Papertrey March Blog Hop (Phone)

One of the oldest crafting staples, sequins seem to be the hot new kid on the block. While I've enjoyed using them as accents scattered across a card, I wanted to try using them as more of a design element in honor of this month's Papertrey Blog Hop.

I combined the phone from Heart-2-Heart and the Hello from Wonderful Words: Hello Mini Stamp Set on this card. Hopefully more people than not remember the curly-cue phone cords ...

 Who is having a panic attack right now? Uggh. Right?

So, instead of those curly-cues that always got tangled a million different ways, this phone cord carries a friendly message. "Hello" is stamped in gray and used as a guide for the embroidery thread. A thin line of glue traced along the letters holds the thread in place.

And did you notice I sneaked some  patterned paper in there? It's pretty basic, but I'm using it, thanks to the Pattern Play Online Card Class. Did you also notice that the pattern is centered both vertically and horizontally? Another tip from the class.

My first strip was not centered vertically (I put it on top of the card so you could see here) so I cut a different piece. You end up using more patterned paper to get the section you need, but it made a  difference to me when I looked at it again.

The sequins are glued to the edge of a acetate circle for the dial. A brad in the center attaches it to the phone, with additional sequins on the brad behind the circle to hold the dial above the phone. In theory, you could actually turn the dial, but I'm not 100% confident that the sequins would all hold! The phone itself is embossed with black glossy powder.

Thanks for looking!

 -Kelly