Stitching, Faux or Real, for MMM #241
Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #240. Our host for this challenge, Dawn, chose Stitching, Faux or Real for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!
Here are three of my recent Christmas cards with faux stitching:
The first card was made using the Frozen Edges die, retired Balmy Blue and white ribbon, and the snowflake stamp from the Frozen Edges stamp set, which has become unavailable. However, there are other stamp sets with snowflakes, so all is well. Life is good.
- The Balmy Blue base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
- The white cardstock for the outside measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8
- The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
- The snowflake edge is from Balmy Blue measuring 5-3/8 inches high
- HINT: It’s much, much easier to trim the paper before you crop the edges because trying to trim the paper after it’s cropped tends to rip the ends ~ trust me
- After rubbing down the outside cardstock with your embossing buddy, randomly stamp the snowflakes on the cardstock using VersaMark ink
- Cover the snowflakes with clear embossing powder and heat set with your heat tool
- My snowflakes have a light blue tint because I made a mess with Night of Navy ink, but I think it turned out to be a happy accident
- After rubbing down a scrap piece of Balmy Blue with the embossing buddy, stamp the sentiment from the Greetings of the Season stamp set using VersaMark ink
- Cover the sentiment with white embossing powder and set with a heat tool
- Crop the sentiment using the largest square from the Stylish Shapes die set
- Add dimensionals under the sentiment square to adhere to the front of the card
- I stamped snowflakes on the envelope flap
- All in all, a simple layout which creates an elegant Christmas card
The second and third cards come from Karen Titus of Stamping on the Back Porch. You can find that video tutorial here.
I’ve already posted two sets of cards using this layout, which you can find here, here, and here. I love that one 6 x 6 inch piece of DSP can be used on 4 cards.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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