Spellbinders | Stitched Petal Bloom

Hello there, I hope you are well. Today I have a tag to share using the Stitched Petal Bloom dies from Spellbinders. This set creates a huge flower with lots of petals. I didn't realise initially that it is aimed for scrapbooking (hence the size of it!) but you can just use the inside pieces of the flower and leaves too, which makes for a smaller project more suited to cards and tags. 

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I started off by die cutting the Spellbinders Stitched Petal Bloom Etched Dies from cardstock. I cut the larger piece (that will be my sunflower petals) from Spellbinders Beeswax Cardstock, the flower centre from Spellbinders Latte Cardstock and the leaves from Spellbinders Peridot Cardstock. I also cut the back solid pieces from the same colour of cardstock. 

I added ink blending to the stitched pieces with Altenew Fresh Dye Inks, focussing the colour around the edges of the die cuts. For extra stability whilst stitching, I cut the flower and centre again from the same cardstock and adhered them together (so that they are two layers thick). This helps to prevent bending of the cardstock when sewing. I then grabbed my blunt ended needle and DMC Floss and started stitching. 

I used Variegated Yellow for the sunflower, Light Mocha Brown for the centre and Light Chartreuse for the leaves. I adhered the floss to the back of the die cuts when stitched with thin Best Ever Craft Tape. They were then adhered to the back layers with Bearly Art Glue. I cut a piece of cardstock to 2.5" x 3.5" and then cut the top using the Spellbinders 3-in-1 Tag Punch. The leaves were adhered to the tag with Bearly Art Glue and the flower with foam tape. 

For the sentiment, I hot foiled the Spellbinders Making Me Smile Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set using Champagne Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. The sentiments were cut out using the coordinating die (they are all on one plate) and then I cut another two layers of the 'many thanks' sentiment and adhered them behind the foiled one before adhering to the tag.  To finish, I threaded black twine through the top of the tag and tied in a bow. 

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I am hoping that I may get a chance to make the full flower and frame it to use it as a home decor piece. It does look really pretty in the previews on the Spellbinders site! I love that you can use different elements from the set though to suit your needs. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!