Hi! It's Carly and welcome to our 2nd #throwbackthursdays!
The Craft & Hobby Association recently stated in their summer trend report that stitching is going to be a hot trend in papercrafts for the rest of 2015 so I searched "stitched" and "embroidered" and as you can see by clicking the links below, Julia Stainton & Sharon Harnist are well ahead of the stitching trend!
Hand Stitched Accents by Julia Stainton
Sewing on Cards by Sharon Harnist
Embroidery With Piercing Templates by Sharon Harnist
Sometimes we might not have all of the products in-stock from past blog posts, for example we no longer have the piercing templates Sharon used on her "Embroidery With Piercing Templates" post but we do have other really cute templates that could be substituted. To check out our collection of stitching templates and tools, click this link.
Feeling inspired, I created two different cards with similar techniques using Amy Tangerine's Stitched Embroidery Kit, Hello.
1. On two 4 x 5-1/4 pieces of watercolor paper, I created two quick watercolor backgrounds. One simple rectangle and one quick ombre inspired by this tag by Miss Julie, using Distress Ink Peacock Feathers. My favorite way to watercolor with Distress inks is to swipe my ink pad on my Non-Stick Craft Sheet and then pick up the color with my paint brush.
2. While my backgrounds were drying, I stamped my flowers from the Essentials by Ellen Bold Blooms with Altenew Coral Berry ink and die cut them from the matching die set. I also die cut a couple leaves from the Essentials by Ellen Bold Blossom Stand-Alone set.
3. To create the stitched accents I secured my stitching templates to my watercolored backgrounds and to the stitching mat with a little Micropore Tape but a little washi tape would work well too. Then I used the piercing tool that came with the kit to punch the holes of the design. Once the design was punched, I hand-stitched the designs. Super easy!
4. To complete the ombre background card, I added a few messy dots from the Bold Blooms sets by inking Distress Ink Hickory Smoke and misting with water before stamping. Then I added the stamped and die cut bloom with foam adhesive. And then I mounted it all to a A2 Solar White card.
5. To complete the rectangle background card, I adhered the white leaves to the bloom and then added them both to the background with foam adhesive. Next I added just a few Pretty Pink Posh Flat Charcoal Sequins. And of course, I mounted it all to a A2 Solar White card.
Thanks so much for joining me today!
Carly
