Hi there!  My name is Dawn McVey and I'm so excited to have been asked to share this post with you today.  Ruffly, fluffy trims are so popular right now, both in fashion AND in paper-crafting.  So, I thought it'd be fun to show you how to create your own ruffle trim using felt and the best part is that it's EASY!   Let's get started!

I wanted to create a strip of trim to adhere along the length of a standard A2 card, so I started out by cutting a 3/4" x 6" strip of Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream felt.  You'll also need a stack of felt squares.  I cut each square approximately 1 - 1 1/2".  You don't need to be overly precise when cutting the squares out because ultimately, you're going to scrunch them all up.  For this strip of trim, I used 16 squares.

As you can see in the photo above, I just used a bit of tan embroidery thread.  I attached the felt square with one small stitch thru the folded parts of the square, not worrying too much about whether or not the thread will show.  Most of the stitches end up hidden when you add all the squares to the strip.

Continue adding squares to the felt strip, pinching some directly in the center of the square, and some slightly more off-center.  When stitching the squares in place, be sure to adhere them nice and close together.  This might mean that you'll need to move the folds of some of the previously stitched squares out of the way, a bit, so that you can stitch the square centers close together.

Here is the completed trim!  Fluffy and ruffly and ready to be added to your project! 

Here's a peek at the back of the trim. 

To adhere the ruffle trim to my project, I simply added a strip of Scor-Tape along the length of the strip.  Now, all that's left is to peel the paper backing off the trim and adhere it anywhere I'd like! 

And here is the ruffle trim in action.  I created a sweet little birthday card, letting the ruffle trim be the star of the show!  

All of the supplies I used on this card are from Papertrey Ink.  I started out with a card base of Hawaiian Shores card stock.  Next, I added a layer of dotty patterned paper from the Green Boutique collection.  Then, I used the Mat Stack 4 die to die cut a piece of Rustic Cream card stock which I stamped with a "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Enjoy The Ride stamp set and a flourish from the Big & Bold Wishes stamp set.  I stitched the label shape to the card front with my sewing machine and added a New Leaf button to the flourish.  All that was left to do was adhere the ruffle trim!

The great thing about creating your own trims like this, is that you can customize the color, the size and the length for whatever project you're working on.  This ruffle trim would be ideal for not only cards, but scrapbook layouts as well, and it's extremely cost effective!  I hope that you've been inspired today, to create your own ruffle trim!