A bit of stitching

Hi Joy here,

what a beautiful Spring day we have had today.  I hope the sun has shone for you too, wherever you are in 
the world.

I have had time to do a little scrapbooking in the last week and I have been sorting out my sewing basket and I decided to combine the two.

I bought this template some time ago as I thought it was going to be very useful. However I hadn't even got it out the packet.

 

It is very easy to use and only requires you to pierce holes where you would like to have circles. I was impressed with the number of sizes you could use.

 

I applied repositionable to the back of the template to keep it still while I pierced the holes.

 

Backstitch gives a nice smooth look.  Do not tie knots in the embroidery thread because they will make a bump in your card or paper when it has been pressed inside your album. I stick down the ends with photo tabs.

 

The finished page. The papers were from Echo Park - which I am so in love with.

 

This is also done with Echo Park - I love the journaling cards and the title blocks.

I now have a two week holiday coming up. One of the joys of working in a school. I have lots of crafting plans. I will share with you soon.  I have just discovered the joys of Promarkers.  There is lots of colouring- in going on in my house.

Take care xxx

Comments

[Lynne V]

What a lovely effect.
I have some of those templates and haven't got them out for ages.
Thanks for reminding me.

[Claireliz]

Love the stitching, gorgeous.
C
xx

[Eleanor]

How lovely, it ties in perfectly with our weekend workout Joy, coming up tomorrow.
E
xx

[caz]

Lovely effect! Iv seen other tutorials on this but still haven't got round to trying it yet!!

[Debbie Roberts]

Lovely layouts.

I too work in school so I am counting down the hours. Look forward to seeing what you create in the holidadys x

[Mandy]

Wow... the circles look so pretty. I totally love the effect. Lovely layouts too.
Mandy