More than 10 years ago I bought a sewing machine. I thought it would be nice to learn how to work with it, but until this day I have never used it. I just couldn’t figure out how it works and to be honest, I wasn’t ambitious enough to actually learn it… A pity really, I can knit, I can crochet, but I cannot sew.

I’ve always been jealous of designers who could sew their own stitches, because I LOVE stitches and thread on a layout. I have always asked myself how I could have my own … learn to work with the sewing machine after all? Ask someone to make stitches for me (I have two aunts who can sew really well)? But then I would have to extract the stitches in Photoshop … that would require a lot of patience and a lot of time…

And then it hit me, what if I could just draw my own stitches? And so over the weekend I took a 0,5 mm pen and I started doodling… stitches! It took some time to get them just right, but I was blown away by the result. They looked so real! Turning them into a Photoshop brush was easy peasy… and here’s the result:

Take a look at this detailed preview:

Don’t they look amazingly real?

These messy stitches will help you add detail and dimension to any layout or art journal page, they are the perfect finishing touch. You will receive 12 doodled messy stitches, in PNG format, in a shadowed and a non shadowed version. I’ve also added a set of brushes (maximum size 2500 px).

Doodled Stitches Vol01 are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Watercolour Textures Vol02

My second release for this week is this set of 9 hi res papers, created from watercolour textures that I made myself. They were scanned at 600 dpi and edited for maximum quality. You will receive 9 papers 12×12 inch, but I’ve also included 9 letter size papers for easy printing. They will make great backgrounds in your digital scrapbooking, art journaling and papercraft projects!

Watercolour Textures Vol02 are discounted for a week
and available in all my shops.

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Special sale: 30% off on these additional packs

I am having a sale on a few similar (older) packs as well.  These four packs are 30% off as well:

Blue Skies Papers are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Watercolour Textures Vol01 are discounted for a week
and available in all my stores.

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Acrylic Transitions Mixed Media Papers are discounted for a week
and available in all my stores.

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Stitched Shapes Vol01 are discounted for a week and available in all my stores.

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Whimsical Inspiration

And here’s some inspiration from my creative team, using Doodled Stitches Vol01 and Watercolour Textures Vol02:

This page from Eszter is truly a work of art – this would be perfect for wall art! Eszter used Watercolour Textures Vol02, Doodled Stitches Vol01 and then a few other packs of mine: Castles & Princesses, Dreaming Of Christmas and A Stroke of Luck (purchase links at the end of this post).

A romantic page from Rae, who is new to the team. She combined Watercolour Textures Vol02 and Doodled Stitches Vol01 with My One True Love (purchase links at the end of this post). A soft and delicate page!

Francine is also new to the team. She used one of the templates of Whimsical Templates Vol03 to create this layout, as well as a few things from Ex Libris and Wonderland (purchase links at the end of this post). I love how she has used the watercolour textures here!

Carina is new as well. She combined the Watercolour Textures Vol02 and the Doodled Stitches Vol01 with My One True Love (purchase links at the end of this post). The colours work so well together.

This page by Cynthia (another new girl) uses one of the Whimsical Templates Vol03 and Wanderlust in this layout, as well as Watercolour Textures Vol02 and Doodled Stitches Vol01 (purchase links at the end of this post). I’m loving all the blending here!

A page by new girl Andrea. She used Ex Libris (purchase links at the end of this post) to combine with the textures and the stitches and I love the combination with the poppy, the tab and the butterfly.

Barbara used Whimsical Templates Vol02 and A Stroke Of Luck to create this page (purchase links at the end of this post). Again, here, I think all the elements work so well with the watercolour texture she picked. It shows you how versatile the papers are!

And finally, a page by me. I’ve combined one of the Watercolour Textures and the Doodled Stitches Vol01 with a frame of Hippie Spirit, a flower and a doiley from Wonderland, sequins from A Stroke Of Luck (recoloured) and a jewel from Vintage Findings Vol01. The ‘Beauty’ quote from my Edgar Allan Poe Quotes pack was perfect for this page. Purchase links at the end of this post!

Want to grab any of the additional packs that were used in these layouts? Here are the links!

Castles & Princesses Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Dreaming Of Christmas Kit
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

A Stroke Of Luck Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

My One True Love Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Ex Libris Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Wonderland Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Whimsical Templates Vol02
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Whimsical Templates Vol03
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Wanderlust Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Hippie Spirit Collection
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy (only separate packs)

Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy

Vintage Findings Vol01 Commercial Use
Digital Scrapbooking Studio | The Digichick | Etsy