If you, like me, are still in the process of working on your holiday album with your December Story kit, then you've probably amassed a sizeable collection of paper scraps by now. This week's inspiration piece invites you to put those bits and pieces to use in a colorful, creative, unified way.
Source: Daisy Yellow ICAD (Index Card a Day) #6
So taken was I with the stitched scraps that I couldn't resist trying this approach on a few of my album pages. I am absolutely enamored with the results, and will be revisiting this technique for sure in future projects!
Even though there are a lot pieces involved, the process is a simple one. I started by hand-cutting squares and rectangles of varying sizes from patterned paper, vellum, glitter cardstock, washi tape, a few of the papers that I shared in last week's post, and holiday ephemera, including receipts, wrapping paper, and greeting cards.
I then applied a thin line of craft glue across cardstock, and assembled the pieces, adding more glue and more pieces row by row. After allowing the glue to dry for a few minutes, I stitched over the cardstock in wavy, loopy lines, turning the cardstock frequently to change the direction of the lines.
While I was in a repurposing mood, I also worked in a Christmas tree gift tag on one of the pages and stitched a wrapping paper envelope to another. A red ribbon from a box of chocolates also found its way into the mix. Little treasures are everywhere.
I've so enjoyed working on my holiday album this month! The spirit of play and experimentation that this album fostered will no doubt carry over into my projects in the coming year.
If you're up for trying the sttiched bits technique or you'd just like to share your album pages, we'd love to see what you've been working on lately. Be sure to share your projects in the October Afternoon Flickr gallery.
-- Jill