Sunday, April 21, 2013

Friends with Flair: Stitched Sunrays

How many kinds of creating do you enjoy? One of the things I like to do in addition to cardmaking is sewing, so sewing on paper was a natural combination of the two for me. You can see here, here and here that I've done this before, so when a call came up for a swap on the scrapzee board for sewing (real or faux) on cards...I jumped on board! 

I trolled the web and Pinterest looking for ideas, and ultimately decided to use the sunburst style on this card. I cut the rays and background on my Silhouette, then layered them and took them to my sewing machine to stitch around the rays. I don't think it shows in the pictures, but I used a variegated thread to stitch with. I layered the stitched fronts onto a black card.



Dh thought they looked kind of neat just as they were, but I had a different look in mind. I cut a shape with a punch, and used my favorite circle sentiment set as the focal point...but could not decide which sentiment to use...



So I made three of them to send with the card base for the swap, and the recipient may use whichever one fits their occasion best!



Supplies:
  • cardstock: cream (Coredinations), black (unknown)
  • patterned paper: K&Company
  • stamps: Unity Stamp Co
  • punch: EK Success (bracket frame), McGill (circles)
  • ink: Tsuneiko
  • cut file: Silhouette America
  • thread: Maxilock
Thanks for stopping by!

Meredith
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19 comments:

  1. Saba MusharrifApril 22, 2013 at 4:06 AM

    simple yet amazing! love the layout

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  2. RachelApril 25, 2013 at 1:54 PM

    Wow, fab card! Love the design.

    Thank you for sharing with us at My Time to Craft this week, Wedgie xxx

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  3. KaryApril 26, 2013 at 9:38 AM

    Meredith, Love the sunburst background and your sewing!! Those circle sentiments are perfect with the sunburst design.

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  4. libbymApril 26, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    wow! Those sentiment circles are perfect for that sunburst! I always love sewing done on paper.. and it is perfect here!! Beautiful!

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  5. michibApril 26, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    What a great idea to send all three sentiments. Love the design and the colours.

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  6. MariaApril 26, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Great idea! Love what you did using the inspiration!

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  7. MiwaApril 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    Awesome card! The stitching looks great!

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  8. RubyApril 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    Lovely card. Great design.

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  9. Angeline ChooApril 26, 2013 at 11:50 AM

    The stitching is so cool ! Love the card

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  10. sweetscrappingmaApril 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    Great idea love the card

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  11. MaryApril 26, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    Great design! Love all the stitching.

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  12. MichelleApril 26, 2013 at 8:19 PM

    How neat! Love the 3 choices!

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  13. CynthiaApril 26, 2013 at 8:38 PM

    Really great design and coloring, Meredith.

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  14. GwenApril 26, 2013 at 10:29 PM

    Ok, this is so cool! Love your stitching and the center panels are super classy looking!

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  15. Jackie SApril 27, 2013 at 7:10 AM

    I have these stamps are and always stumped. Great idea

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  16. SherylKApril 27, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    WOWWIE WOW WOW!!! I love it!

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  17. Julie OdilApril 27, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    That is an original, cool idea! I love interchangeable sentiments. And the sewing is fantastic!

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  18. Scrapper MyraApril 28, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    Oh. This is very cool dear. Love these rays and the sentiments.

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  19. PrynMay 2, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    What a super fabulous card! The stitching looks awesome and I love how you can change the sentiments! I even think the shaped sentiments would make awesome mini cards too :)

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