Thursday, September 8, 2011

A stitch or two will do

Why hello there!

Today I've got a card for the new Stitch it Up Challenge over at Some Odd Girl.
Yep, that's right... we want to see you make stitching a big center of attention on your card. It can be hand stitching, machine stitching, faux stitching, or heck a combo of them all! Just don't hide it!

Now guess which of the three ways of achieving this look I went with? Remember... I'm a
laaaaazy crafter, LOL! If you guessed faux stitching then you get a gold star. Yep, believe it or not there isn't a single stitch of actual thread on this card. Instead, I raided my handy dandy stash of rub-ons and found these awesome 'stitched' pumpkins and alphas that I just knew I had to use for a funky Halloween card.
Being very much in the Halloween spirit of things I really wanted to color up Witchy Tia. She is an oldie but goodie
digi image from Some Odd Girl but I had to have her for some of my cards this year.
I just think that she and her kitty friend are totally adorable! I ended up printing them out a bit on the smaller side since so much of the card was already being taken up by my 'stitching'. But I think it gives them the appearance of flying past us at a distance. :)

Alrighty, time for you to pick up the needle and thread (or not heehee) and take on the challenge! You've got until September 20th to enter a card for a chance at winning a fab prize and while you don't have to use a SOG image to qualify, you do get an extra name in the hat come drawing time if you do. :)

Have fun and good luck!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Witchy Tia)
Colorbox black pigment ink
The Twinery twine
EK Success border punch
Autumn Leaves stitching rub-ons
Creative Cafe rub-on stitches
Kaiser Craft gems
Sharpie White marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E31, e23, E57
eyes- YG03, YG95, YG99
clothes- W5, W7, W9, YR14, YR18, E19, V06, V09, YR21, YR24, YG25, YG67, Y38, YR04
cat- N1, N3, N5
broom- E55, E77, Y21

29 comments:

chrilvian said... 1

oooooo she is cute
thanks for showing
i have some digies in my head, but didnt know about this one
hmmm think-im-going to shopppp
great card

Chris_P said... 2

This is sooo cool!!!

Liliya said... 3

Beauty!!! Very cute card! Love your colouring!

Hlora said... 4

wow! Fantastic stitching! Maybe I will try to make the same oneday. Thanks for your creative works!)) Love your cards! The images are so cute! Love all of them! ))

Heidi Brawley said... 5

Ohhh this card is Awesome!!! She is a cutie too. I am not a huge fan of Some Odd Girl but this Witchy Tia is very adorable!!! Your cards are always sooo inspiring too!
Hugs, Heidi B.

Robin said... 6

Super fun card!!

corryskaart said... 7

hoi amy
weer een prachtige kaart met dat borduursel maar zelf kan ik dat niet omdat ik maar een oog hebt:-))
groetjes van corry

Shaela said... 8

This is sooo cute! Love that adorable witch stamp, and I would NEVER have guessed that the stitching wasn't real! :)

RiNNE said... 9

Fantastic card, Amy! The stitching challenge was well executed! Those rub-ons came in handy! Witch Tis is adorable (can u say that about a witch?).

Lau W said... 10

Oh this is creative, superb card with this sweet stamp, love the little cat :-))
xxx

SuiLan said... 11

Wow your cards are soooo beautiful!

Jenny said... 12

OMG- love this! AND I was totally fooled by your faux stitching!

Cindy H. said... 13

Love this adorable card!! This sweet image and your gorgeous coloring - Wow! I was amazed that the stitching wasn't real.

Danni said... 14

So very adorable!! and so clever to use rub-ons as they look so much like real stitching!!

Shazza said... 15

fab card, the image is so adorable x

Anne said... 16

wow very cool Amy. A great card
Anne x

Elena said... 17

Oh Amy this card is super!! I love it, totally deeply love it! The sweet witch is soooo cute (it's on my purchases-list from the first visit on SOG) and the way you found to use stitching is... fabolous!

Hugs,
Elena

Crafty Loops said... 18

Amy I would have sworn blind that you had stitched every bit on this card!! Those rub-ons are awesome, I have never seen any like those before. What a terrific card. Lee xx

Mimi said... 19

Amy, I seriously thought it was real stitching, and in such a sweet technique! Adorable Tia couldn't be any cuter! TFS! ;)

kris said... 20

this is waaaay cool!!! it really looks like you stitched the card!! how wonderful is that! i really like this... has a fun, kiddy feel to it!! =D

Craftdee said... 21

Now this is REALLY my kinda stitching!! Don't even have to do all the little dashes, yay! The fact that it looks FAB is such a bonus :-) Love it, TFS, Dee

gobeagirl said... 22

Amy I think I am brain dead today. I forgot that I actually got the chance to see this card this morning but had no time to tell just how cute I think it is. I love your sticker stitches. What a fun idea. I don't have any of the Odd girl stamps, but I love their eyes and I really need to splurg on some. lol... One of these days I will be a millionair and I will come and get you and we will fly to the Greeting Farm home office. lol and of course any where else you would like to go. heehee. I think I am tired. Have a great night. Hugs, Lisa

Cor* said... 23

R U freakin kidding me! No thread. SHUDDUP!!! LOL this is totally wicked ! Great coloring! You? A lazy crafter? for real!?1!? You amaze me daily girl!

Iverova said... 24

Oh, I love, love,love this card!!! It's gorgeous Amy!!!! Hugs!!

Lou Mac said... 25

Rub-ons?! You gotta be kidding me. It all looks like THREAD!! Such a neat effect!!
I love the small size of Tia and your colouring is freakin' awesome - as always!!

I love the three little baker twine bows and the added bling!! So neat.

xo

Yani said... 26

Super cute!! What a fun idea!! Really, your card looks amazing :-)

donna mikasa said... 27

What an adorable image! And I LOVE that faux stitching--that's my kind of sewing, too! The twine is a yummy touch! Love this!

Vera Yates (Ling) said... 28

Amy, this is so cute! Love your stitched pumpkin!

Leanne said... 29

I was going to say, wow if you could stitch like that I'm throwing my machine away!! hahaha.. pure genius Amy! I think little Tia is adorable, with her cute little kitty friend just flying by on her broom. Fun card! ;)