Just a few stitches....

We had a nice cruisy day today - Jas went off to Gym, Sophia slept in until 9, we did some shopping (Amber had money to burn!), had lunch out and then when we came home I did some scrapping. In all honesty it was too hot to do anything else. I joined in a challenge with the babes - we had to create a layout that had stitching on it. I was going to machine stitch but couldn't be bothered getting the sewing machine out - then I spent 45mins hand stitching! Here it is:I didn't originally create the doodled journalling box, it's a digital accent that I found on the internet a while ago - I just printed it out in the size I wanted and then traced it with my Zig pen. The butterfly was given to me by my mum. The Love You word is in bling, the flower are felt - adhered to the layout with 3D foam tape and then secured in place with a french knot. I hand doodled around the flowers. The pleats under "Love You" (which are a little hard to see here) were created with white paper and velum, and punched using the Threading Water Punch (I love that thing!) Here's some close-ups:
Here you can see the stitching and pleats much better (above)
Here you can see the flowers and butterfly better - and there is a tiny clear birdy to the far right.

10 comments

Candace said...

I love the butterfly and the pleats, Sarah! Beautiful job!

Angie Blom said...

this is just stunning, I love everything those pleats are fantastic.. how did you do that? I am going to check out more of your blog Sarah. I just love it.

Ashley said...

That's a really awesome layout! It's so pretty and girly!

Jennifer Priest said...

Totally gorgeous! I love the pleats!!

Also, can you post a tutorial on your butterfly--that is just to die for!

Talin HG said...

Absolutely beautiful you are very talented.

Ashley said...

Sarah! There's something for you on my blog! Go check it out!

FairyKisses05 said...

How pretty! I love the stitches! I don't know how to sew or do stitches, so I love how some can do it! glo!

name said...

I love the little butterfly- so cute!

Margy said...

Gorgeous LO! I love the cluster of butterflies and all the colors!

Margy said...

Crap I mean I love the cluster of flowers lol! I was reading comments and writing mine at the same time!