Beary Cute Mug Rug...Winter Coffee Lovers Hop

It's DAY 3 of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm back with my third treat to share...This time, it's not a card.  It's a cute little Mug Rug created especially for...ME!  

Did you know I'm a bear collector?  On top of all the stamps, inks and other crafty things I *collect*, one of the most special collections I have is my collection of stuffed bears.  I love them!  The little bear in this photo is actually my Mom's childhood bear (and christening gown) and because I'm a teddy bear collector, she gave it to me.  It's one of my most treasured possessions.   

I decided to create a little Teddy Bear Mug Rug using an adorable Teddy Bear stamp called Beary Best.  It's such an adorable stamp and It worked well on my fabric design.  Oh, and those cookies, I made them today.  They're actually heading to my classroom for a fun Paint Your Own Cookie event this week.  They're pretty tasty!

So wanna know how I created this adorable quilted mug rug?  Well, first, I colored some cotton fabric (an old sheet) using some Sweet Berry Splash.  I have a collection of jars filled with water and Splashes in my fridge and they come in handy when I want to dye some fabric.  I heat set the color and then stamped the bear onto the fabric.  I heat set the bears too.

After that, I painted a light coating of reinker on the fabric.  In hindsight, I probably wouldn't do that again because the reinker bled a bit.  It was ok since the bear is a bit on the shabby side anyway.
See how the color bled a bit.  It's because of the oil in the reinker.  When I was light-handed on the ink it was ok, but when I added too much ink on my brush, it bled.

I do love how the Splash created a marbleized/tiedyed effect on the fabric!

After finishing my fabric design, it was time to sew it together. For the backing, I selected some fabric remnants that belonged to my grandma.  I also added some cotton batting and sewed it up on my sewing machine.  After it was sewn together, I used a meandering stitch all over the fabric to quilt the layers together.

After finishing the stitch work, I focused on a little girly pleated ruffle on one edge.  My needle broke right when I was done adding the pleats so I had to add a temporary pink bow to finish it off.  

I hope you enjoyed today's Winter Project.  It's such a fun little cookie/hot chocolate mat!  Tomorrow I'll be back to share the Beary Cute card and another tasty treat!  :)  Now back to hopping!  

Summer Coffee Lovin'! BLOG HOP

Wahoo!  I'm excited to participate in another fabulous Coffee Lovers Hop and I've got an EXCITING announcement.  I'm thrilled to announce that I'm a FLASH PRIZE SPONSOR and a SUPER SPONSOR for the hop.  I'll be offering some BRAND SPANKIN' NEW Fun Stampers Journey products shared just last week at convention in Arizona.  To share the fun and excitement of the new catalog and products debuted at convention, I'll be offering the following items:  

Flash Prize:  $25.00 Gift Certificate to use in my Fun Stampers Journey Shop (US CUSTOMERS ONLY)

Super Sponsor Prize:  A special COFFEE LOVERS Red Rubber Cling Mount set called "Hey Sugar"

This is a BRAND NEW set that will be available July 1 to US customers when our new catalog is released.  

Sooooo!!! Join the fun!  Link up your cards/layouts/mixed media projects that relate to COFFEE, TEA and/or COCOA!  

Here are the deets of the hop:  

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

When:  Friday, June 17 to Friday, June 24

Theme:  Summer

Use:  Coffee, Tea, Cocoa images

Social Media Tag:  #summerclh

Links:  

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

ADD YOUR LINKIES HERE

Winners will be posted on the blog Sunday, June 26.  

FLASH SPONSOR PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN:  June 22 and 24.  WINNERS will be posted to the public FB group and included in my post on Sunday, June 26.  

All week I'll be sharing a new fun and fabulous creation for the hop.

I hope you come back each and every day to check out my creations!  I'll be hopping along too...I believe we'll hit the hop record this time...Let's do 1000 link ups! WAHOO!

So here's my first link up and a sneaky-peekie for you!  I'm playing with a couple brand new products in our new catalog that will be officially released July 1.  I was so excited to attend convention where I could play with and purchase some new stamp sets and products!  I was THRILLED to find a COFFEE set available for purchase and I was even able to pick up TWO!!!  One for me, one for YOU!?!  The stars were aligned for us coffee crafters.  

I used the new set called Hey Sugar!  It's one of two brand new coffee loving stamp sets in the new catalog.  WAHOO!  I also used our brand spankin' new Pan Pastels!  They are soooo soft, silky and smooth!  Notice the backdrop?  That's new paper too.  It comes from our new Faith Journey Line.  

My Bloom Wall Stencil was used with some Brushed Gold Pan Pastels to create a light shimmery effect on the background.  I also used this shimmery powder on the vellum and the embellishing papers.  

The little embellishment was created using our Border Basics Die set and a coffee filter spruced up with a dusting of Pan Pastels.  Excuse my fingerprint on the coffee pot.  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be back again tomorrow to share another project using this stamp set.