Merry Monday Stitched and Buttoned

It's Merry Monday time again.

Sue chose this fun challenge for us this week.

I used to sew all the time.

 I made all our daughter's and my clothes for many years.

That's in the past.  

My sewing machine is closed up.

Grandsons and open sewing machines don't mix well.

So I've reverted to faux sewing

and buttons.

And I love the way this turned out!

Except that I can't draw stitch lines any straighter than I can sew them!

The little buttons were punched out of scraps with a 1/4" circle punch.  Before I punched them, I used my Paper Piercing tool to punch a couple of holes so they'd look like buttons. This way the card is fairly flat and will mail easily.

The background looked a little bare and none of my embossing folders seemed quite right so I held a ruler on it and "stitched" the basting lines with my Sahara Sand Marker.

The Stitched Mats Rectangle (Lil Inkers) finished it off perfectly.

The Christmas tree stamp was made by Outlines Rubber Stamp Co. which is no longer in business.  I was lucky enough to see this for sale on another blog.  Yay, Monika! I finally used it!

Cuttlebug Mania
gets another visit with the Touchy Feely bit of buttons and twine.
I used my Big Shot for the star and the "stitching" around the edge.

Pixie's Snippet Playground

cuz I used some itty bitty snippets!

I hope you'll join us at Merry Monday this week.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team cards.
They're sure to inspire you!

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Tree (Outlines Rubber Stamps)

Ink:  Gumball Green, SU Marker (Sahara Sand)

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Snippets

Other:  Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil Inkers), 1/4" Circle Punch (Wal-mart), Paper Piercing Tool, Big Shot, Star Die (Verve), Linen Thread, Ruler (DH)