Make It Monday #78

I had lots of trouble with this Make It Monday technique...and I remember now why it's been so long since I have used hand stitching on a card! And this card looks NOTHING like it did in my head...not even close! :)

WARNING: This post has lots of whining and venting. Sorry. :)

 So first of all, I tried to do a blanket stitch on a die cut tie. I laid out the DMC Floss nice and straight, tied a knot in one end and then stuck the needle through the hole...and it knotted up on me! So it took me about 10min. to get it un-knotted (and if you are like me and can only craft when your child is asleep you know that time is a finite thing and cannot be wasted! ;) I get about 4 more holes in and it knots up on me again! This time I wasted 15min and then decided that the die cut idea was out! (I couldn't get it un-knotted.)

 So then I moved on to the idea of stamping a line of ties, one in a darker color and then stitching around the darker one. Well after all was said and stamped I realized my ties were crooked. Not enough to look like it was on purpose, just enough to annoy the bejesus out of you! ;) So I tried to fix it by cutting in down in size at an angle...no such luck. So then I thought I will just make the panel itself crooked...then I decided I needed something to offset the crooked panel, hence the circle. ;)

 Now on to the stitching...it knotted up yet again, and then broke (not because I was frustrated or anything;) so I had to get a whole new piece of floss.   *Sigh.*   If I could get my act together I would like to use this technique more because the end result is pretty nice. ;)

I tried just one more after my first disaster, just stitching in a straight line, and it worked out much better for me and didn't take quite as long. ;)

 I added the bling as an after thought, but I really like it.

For this one I used the color palate from The Playdate Cafe, but sadly it was too late to enter it there as well. 

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Card #1:

Cardstock: PTI True Black, Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening Pattern Pack

Stamps:PTI World's Greatest

Ink: PTI Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening

Other: Spellbinder's Nesties Circles, Black Embossing Powder, DMC Floss

Card #2

Cardstock: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, and Stamper's Select White

Stamps: PTI Banner Builder, Hello Sunshine, Happy Days, and Movers and Shakers

Ink: PTI Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate

Other: DMC Floss, Studio G and Me and My Big Ideas bling