Queen Bee Paper Crafts: Faux Stitching

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Just Inspirational Challenges -- Team B

Thank you to everyone who was able to join Team B at

Just Inspirational Challenges

for our Kraft paper challenge a couple of weeks ago.

There were so many fantastic entries!

Today begins a brand new fortnightly challenge for Team B

with the theme of

Stitching: Real or Faux.

I decided to use faux stitching since my machine
is acting up and I've not taken the time to
figure out what the heck is wrong with it.

Our fantastic sponsor this week is

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

If you're looking for some really playful images,

you need to go check them out!

I received the adorable image "Gnome Sweet Gnome"
to use for this challenge. Just looking at it makes me
smile and hear silly little gnomes laughing and singing.

I've been playing with rosettes
for a tutorial I have planned so be
sure to check back for that.

The ruffle you see on the left side of the image layer is seam binding.
I gathered it by gently pulling on a couple of threads along one side.
If you want a double ruffle, just pull on threads in the center.

Ingredients used to make this card were:

Coloring medium: ProMarkers

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

DSP: Basic Grey "Hey Boy"

Stamps: Michaels Dollar Bin

Seam Binding: Glitter and Kitsch Etsy shop

Rustic twine: Papertrey Ink

Brads: Recollections

Button: my stash

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin -- Anything goes with a twist of family
Party Time Tuesday -- Use twine or hemp
Paper Makeup Stamps -- Stitching
Ooh La La Challenges -- Stitching

This is such a great theme for our new challenge at

Just Inspirational Challenges.

Since there are so many of you that regularly add beautiful stitching

to your cards, I expect this should be a busy one too.

Good luck to all who can join us!

Thanks for spending some time with me today!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Lacy Sunshine, Faux Stitching and OWH Sketch #183

I was hopping around to some of my favorite challenge sites today to see what kind of inspiration I could find. When I visited the

Lacy Sunshine Challenge,

I found what I was looking for. The current challenge is to use Stitching, Real or Faux.

And....

If you use one of Heather's images you will receive

Candi Corn Sticky Wings.

Is she just too cute or what?

This image is also available for sale here in case you're not able to join in the challenge this week.

For this weeks challenge, I used Emily Raindrops mainly because of the David Tutera rhinestone stickers I found in the wedding section at Michaels. I love them so much! The fact that this is a great image is just icing on the cake.

I'm really trying to work on my contribution of cards for

Operation Write Home

so I decided to go with an A2 sized card. I've loosely used their Sketch #183 for my design.

I'll be adding this card to the others made using this sketch from OWH here.

Today, I tried my hand at spotlighting an image. Wish I could remember where I first saw this so I could credit someone with the inspiration! It's really easy. Here's what I did:
I printed out 2 copies, and colored one with my ProMarkers (actually only the part I would be using) then punched it out using a 2.5" Recollections circle punch and last I mounted it onto the non-colored image. I really like the effect this created.

You can see the faux stitching I added around the full image and around the circle. I did a double row around the highlighted area because my first row accidentally went from the top layer to the bottom. No problem! I truly believe there are no mistakes in card making merely additional opportunities for embellishing.

Here's a side view. See those great raindrop shaped rhinestones? Can't wait to use more of those!!