I'm in a bit of a "stitched card" phase at the moment I guess - but I figure it's sort of the best of both worlds where I can combine an old hobby of mine (cross-stiching and crewel work) and my newer hobby of cardmaking into one! It is much easier to pack some cardstock, needle, thread and a few patterns to take on a holiday than to pack ink and stamps and punches...
This little Flower Heart pattern is from the Form-A-Lines Stitching Cards website. The stitching is very simple and goes quickly. Purchasing a needle threader at Wally World sped up the process considerably. Never used to have trouble threading my needle!!
I did manage to include a bit of stamping on this one - the sentiment on the front and on the inside are stamped in Real Red. For those that know about my "punch addiction" I've managed to round my corners and punch my sentiment panel. There are also a bunch of glorious red hearts punched out and glued on the inside...
The pearls were a Christmas RAK from my sweet SCS friend whiterockmama - Thanks Marisa!
This qualifies for three challenges this week:
The Treehouse Thursday challenge was to use a flower and a butterfly...
The StampinB challenge was to use a butterfly, a flower and a die-cut. I may be pushing it a bit but my Punch Pal Pam and I have decided that punched pieces and die-cuts can pretty much qualify as the same thing - so I'm going to say that my modern label punch is die-cut and stick with that theory. Besides, the StampinB site says there are NO RULES except to have fun. And I did have fun creating this Valentine.
Stamp Simply Challenge was to use Red and a Heart.
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Date: Friday, January 29, 2010 GMT Views: 1414
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 @ 7:49 PM
Heather, I just learned 2 very interesting things about you: you love crewel work and you can do more than one challenge at a time. Neither of these can I do or would even attempt. What you've done on this card is simply amazing. You and your needle obviously go together so well. What a great card. Good to see you in the gallery tonight!
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Registered: April 18, 2009 Location: Boston suburbs, MA Posts: 14060
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 @ 7:04 PM
Another gorgeous stitched card!! Wow--this is awesome!! I love the variegated butterflies and those heart-topped tulips are terrific (try saying that 5 times fast). Lovely, lovely work!!
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Registered: July 18, 2006 Location: Beautiful, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 24229
Mon, Feb 01, 2010 @ 10:13 PM
Those heart flowers are amazing, Heather, as are the butterflies. Great zigzag to ground everything too. Fabulous card!!
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Registered: April 11, 2008 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 67
Fri, Dec 31, 2010 @ 12:08 PM
I search the daily offerings on SCS for cards I like and favorite them. Later I cut and paste them to my personal files for later use. I couldn't understand why you only got 2 favorite ratings for your beautiful card. As soon as I place a card in my personal file, I delete it from my favorites to help conserve space. Then I noticed that you only had one favorite rating. Oooooh, I had to write and let you know that the card is still one of my favorites. I, too, embroidery. I've just never tried it on a card before. I even have friends who would treasure the effort that has been put into this project. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with the rest of us. Oh, after all of these years of needlework, I have to use a needle threader, too.