Translate

Monday 1 June 2015

Crafty Cardmakers and More Challenge 140

This time, at Crafty Cardmakers and More, the challenge is to use stitching. It can be faux, but we'd really like to see some 'real' stitching or embroidery on your project.

I decided to make a card for a colleague who's moving on.

I started by pricking out a regular pattern around some pale, shimmery green card. I then back-stitched it to a piece of darker green, before adding a 'spirelli'-style frame. (Although, I was making patterns like that long before I'd ever heard of 'Spirelli'!) I generated a sentiment in Photoshop Elements and cut and matted that using Spellbinders dies. The flowers are made using Sizzix dies. I shaded the centres with Pan pastels and finished them off with a little liquid pearl.

I used to stitch cards long before I'd heard of rubber stamping or die cutting, and I must say I really enjoyed doing this one. I've got several more leaving cards to do in the next few weeks and I suspect I'll be doing some variations on this theme!

I hope you can join us this time.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simply Papercrafts where anything goes,
A Gem of a Challenge where they want flowers,
Inspiration Destination where anything goes,
Paper Shelter where the theme is Flower Power,
Penny's where anything goes,

12 comments:

Pamellia said...

Beautiful Josephine! You really went all out with your stitching, this is just amazing! So much work, I bet, but totally worth it! You have created a one of a kind work of art, I just love it! hugs :)

Nannieflash said...

Gorgeous card love the flower and the colour and your card design. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxxxx

julie_woolston said...

Such a gorgeous creation Josephine.
Hugs Julie xxx

crafty said...

Love the Spirelli work. It's a long time since I've used it. Lovely colours as well.

applejack cards by sue said...

I love this so much. Beautiful flowers and stitching. I used to do stitching like this, I love the effect. Thank you for sharing this with us over at Simply Papercraft. Sue DT x

mags said...

A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.
Mags
x

ike said...

OMGoodness - that is mindlblowing !!!!

Hugz
IKE xx

OSAAT Teamie

My Challenge Blog
My Shop
My Blog
FB Fan Page

ike said...

OMGoodness - that is mindlblowing !!!!

Hugz
IKE xx

OSAAT Teamie

My Challenge Blog
My Shop
My Blog
FB Fan Page

Pop's Cards said...

Good morning sweetie, I am so very sorry I never got by to say how gorgeous your card was last week, a very hectic week, I hope you can forgive me, thank you for joining us at The Paper Shelter <3 Pops x x x

Sally Dodger said...

A stunning card Josephine. Your stitching is gorgeous, I love the thread you have used and the pattern you have created makes a lovely frame for your beautiful flowers and sentiment. Sally.x.

Anne Lise said...

Beautiful ! :)

Unknown said...

Wow, beautiful stitching, I love the pretty colour combination and the gorgeous flowers. Thank you for sharing your card with us at Simply Papercrafts.
Chris

Labels

3d frame (1) Aall and Create (1) acetate (10) acrylic block technique (1) acrylic paint (5) alipeeps (2) animal spirit (1) apple blossom (3) aquamarkers (5) baby (1) barbara jensen (4) bbcakes (6) beading (2) beary dust (13) blackberry lane (2) blackwork (1) border punch (40) borderabilities (8) brass stencil (4) brayer (3) britania (1) Brushos (10) BSP (299) bsp spellbinders (1) C'Art US (1) candle decoration (1) card mad fairy (2) cards (1) carousel (1) CC stamping platform (1) ccm (219) ccn (1) cg (1) chalk cloud (1) chameleon pens (1) Cheery Lynn (9) ching chou kuik (1) chocolate baroque (1) christmas (2) circle cutter (3) Circle Flip Book (3) clarity (8) colour chart (13) colour map (1) coloursoft (11) coosty creations (6) coredinations (20) cosmic shimmer (1) cottage cutz (3) crafter's companion (34) crafts and me (1) crafts beautiful (1) crafty cardmakers top three (2) crafty cardmaking (1) crafty girl (2) crafty image emporium (4) crafty individuals (1) crealies dies (8) creative expressions (3) creative expressions dies (7) creative stamper (5) creative stamping magazine (4) crochet (4) cross stitch (2) cuttlebug (23) debbi moore (4) debbie moore (1) decoupage (8) delicious doodles (13) derwent coloursoft pencils (4) destinations (1) diesire (1) digi (5) digi blessings (5) digi doodle (1) digiital (2) digital (348) distress (6) distress ink (92) distress inks (4) distress oxide (21) ditital (1) docrafts (1) dovecraft (1) dover (7) dover books (1) dry embossing (43) dz doodles (1) edwardian lady (1) eileen hull (3) elizabeth craft (7) embossalicious (14) embossing (7) embossing folder (1) embossing paste (2) embroidery (1) enchanted dreams (13) exploding box (2) fabric (1) face masks (1) family (1) fancy folds (1) fantasy film (1) faux bleaching (2) faux leather (1) fineliners (2) flexmarkers (8) floor polish (1) floppy latte (15) Floral Delights (1) flowers (4) foam flowers (1) form a line (1) frantic stamper (1) gel pen (1) gelli plate (21) gesso (1) gift box (1) gilding wax (5) gimp (1) gingerloft (9) glamour dust (4) glaze (3) glitter (5) glitter markers (1) glitter pens (2) glitterbabe (1) guest dt (1) hand made flowers (52) hardanger (1) hardanger embroidery (1) heartfelt creations (2) heat embossing (43) hope jacare (17) Hunkydory (1) iaas (128) ias (4) ike's art (11) imagination crafts (1) impressabilities (4) impression obsession (1) indigo blue (1) infinity card (2) ink background (3) inktense pencils (2) inky doodles (4) inkylicious (8) inkylicous (2) insetting technique (1) ivory cats (3) jewellery wire (1) jlj (2) joanna sheen (1) joanna sheen dies (4) joke de vette (2) josephine wall (2) kaleidacolor (3) kaleidoscope (1) kaleidoscope ink (1) kassal (1) kaz Kraft (3) Kelley's Kids (2) ken benner (2) kinkade (1) Koh-i-Noor (3) lacquer (1) lavinia (14) layering (2) lexi (2) lil diva (5) liquid pearls (3) lucido (1) luke carr (1) majestix (2) marianne (20) marianne creatables (22) mary hickmott (1) masking (5) medallion (1) media plate (2) memento (4) memory box (6) mica liquid (3) michael powell (2) milk coffee (1) modge podge (1) moonglow ink (4) my craft studio (2) My Heart Pieces (7) needle case (1) nellie snellen (4) nestibilities (76) not a card (2) OSAAT (202) painbox poppets (1) paint pen (1) paintbox poppets (1) pamela west (4) pan pastel (8) pan pastels (46) panda bear (17) paper embroidery (20) paper piecing (1) paper pricking (7) paper weaving (1) pastels (1) peel offs (1) pencils (3) pendant die (6) perfect pearls (20) personal impressions (1) Phindy (1) photoshop elements (83) photoshope elements (1) pixie powder (4) pollycraft (1) pookie (5) pop up (1) pop up box (1) posca (5) presscut dies (2) Printable Heaven (4) pro (1) promarker water pens (1) promarkers (344) promarkers pan pastels (1) pse (56) punch (18) punched flowers (1) pyramage (1) radiant rain (3) recycle (2) reece's scrap pieces (15) reflection stamping (1) resist stamping (1) robyn's fetish (1) rotational stamps (1) sakura (40) sassy studios (1) saturated canary (1) scrappers delights (1) sentimental susan (4) sew easy (1) sew pretty (6) sewing (1) shaker card (1) sharpie (1) sheena douglass (2) shrink plastic (5) signature dies (1) silhouette (7) sizzix (74) sparkle pens (1) spectrum noir pencils (21) spellbinders (167) spellninders (1) spirelli (3) sponsor (3) spotlight (1) spray and sparkle (3) srappers' delights (2) stamperia (2) stamping (240) stamping boutique (5) starburst stains (3) stencil (13) stencils (10) step card (2) stitching (15) stitching cards (8) Stitchy (36) sue wilson (14) sulky (4) susan Tierney Cockburn (1) Susan's Garden (39) Susan's Garden Club (3) Susan's Garden Notes (4) sweet pea (2) sylvie (5) tags (1) tapestry stamps (6) tattered lace (6) tea bag folding (2) teresAward (1) thread art (1) tonic (21) tonic kaleidoscope (1) tonic studios (13) toucan scraps (1) tracing paper (1) travel journal (1) tri-shutter (1) trinitage (1) triple embossing (6) tutorial (1) twinkling h2os (16) umount (1) versacraft (3) Versafine (2) versafine clair (24) versamark (1) watercolour (16) watercolour markers (4) watercolour paper (1) watercolour pencils (2) waterfall card (1) web editor (1) wedding (1) wire designer (2) wizard (150) woodware (5) xcut (1)

Blog Archive

Followers