Hello out there! It’s Courtney Lee here from Court’s Crafts with a house warming gift pillow and tag tutorial!
First up: the pillow. I had a couple of these pillow inserts lying around due to hating the covers that we bought ages ago. I couldn’t bear to throw the inserts away so they have been moving from house to house and finally I found some inspiration in this subway art!
First cut out a large rectangular piece of material that would enclose your pillow. Think about how you wrap a gift to determine your size and add a little for the envelope closure as you will sew the edges down.
Next sew the short ends (not the long end). Press with an iron to get all the wrinkles out. (I know. I know. I hate ironing too. tee hee.)
Cut out all of your words on your Silhouette Cameo using this Family Subway Art cut file from The Story of Our Family collection. I used different iron on colors to match the subway art!
I arranged them all on the same mat so that I didn’t have to keep loading and unloading mats. Here it is all weeded and the words cut up.
Arrange the words and iron onto your pillow making sure that no clear transfer plastic stuff is on top of any of the iron on parts. I recommend just ironing the words on individually.
Here is a better picture with truer colors of the iron on.
I sewed three buttons on for extra love. I really hate button-sewing but actually found this quite therapeutic!
Sew your envelope pillow case shut and either enjoy it or give it away as a house warming gift!
Here is my finished tag:
I used the new Holiday Tags Dies Set to cut some cute pieces for my tag. Then I glued them together.
I decided I wanted to have a big tag base so I cut a piece of the teal/mustard cardstock at 4 3/8” x 2 3/4”. I dovetailed the end and then punched a hole to overlap with the rest of my tag.
Next I used washi tape to hold down the Modern Chevron Stencil so I could use embossing paste.
Un-tape it and set it aside to dry for a couple of hours. Tip: I usually do my embossing paste step at night so I can just let it dry while I am sleeping. Here is what it looks like even with translucent embossing paste right after you finish it. It’s opaque. But don’t worry! It dries a gorgeous clear. Also notice how when I pulled up the washi tape that some of the edge got torn? My fault. Don’t worry! We’ll cover it up! :)
Cut a piece of the red polka dot patterned paper to die cut “home” out of. I used the 6x6 paper pad so the print was small.
I punched a hole in the base and added the telephone brad (how cute is that!?!) and then popped very carefully “home” up onto the tag base. Layer the whole thing onto the embossing paste base.
Wrap brown raffia ribbon around the base of the tag and secure with a bow to hide the mistake. :) Tie a different kind of ribbon through the top and tie a ribbon around it and secure in a bow.
Now wouldn’t this make such an awesome gift for a family who has just gotten into a new home? I’ll admit it… I’m keeping this one for myself. ;) It now graces my sofa.
Pillow Supplies:
Echo Park Shape#89318 Family Subway Art
Silhouette Cameo
Silhouette Heat Transfer Material in teal
Silhouette Heat Transfer Material in brown
Silhouette Heat Transfer Material in dark green
Silhouette Heat Transfer Material in yellow
Heat Transfer Material in grey
buttons
thread (white and brown)
sewing machine
iron and ironing board
Tag Supplies:
TSY92006 The Story Of Our Family Word Art
TSY92018 The Story Of Our Family Teal/Mustard
TSY92008 The Story Of Our Family Houses
TSY92023 The Story of Our Family 6x6 Paper Pad
TSY92039 The Story Of Our Family Modern Chevron Stencil
TSY92034 The Story Of Our Family Home Sweet Home Die Set
TSY92020 The Story Of Our Family Decorative Brads
EPPDIE284 Holiday Tags Die Set
May Arts Ribbon
Embossing Paste (Translucent)
Washi Tape
Foam Dimensional Tape