Stitched Plaid

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I am LOVIN’ the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper lately! I’ve been using it a lot and just keep getting ideas to use it even more! Maybe it’s because the weather is getting cooler and I’m inspired by the autumn air.

Over at the As You See It Challenge Blog, we have a theme challenge for you today!

You could use stamps or die cuts that feature sewing, use die-cuts that have a stitched edge, maybe even put some fabric on your card or lay out paper in a quilting pattern. So many options!

What came immediately to my mind when I saw the theme, though, was doing some actual sewing on my card. I love the look of dies with the stitched edges, but nothing looks quite as cool as real, live, 3D stitching with thread. I don’t do it often because it’s not always convenient to pull out my sewing machine, bu-uut … it just so happened that I’d been doing a bit of sewing lately and my machine was already out!

I used a Crumb Cake card base with a strip of one of the plaid patterns from the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper glued on the bottom. The rounded corners were created using the Detailed Trio Punch. I cut a rectangle from a different pattern of plaid paper and stitched with white thread around the edges with my sewing machine. Then I distressed the edges of that piece, stamped the thank you sentiment from the Beautiful Autumn stamp set on the bottom right corner in Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink and adhered it to my card base.

The Beautiful Autumn stamp set is available in the Beautiful Autumn Bundle with the Autumn Punch Pack. Buying them together saves you 10%, so of course I chose to save money by getting the bundle! I used one of the leaf punches and punched three leaves from different cardstock colours: Rich Razzleberry, Bumblebee, and Cajun Craze. Each leaf was adhered to a 1″ square of Sahara Sand cardstock and was stitched through the center with my sewing machine. A bit finicky to do with such a small square of paper, but definitely do-able!

Those little squares were then glued, a bit askew, to some 1-1/4″ Whisper White cardstock squares and adhered to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The final touch was to add some Artistry Blooms Sequins.

I officially LOVE this card and, since my sewing machine is all ready to go, will make a few more!