Challenge: Stitch It

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge design Team wants us to "... add some stitching to your project, real or faux." for their September 23 challenge.

I started by selecting a Robin Arnold technique background I had made previously and put away in my stash::

I trimmed it, added some machine stitching (forest green thread with red in the bobbin) and then attached it to a kraft notecard base:

I stamped my image in black on a scrap of yellow card, fussy cut it, and tinted it with alcohol markers, a gel pen and a black marker. I cut out the sentiment (also stamped in black on yellow card), matted it with matte black card and attached it to the card front. I placed my image so that it was "grounded" on the black/yellow sentiment banner and added a drop shadow using a Distress Marker ("Pumice Stone"):

I like how the sparkle in teh background works with the sentiment.

​Products used in the making of this card were:

• Stamps: Stampers Anonymous “Stamptember 2019”
• Inks: Ken Olive Color Burst “Alizaron Crimson”, “Orange”, “Burnt Orange”, “Yellow Ochre” and “Lemon Yellow”; Ken Oliver Liquid Metals “Metallic Saffron”; GinaK Amalgam “Jet Black”; Altenew Artist Markers “Sunkissed” (Y512) and “Orange Cream” (Y514); Distress Marker “Pumice Stone”; Sanford Unibazl gel pen “white”; Edding 370 marker “black”
• Papers: The Paper Studio A2 notecard “kraft” (697227); Distress Watercolor Cardstock; scraps of  matte black and Bazzill yellow cardstock
• Adhesives: iCraft “easy Tear Tape”; GinaK “Connect” glue

I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, September 25, 2019: Anything Goes