Guessing Game #8: Tuesday Tutorial with Nathalie

As promised, I am back today to share a new page with the October "Carefree" add-on kit as well as a quick tutorial:

"September in numbers"

Those who follow me know that I have been summarizing our lives with numbers every month since the start of the year and the speech bubble paper in this kit was screaming to be used for that purpose :)

KIT USED: October "Carefree" kit

NON-KIT ITEMS: chipboard numbers and arrow, Basic Grey and October Afternoon alphas, navy thread, Prima ink in Old Road (in the CTK store)

You know that hand stitched words are all the rage right now and rather than buy templates, I create my own. Here's how I stitched my title and how you can stitch any word you'd like on your layout:

1/ Pick a "thick" font and print your word directly onto vellum or tracing paper in light grey. I used the font Bebas (download it for free HERE) and wrote "September" in size 70:

2/ Place your printed word where you want to stitch it on your page (you can secure the vellum with washi tape if you'd like) and with a paper piercer, make holes along the edges of each letter:

3/ Take the vellum off, separate your floss (I used two strand here), and start stitching with a backstitch:

- and that's it! I love how it adds so much texture to my page. Here is a close up of my finished title:

I hope to have inspired you to get your needles out (or to start counting!)

Happy scrapping!

 ✂ Nathalie