Learn to Add Beautiful Stitching To Handmade Cards Without Using a Needle

Do you love the look of stitching on handmade cards, but you don't have the patience to actually DO it? If so, you're going to love the faux stitching on today's card, which makes it quick and simple to add stitched details and texture to your cards and paper crafts. 

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Today's card is all about the background. I used Impression Obsession's Border Stitching 2 die set, which is a set of 5 individual dies. When you receive die sets, the dies are often attached to each other, and can be separated with wire snips. These dies come together as shown in the photo above, in a neat little row. For today's card, I didn't separate the dies - I just die cut my background using all 5 dies at once, and then picked them up and die cut again to cover the panel. At some point, I'll probably separate them, so that I can use them individually, but this was a fun way to start out playing with these dies! (You could certainly create this same look once they're snipped apart, by lining up the dies and taping them in place.) 

After creating a unique stitched background, I added some simple hexagon quilt blocks and a sentiment. (I love the stitched edges of these dies.) If you caught last week's blog post, you may recognize those hexagons! Below, are the two quilt background cards I also created with the latest release of stamps and dies from Impression Obsession. For more details about those cards, you'll find that blog post HERE. 

Today is theme day on the Impression Obsession blog and our theme is IN STITCHES! Stop by the IO blog to find a list of all the designers participating in today's blog hop. I'm sure they've stitched up some sweet projects to share!

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Shop the Supplies On Today's Cards:

Border Stitching 2 Dies

If you love this one, check out the first Border Stitching dies too!

Sew Awesome Sayings Clear Stamp Set

Hexagon Quilt Blocks Die Set

Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine

Magic Mat that fits Platinum 6

I love using the Magic Mat with my die cutting machine, because it alleviates those pesky cutting lines on the underneath side of die cut shapes. You know, the ones from your best used cutting plates? 

Shop all the Magic Mat sizes here