To Stich or Not to Stitch

 Hey Everybody,

Nancy's challenge for us today was to use stitching on our card. You can find her challenge here.

I started by stamping and coloring my image with Copic Markers. This is a very old Stampin' Up! stamp called, Kindness Koala. I used dies that looked like stitching around the image. The dies are called, Textured Notes. I punched out squares from The Stampin' Up!-square snippets designer series paper and used them as a border around my image.

 I made four sets of holes with my paper piercer and an old SU tool called a paper piercing tool that helped you line up holes or embellishments.   I used an orange gel pen to make the faux stitches.
The image panel is popped up on dimensionals. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: WT1109

Stamps: Stampin' UP!-Kind Koala

Paper: white, Stampin' Up!-Square Snippets designer series paper

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic Markers, orange gel pen, paper piercer, paper piercing template, paper piercing pad, Stampin' Up!-Textured Notes Dies, 1 1/4" square punch

Techniques: faux stitching, coloring

I found a picture of the tool I used. This was part of a 4 pack of small templates that we used to make decorations on our cardstock years ago before we had all of the embellishments and dies and things that we have today. LOL

Some people did real stitching. Here are a few samples from the gallery.

Well, what would you use for this challenge? Would you do faux stitching or real stitching?

What stamp set would you use? Maybe you have dies that would make your card look stitched.

The fun of it is looking through your supplies to see what you have and what you can put together.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue