Stitched Card

The theme over at 365 Cards on Day 129 is "You have me in Stitches," and the challenge is to stitch an image on your card. Also, Challenge 67 over at Cute Card Thursday, the challenge is to use stitching on your card. Here is my submission:

I actually stitched these leaves onto this craft cardstock some time ago, but then I didn't know how I wanted to finish it off. These challenges were the perfect opportunity!

This is the same flower pattern I have been crocheting lately. I tied a button in the center.

I also had this "Thinking of You" stamp which has little flowers in place of the letter "i".

This card is a lot more plain than I usually make, but I am really happy with it!

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Card Patterns Sketch 22

I have been making alot of birthday cards lately - we have alot of summer birthdays in our family. I used the sketch from Card Patterns for the latest card. Here is the current sketch:


I didn't follow this sketch exactly, but I guess it is really all up to interpretation, right? Anyway, here is my take:


Well, if you have looked at any of my latest postings, you have noticed that I obviously got a few new beaded trims - they were all on clearance at Mike's last week. Also, I have been crocheting alot of flowers lately, trying to perfect that technique. I have been using Nichole Heady's tutorial for most of these. I have posted that link before, but here it is again if you are interested.

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365 Cards - Day 127

Yippee! I was able to make cards for Super Sketchy Sunday over at 365 Cards! I haven't participated for awhile, so I was glad to be able to find time yesterday. Here is the sketch for Day 127:
I actually made 2 cards that are the same except for the colors. Here is the first one:



I love these bright colors! My daughter's favorite color is orange, so when I saw this beaded trim on clearance, I just had to pick it up.

Check out that crocheted flower... I think I finally have perfected that technique! You can even look closely - I actually did the stitches correctly!

Here is the second card:



I like this color combination alot too! This paper is from K&Company and I think it coordinates so beautifully.

Again, I got this beaded trim on clearance, and I crocheted the flower - it is slightly larger than the flower on the first card.

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The Pink Elephant #21

Well I don't think I have participated in a Pink Elephant challenge before, so I thought I would give it a try. The challenge this week is to use your favorite color combo. Here is my submission:

I have made a few cards in the past with the craft / black/ white color combo and I think it looks so elegant. For this card, I also added some red accents.

I hand crocheted the little black flowers. I have mentioned that I don't know how to crochet, but I have been practicing alot lately, and I actually followed this pattern for these flowers, and I found a great site with lots of crochet patterns here.

Sorry for the poor photo quality - my camera and the lighting just were not cooperating today.

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Card Patterns - Sketch 21

The challenge over at Card Patterns this week is to use the following sketch:

What a neat sketch!! I needed to make a birthday card last night and this sketch was perfect!

Here is my take:

One of the teenagers that babysits our kids turned 15 yesterday. We have known her since she was born. She just loves crafty things, and she really liked this card! I was so happy with her reaction.

I started out thinking the card would be primarily bright pink and orange. But then I remembered I had this ribbon with green stitching, so I decided to incorporate the green as well.

I added the butterflies at the end because that side of the card looked too plain to me.

I just love these colors together, and it was even better because the recipient was so pleased!

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