September Creative Team Challenge

Guess what this months' challenge is for the MFT design team.....NO COLORING! ACK! Guess who that is SUPER hard for.......ME!

This challenge pushed me to some of my stamping roots where I used ink pads for my color....
I pulled out the set "Sew Nifty" and went to play :)
I used patterned papers from the wonder Kitschy Kitchen Collection from Melissa Frances. They have a beautiful homespun quality to them.
I put together some photos for you below so that you can see my process in creating this card.

I think I use this 3/8" rosette die for this purpose more than I do to create rosettes! I love the perfect pleating I can give to my cards. I cut it 3 times and then folded like you see in the photo.

I taped them all together using xpress-it double sided tape. I held it down in the photo otherwise it tends to want to curl.

For my "no coloring" I stamped my sewing machine image in versamark ink and then embossed with colored powder.

I have a whole stack of distress inks that just sit there if I don't think about them! I did overall shading with the frayed burlap ink and then swiped the 2 corners with the fired brick. I added some of the distress ink to the flaps of my pleats too.

I die-cut a "simply scallops" from my patterned paper and stitched it on (zig-zag style) with my machine.

I love the twine you can buy at the MFT shop! I didn't want the white so I snipped off a section and separated the white and aqua threads.

Last little touch....wrapping the twine around my stamped bobbin and then adding a stick pin and vintage button from my stash.

Would you LOVE to see what the rest of the team created? Check out Kim's blog for the full list of designers today!