Monday, November 13, 2017

Mixed Media Christmas Card Stitch Up

Meihsia Liu Simply Paper Crafts mixed media card Christmas Stitching Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Tim Holtz 2
Hi, my beautiful crafty friends, I hope you all had a great weekend. Now, let's have fun and create for the the new challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week, our theme is "IT'S A STITCH UP" - real, die created or faux - simply add some stitches onto your creation!

Meihsia Liu Simply Paper Crafts mixed media card Christmas Stitching Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Tim Holtz 1

I created a Christmas card this week with stitches on the background and using Tim Holtz Christmas Time Ephemera Pack and Idea-Ology Christmas Word Bands Findings to decorate the card.

Meihsia Liu Simply Paper Crafts mixed media card Christmas Stitching Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Tim Holtz 4

To start this project, I trimmed the white card stock and made the 4.25" X 5.5" card base. On a piece of watercolor paper, I sprayed the Distress Spray Stain over Tim Holtz stencil with different shades to make the background pattern and colors. 

The sprayed watercolor paper was trimmed .25" smaller than the card base on each side and pasted on the card base using double side tape. I sewed the edges of the watercolor paper and the card base using a sewing machine. 

Meihsia Liu Simply Paper Crafts mixed media card Christmas Stitching Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Tim Holtz 5

The photo from Tim Holtz Christmas Ephemera Pack was layered with corrugate paper and pasted on the card. I added more Christmas elements and glued a cute decorative deer that was colored with Distress Paint as the final touch,

This is my first Christmas creation for this year and I really enjoyed sewing with my sewing machine again after my last sewn project long time ago. I hope this card inspired you to create with us this week.  Happy crafting!

Meihsia Liu Simply Paper Crafts mixed media card Christmas Stitching Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Tim Holtz

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14 comments:

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Meihsia :-) I love the whole vintage feel of this, the papers and whole design is fabulous! :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Catherine said...

This is such a pretty card, Meihsia! The colors are beautiful and I love the addition of the poinsettia's on the corners. So pretty!

Cathie ♥

Macarena said...

Great and so untipical. I would never think about a yellow color could be used with Xmas cards :-) This is beyond my imagination but looks fantastic. So cool! Hugs, Marzena

Maura said...

Beautiful card, Meihsia! Love how you put all those tags together to tell a story around the photo. hugs, Maura

Lagene said...

Wonderful card, it looks so vintag!

Stephanie said...

What a cool card, Meihsia! I love how you did a bold background and sort of toned it down a bit with the photo! Very cool design! : )

*mwah*
Steph
Simon Says Stamp!

Emma Williams said...

Another gorgeous card, full of vibrant colour and beautiful embellishments...this is wonderful, Meihsia! :)

Art By Wanda said...

Wonderful card!!!

Kath Stewart said...

love your card Meihsia, a beautiful mix of traditional images with a modern contemporary look...hugs kath xxx

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

This is a beautiful card! I really love how you mixed a harlequin pattern into the background, which I've never thought to use with Christmas before. You're always inspiring me with new ideas!

simo said...

Talking about beautiful Christmas inspirations...love your card...that's what I call stiching! I definitely need more practice! Huge hugs!

Zoey | Scrapsaurus said...

WOW!!! This is fantastic!!!

Sandra said...

This is such a pretty creation, Meihsia! Love the bright colors and the little deer is so cute! Hugs, Sandra

Barbara said...

So colorful! love the design of this work, the sticthes are the perfect frame! Barbara