Friday 5 June 2015

Happy Stitching

Hello Everybody.

I hope you've been enjoying the beautiful weather we've had here today.

This afternoon I made this stitched card, which is one of the techniques that my husband likes best.

I used a Papermania plastic template and marked lightly through the holes with a pencil.  At this stage a lot of dots on the page look very confusing so I joined up the dots to make each letter stand out clearly.

 I coloured the flower and leaf with Pro markers, added a little Sakura starlight pen for sparkle (which doesn't show on the photo) and then stitched the design using 6 strands of embroidery thread throughout.  The ribbon is from my stash and the button was from a bag of mixed buttons that I bought from The Works.

I would like to enter this card into the Crafty Cardmakers and More challenge "Stitching Faux or Real"


4 comments:

Sally Dodger said...

A brilliant card Barb. I love your stitched flower and sentiment and the ribbon and button are great finishing touches. Thanks for joining our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More. Sally.x.

Lou said...

Thanks for sending me your blog link Barb. I've been scrolling through. You've made some gorgeous cards x

crafty said...

Great stitching. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More. Mary

Sue U said...

Fabulous stitching! Thanks for joining with our Real or Faux Stitching challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More, good luck and hope to see you again soon

Hugs, Sue xx