Thursday 29 August 2013

A sweet page with stitching


Here's a scrapbook page I completed this week. I am really enjoying stitching on pages and I think it worked particularly well here.  

I used a mist spray with a butterfly stencil to add to the patterned paper background. The butterfly mask is an acetate one I found on Ebay, which is described as an airbrush stencil. It's not as sturdy as the Crafters Workshop type stencil but does the job well.


After I had added the layers of papers and embellishments I sketched out the design for the stitching on the back of the page. It's based on a motif in the book "Doodle Stitching" by Aimee Ray. I bought this book ages ago and then wondered why I had. Now I know!


I thought the finished page needed a little more texture and so I used my sewing machine to stitch on some daisy lace and a strip of felt.


A little button finished off the stitched motif. I loved sewing on the page - look out for more stitching on pages soon!


7 comments:

  1. Beautiful I love all that stitching it's amazing Emy :)

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  2. Gorgeous page Emy, lovely stitching & love the colours too.
    Cxx

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  3. The stitching looks super on this layout. Did you do it by hand?

    :)

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  4. Hi Tracey, yes it's by hand. I'm not that neat on the machine!

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  5. Love it Emy. Especially like how you've offset the sundae glass stitching so it goes onto the photo - it works well. The addition of the lace and felt is gorgeous. x

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  6. Love this! Great arrangement and colours :) Love how tactile it is, too.

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    1. Thanks Ashley - I'm a big fan of your scrapbooking!

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