Designer Spotlight - Simon Says Stamp Week 2

Hello Friends!

I am very excited to share my second project in the

for Simon Says Stamp!!  I am still pinching myself at this amazing opportunity!  

The challenge for this week is 'Touchy Feely' and I took challenge quite literally and created a wonderfully soft to the touch Journal, using the Taylored Expressions Felt Bundle, Eileen Hull's Journal die along with Eileen's Stitchy Flowers and Leaf Thinlits dies.

I wish you could touch this, to see just how wonderful it feels!  I have a few step out photos to show you how this came together.

The gorgeous Taylored Expressions Felt Bundle is made from wool and comes in several colours, I chose the red bundle which incorporates three different reds - each sheet is the perfect size to cover one set of Eileen Hull's Journal die cuts.  

I adhered the felt to the die I used Dina Wakley Gel Medium, ensuring I spread the medium well around all of the edges and especially where the join is on the spine.  I left it to dry flat overnight and then I simply poked through the spine holes with a pokey tool.

I took the darker shade of red and die cut six flowers (the largest one) and a stamen from Eileen's Stitchy Flowers and Leaf Thinlits die and also a plain cream ball that I had in my stash.

To create each petal I folded one flower in half, then folded one third over (as shown above) and then folded the last third under.  As the felt is quite thick, I stitched each petal at the base to hold the shape.

I cut one more flower for the base and used hot glue to glue each of the six petals to the base.

I stitched the stamen into the centre of the flower.

I added a felt ball which I top stitched with Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements black thread and created a french knot in the middle before stitching the ball to the flower.

To finish off I added a piece of lace from my stash, the closure is cut from the same shade of red as the flower.  The closure was created using some red yarn and a felt ball from my stash. I also added some Tim Holtz Quote Chips.

I had so much fun creating my Journal that I just had to make another one!

The blanket stitch edging was created using the Tim Holtz thread and I wanted to see if I could use die cuts to decorate the front. I used a Tim Holtz Elastic Loop for the closure.  The 'journal' lettering is made up from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts.

I put a piece of Stick-It onto a square of Taylored Expressions Black Felt and die cut using Tim Holtz Wildflowers #2 die.  It was a bit fiddly removing the backing but once released I applied the flowers to my Journal.  I love the black against the beautiful red!

I am not really into junk journals as such and I tend to keep the insides fairly plain as you can see above.  I added three Kraft card covered signatures to each Journal.

Here's a final look at the journals side by side...

I hope you enjoyed seeing my touchy feely journals and that you feel inspired to join in the
 'Touchy Feely' Challenge at
  

There is always a fabulous prize of

I have listed below, the items I used, from Simon Says Stamp...

As always, thank you for stopping by, I look forward to seeing you again soon!

Hugs, Anne xx

Products from Simon Says Stamp:

Eileen Hull Journal die

Eileen Hull Stitchy Flower die set

Tim Holtz Wildflowers #2

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts

Taylored Expressions Felt Bundle - Red

Taylored Expressions Felt Bundle - Black

Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements thread

Dina Wakley Gel Medium

Stick It

Tim Holtz Elastic Loops

Ranger Kraft card for signatures