogs!
Be sure to Subscribe/Follow the I Am Roses Challenge Blog (http://iamroses-challenge.blogspot.com/).
Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning the prize package.
Comments will be CLOSED on 11:59pm PST on on 11:59pm PST on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st
We will be randomly selecting 2 winners from the comments on two of the blogs and will announce the winners on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.

Next up is…Sharon

In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the I Am Roses Design Team hopping today:

Jo: http://www.paperdrama.blogspot.com/
Tamara: http://handmadebytamara.blogspot.com/
Ivett: http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/
Marisa: http://maribellscrapsportugal.blogspot.com/
Aliscia: http://iscraphappy1.blogspot.com/
Kate: https://scrapyardthe.wordpress.com/
Sharon: http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Christmas Tradition

        Hello! I am sharing a Christmas tag using some flowers and leaves from I Am Roses. I used the curly pedaled gardenias (a favorite), a lilly, mini roses, and fern leaves.
     The stamps are from Artistic Outpost. I used the stamp sets Ephemera Backgrounds and Generation Redux.
      Have a great week!

Christmas Wonderland

    Welcome! Today is this months challenge over at the I Am Roses Challenge Blog. I made a Christmas tag using some gorgeous flowers. I used stamps by Artistic Outpost from the Christmas Chalk, Serenity, and Wonderland Collage.
      Check out the blog to see more inspiring Christmas tags.

October Artistic Outpost Blog Hop

      Today I am sharing a card I made for the Artistic Outpost blog hop. Our theme is Winter. I used the Christmas Chalkboard stamp set for the background and sentiment. The main image is from the Paper Boy set.
    Visit the Design Team members to get some Winter themed  inspiration.
Tracy
Terry
Kate-You are here
Lisa
Gerrie
Linda

Rudolph Day

    Happy Tuesday! I got another Christmas card completed! I love this Rudolph Day. It is such a motivator to get ahead even if it is just a few projects.
   It helps being able to use up images on my desk. Who said Christmas cards have to have Santa on them??

And here is a Steampunk Christmas tag. Might look cute on a masculine gift.

And another card.

Hope you are enjoying the first week of spring.
  Kate

Cards

        I have been inspired by my friend Hettie to play along with Rudolph Day every month. It is were you create Christmas related cards and such on the 25th of each month. It feels nice to get a head start.

   
   I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Snowman Ornament

A last minute ornament using stamps from Artistic Outpost. I used the Chalkboard Christmas plate for the snowman and the background. I layers some chipboard pieces, a diecut frame and lots of flowers. I added a little glitter. Who doesn’t love sparkle on their tree?

My friend gave me some small vintage Christmas balls so I added them to the bottom with some baker’s twine.

Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. I will be working my way around to your blogs this week. Life gets crazy before Christmas, but I am sure you all know that. Happy Weekend!
Kate

Merry Little Christmas

     Another fun Christmas card for Artistic Outpost. I used Wendy Vecchi inks to stamp my images from the Chalkboard Christmas plate.
   Happy Wednesday!

Santa Card

    Hey everyone! I bettcha all thought I died. Its been about 2 weeks since my last post. I haven’t done much crafting (maybe 2 days) during that time so that is why I have been silent. I got some good crafty time in today so I will have some new things to share later this week.
    I love the Christmas sentiment on this card from the Chalkboard Christmas plate by Artistic Outpost. I layered some papers and added a tin pin. Easy but I like it.
   Don’t forget to check out the store at Artistic Outpost. They are having a 15% sale on all stamps through November 18th. To get the coupon code visit the AO Blog. Get started on your Christmas shopping.
   Enjoy the rest of your weekend!