Sunday, December 28, 2014

One stitch at a time at OSAAT!

OSAAT December Prize Pack
This fortnight at One Stitch at a Time (OSAAT), our theme is Stitching. StitchyBear's Digi Outlet has hundreds of digital products from many wonderful artists. Even if you don't use a store image, you'll still be in the drawing to win the super-duper December prize pack.

I used the sweet Birds with Leaves from Gingerloft along with a lot of hand-stitching to create this texture-filled card:

I printed the digi stamp onto a linen-textured cardstock and colored it with Copics. I cut the piece out with a decorative die. I made a dotted border around the bird in InDesign so that it was easy for me to create the holes with an awl and hand-stitch the border with a mix of silver & blue threads. I used a needle to poke stitching holes on the image itself, and hand-stitched those details with the silver thread.

The sentiment was created in InDesign using the Home Sweet Home font, and also die-cut. I attached it to the card with a pretty stickpin, covering the pointy end with some white ribbon.

I created the background by printing out a stitching template on white cardstock, adhering it to a lovely patterned fabric, and hand-stitching it with silver thread. Time-consuming, but worth it! I pulled out some of the threads on the edges to give with a nice fringe.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Animal Friends Challenge: Everything goes with an animal
Creative Moments: Anything goes / non-traditional Christmas colors
Fairytale Stampers #49: Everything Goes with stamping (digi)



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9 comments:

  1. Love this CG, the frayed material is a fab substitute for design paper, I love using material on my cards too. Great to see so much stitching too :) :) :) Big hugs, Jane xxxx

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  2. Love the use of real fabric and sewing on your card. :)

    TTFN,

    CraftyGirl
    Your Sister OSAAT DT
    craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com

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  3. Toll gemacht. Danke daß du bei den AF mitmachst.
    LG Dreja

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  4. Lovely card.
    Sabina

    http://artbysabina.blogspot.com

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  5. Ein wundervolles und zauberhaftes Werk hast Du da entstehen lassen.
    Hab ganz lieben Dank für Deine Teilnahme bei Animal Friends
    Liebe Grüße
    Vanessa

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  6. Love the texture of your card. Thank you for sharing with Fairytale Stampers - Myrna (GD)

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  7. Great project. The colors are so festive and cheerful. Love the dp that you used. Maggie DT Teamie

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  8. What a wonderful card.
    Thanks for joining us at the Animal Friends.
    Hugs
    Kuni

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  9. Oh, this is really cute!
    Thank you for joining us at Fairytale Stampers!
    Hugs,
    Conny

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