Like I said, yesterday's card, although nicer looking in real life, did not meet up to my standards so I tried the inspiration challenge again. This time I found a little girl's skirt to use as my jumping off point. The skirt comes in red and blue and I chose to use the red one. I got out my Scandinavian Season stamp set mittens and although I have the wheel that goes with that, I decided to use another untouched wheel that I recently got - Illuminated - as the lower border.
The skirt also has some stitching near the top (smocking I believe), which brought me back to one of my earliest crafting interests. That's a story for another day.
Here I used the mat pack and paper piercer to make the holes which makes for nice even stitching. The thread is three strands of white embroidery floss.
Another untouched goody I had was the Red Riding Hood taffeta ribbon. That ribbon with the white edging was the perfect touch, don't you think!
Beautiful card Lorraine! I love it.
ReplyDeleteWonderful inspired card Lorraine~ just beautiful!! :)
ReplyDeleteare you SURE you can't come to Pennsylvania tomorrow? I ALWAYS have a center available for you!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your work. My mother used to always make cards- she was SO artistic- and it always tugs at my heart when I see your stuff. sigh.
Thanks for sharing this card! I have that set but have not done anything with the mittens or wheel yet!
ReplyDeleteThat card....that card! How lovely!! The mittens, and the bow. . . now HOW would you mail it? I keep trying to make my cards flat, and that's how they look: FLAT, dull. Your embroidery is beautiful. That card MUST be for one special person.
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