Tuesday Inspiration : Inspired by Stitched Lines

Happy Tuesday everyone! How is your week coming along? Nicely I hope. Today, I have the honor of hosting the blog, together with my talented friend, Alex.

I was browsing Flickr the other day and I found this! ↓ At that very moment, I was so inspired that I started to work on my layout straight away. 

Here's my take on it

I decided to use that beautiful map patterned paper (Daily Flash Milk Money - Social Studies) as the main element on my layout. I wanted to mimic the wavy stitched lines of the inspiration piece and did just that, with the help of my Silhouette Cameo and a cut file. I layered a piece of chipboard from To The Point Flash Chip set on a circle label, added a heart sticker and a stamped tab, all adding pops of red across the layout. 

Here's a close up. You can see that I machine stitched some of the wavy pieces onto the white background. Beside being inspired by the stitching in the inspiration piece, I also love stitching down stuff on my layout because then you'll know they're not going anywhere. Stitching is a great way to adhere bits and pieces to your layouts.

And here's Alex's interpretation of this week's inspiration ↓

Alex said : 

"Okay, I have to admit one thing: sewing machines freak me out! I have one and I so wish I knew how to use it, but it scares me so much I've never even touched it! Despite that, the inspiration piece Sasha sent me instantly got the ideas spinning in my head. I interpreted messy stitches as strips and start cutting some white cardstock. I placed the strips on top of the Library Card paper from the 8x8 Public Library paper pad going for that messy look, and voilà - easy as that I had my background done. I have also used bits and pieces from the Public Library miscellany pack, a tin pin and a tidbit. Besides Public Library, I added a flash blurb from the Daily Flash Snapshots collection and a tiny little Eggnog pop drop heart. Gotta love how easy it is to mix and match among all OA collections ♥ 

Sasha, thank you so much for this fun challenge! I had a blast playing with it!" 

 

I am absolutely in love with Alex's layout, you have no idea! I might have to create another layout based on this piece now. We'll see if I can make that happen. :)

I hope we've inspired you enough that you're running to your scraproom to start a layout now! :D Share what you make with us in the OA Flickr Gallery.  You can also share with us on Instagram. Use the hashtag #octoberafternoon and tag me @sashafarina as I'd love to see how this piece inspired you!