Lighten Your Load

Someone asked me to make a retirement card and the Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers seemed perfect for using Papertrey Ink's On My Couch set...it's always fun to paper piece, kind of like a mini interior design job!  I popped up the seat cushions and the pillow adding a tiny brad.  

The main panel of the sketch is tilted, which makes this cozy little living room look a bit like it's in an earthquake zone!

All the panels were stitched, I'm kind of stuck using a zig zag stitch as I can't seem to get my tension adjusted properly for a straight stitch.

I sponged the main panel - the ink was a little too pink and a deep coral was the color I was aiming for so I lightly added some rust sponging to bring the color closer to the matching shade I was looking for.

I combined two sentiments from the set for this...I'll add the persons name using a tiny tag also.

The seam binding is crinkled by spraying it with water and scrunching, and I added buttons and ric rac to finish.

Supplies include:

Papertrey Ink On My Couch

Spellbinders Nestabilities Circles

Sewing machine

Buttons

Twine

My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody dp

DCWV dp

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Versamagic Pixie Dust ink