PTI Day 5: Stitching Focus...

PTI is kicking off their March Release. Not only is it their 10th Anniversary Celebration, but they also have a new line up of blog posts every day for 10 days! Lizzie Jones is the Day 5 Guest Blogger Stitching Focus, highlighting the Stitched Coaster Dies. The inspiration photo below shows past projects from some of the other DT members. 

The challenge:  Create a new project using one of the stitching projects from above as your inspiration. 

I got ideas from each of the photos above, but the most from #3. The double stitching, the kraft and white colors were what gave me the idea for my card. (And I remembered a card that Heather Nichols made when the Splits: Love set was just released.)

I die-cut a piece of watercolor paper with the stitched die from the Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical dies. Next, I stamped the image in Versamark ink, sprinkled it with white embossing powder and heat set it. Using my Zig markers, I colored the flowers in pink, adding more of the same color to give them depth with shading. I outlined the flowers (just like I would with Copics markers) with grey.

The leaves are stamped in Spring Moss ink and the sentiment in Smokey Shadow ink. I wanted to add some splatters and mixed some of the pink marker with water on a clear block. I picked up the mixture with a brush and carefully tapped the brush -- I was holding my breath did I didn't ruin it with this step!😀

I placed my completed panel on a stitched Kraft cardstock card base. I added crochet twine around the spine to complete the card.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Splits: Love; WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals
• Paper:  PTI Kraft; Canson 140# Watercolor
• Ink:  PTI Smokey Shadow, Spring Moss; Versamark
• Zigs:  Pink [025], Light Grey [091]
• Dies:  PTI Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical Die Collection
• Tools:  Heat Tool
• Other:  White Embossing Powder; Crochet Thread
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"