For the Love of Paper: Stitching

Oooh, it's time to kick off the next year worth of posts for We R Memory Keepers! I am thrilled to be a part of the team again this year! There are SO many wonderful new products ahead and I cannot wait to share them with you!!

Up today on the We R Memory Keepers blog is the Precision Press Advanced. This stamping platform can change how you stamp and just wait until you see the new tools coming out to go with it! I am BLOWN AWAY! Hint-stencils!!!!

I used the Precision Press Advanced to help me perfectly line up my stamp on my die cut heart. Because I don't know about you, but I have ruined about a million and a half cards and die cuts over the years by missing. There is nothing worse! Head over to the blog to read more about how to never ruin a card again!

I also took another new tool for a spin on this card- the Stitch Happy Pen! I have another post coming soon with it! And be sure and follow me on Instagram, @kimberlystamps, to watch videos with tips and tricks for all these great tools!

Sincerely Yours,

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Its time! The May release is now live in the MFT Store! Go have fun shopping! I will wait here, as always. And if for some reason, you need a little more inspiration first, scroll down and check out all the fun ideas I have for you today!

First up today, Die-namics Tool Time and a fun card to give to your sweetie.

Die-namics Tool Time has all the pieces to create these tools. But what sets is apart is, all the layers you can create. See the handle on the screwdriver? Its a separate piece that can be layered on the base image. The color combos are limitless, and like I did on my card yesterday, can be designed to match the tools in your love's stash. For my tools, I combined Black Licorice, Steel Grey, and Steel Blue cardstocks.

And if you have tools, you must have a tool belt! I used the small angled piece from Blueprints 15 to create two pockets from Primitive White cardstock. To create some realistic texture, I stamped them with Linen Background in Grout Grey ink. Scoring the inside and outside edges, along with inking those score lines, added more depth. Each of the pockets was adhered to a base strip of Primitive White cardstock. To finish off the tool holder, a piece of twill tape was adhered across the top and a knot tied in the end.

The sentiment is from Let's Tool Around, stamped in my I-can't-put-this-ink-down-favorite-black-ink-forever-and-ever, Hybrid Black Licorice ink. The hearts are from Beautiful Baby and were stamped in Brick Red ink.

To create a shirt behind the tool pocket, I cut a piece of patterned paper. I distressed the edge of a left over strip of the same patterned paper and adhered it to the center. The buttons were die cut from Primitive White cardstock using Die-namics Suit and Tie. A small piece of thread was placed in the button holes.

The inside has a strip of patterned paper and also a strip of Primitive White cardstock that has been stamped with the nuts border from Let's Tool Around.

The second set of Die-namics I am featuring today is, Die-namics Pegboard Cover-Up. This one is cool. Yes, the idea was to have the awesome tools from Die-namics Tool Time hang from it, which is brilliant, but if you know me, you know that I have to find out what else I can do with my dies! :) Not too long ago, in my Pinterest searching, I found an amazing wall hanging that looked like cross stitch. Turns out it was and they created it by stitching on pegboard! Why not stitch through this Pegboard?