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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Doily Piercing Challenge

Today's card was inspired by a challenge on the Paper Wishes message board.  I had made some cards with one of the foil papier tole packs from Hot Off the Press and had this one left that I wanted to use.  The challenge was to use a doily or template as a pattern for piercing paper and using those holes for sewing a design.  My first thought was to use this heart shaped doily for a template for stitching on the pink vellum, but I quickly changed my mind.  I decided I really wanted the doily itself as a mat for the papier tole hearts.  (Stay tuned for another post that shows some stitching patterns I made from the doily for another project.)

So, I used a swirly template I got from Hot Off the Press, and a ruler to punch holes in a swirly pattern and around the edge of the vellum. I then did my stitching with metallic silver thread.  An outline sticker sentiment and some a bit of liquid pearls finished off the design on the front.
The inside was done similarly using the extra artwork that came with the papier tole as corner accents.

2 comments:

Becca Sadler said...

Cheryl: My! Oh my! You have been super busy and super creative lately!!! Everything with this pink hearts card is absolutely stunningly beautiful! Kudos for creating a masterpiece!

Cheryl said...

Thanks! It's wonderful to be able to get back into crafting after all the stress of the last couple of months!

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