Faux Embroidered Roses

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Liz Williams, our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Apparently February is National Embroidery Month, so make use of stitching, faux stitching, cross-stitching, or any other embroidery stitching you might want to feature on your card. 

Late last year Divinity Designs released some cross stitch/embroidery stamp and die sets, including a cross stitch background for both Slimline and A2 cards; embroidery hoop and some cross stitched sentiments. I decided to pull these out to create my card for this challenge.

When I first received my stamps/dies last year I created two cards using a faux embroidered technique. For this technique you need two sheets of patterned paper that are exactly the same, I used Divinity Designs Floral Favorites Slimline Paper Pad. Using one of the sheets of patterned paper, I die cut the panel using the Slimline Cross Stitch Background die. I then applied adhesive all over the back of the die cut panel and adhered it directly over the second piece of patterned paper so that the pattern lined up perfectly to create the desired effect. This has become my favorite way to use the cross stitched background dies.

I layered the Slimline Cross Stitched Background panel onto Divinity Designs Slimline Rectangles die and Slimline Card Base dies.

To decorate my card I used the Embroidery Hoop die set, I die cut a circle using the same patterned paper I used for the background. I stamped the sentiment using the Keep Me In Stitches stamp set. I then adhered this hoop to the front of  my card. 

I added the needle which is also die cut using the Embroidery Hoop die set and adhered it to the top of the hoop, and then thread some pink twine through the eye of the needle.

To finish off the card, I added some pink clay hearts to the background.

For the inside of my card, I added strips of the patterned paper to the top and bottom edges. 

I created a simple box pop-up, which I placed in the centre of the card and added the embroidery hoop to this.

I used another sentiment to the inside of the hoop, using the same stamp set I used on the front.

I die cut another needle, which I again threaded with pink twine and added to the lower left hand side of my card.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Kelly McKown-Santi

You Make Me So Happy

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing another "faux embroidered" Slimline card I created using some of the new stamps and dies from Divinity Designs October release.

I liked the look for the faux embroidered card I created last week using floral papers, so I decided to pull out the new Slimline Cross Stitch Background die to create a Slimline version. I used papers from the Floral Favorites Slimline Paper Collection, die cutting one sheet with the cross stitch die. I then applied adhesive all over the back of the die cut panel and adhered it directly over another sheet of the same paper so that the pattern lined up perfectly to create the desired effect.

I layered this panel to a slimline card using the Slimline Rectangles and Slimline Card Base die sets.

For the sentiment I used the Embroidery Hoop Set and the Keep Me In Stitches stamp set to create the Embroidery Hoop sentiment layer. 

For the inside of the card, I die cut another of the Slimline Cross Stitch Backgrounds, this time from white cardstock. I layered this to a purple rectangle using the Slimline Rectangles die set and adhered it to the inside of the card.

I created the sentiment panel using the Embroidery Hoop Set and Keep Me In Stitches stamp set.

Embroidered Happy Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday card I created using products from the Divinity Designs October release. This month's release has two themes, one being a sewing/cross stitch theme, which is what I used for this card. 

Cross Stitch or Embroidery Canvases come either blank or with a pattern printed on them which you use as a guide for your cross stitching or embroidery. I decided to go with the printed canvas look for my card today. To create this look, I used one of the floral papers from the Floral Favorites Slimline Paper Pack. You need two papers exactly the same. I die cut one of the papers using the A2 Cross Stitch Background that had a metal shim in the die cutting sandwich to allow all the tiny circle bits to come out. I then applied adhesive over the back of this panel and adhered it to the other paper so that the design matched up exactly. I then trimmed around the top panel.

I used the Matting Rectangle and A2 Landscape Card Base die sets to layer the background to my top folding card.

For the sentiment I used the Embroidery Hoop Set to die cut the hoop and the circle panel for the sentiment. I used the birthday sentiment included in the Keep Me In Stitches stamp set to add the sentiment.

To finish the card I added the silver screw to the top of the embroidery hoop and the needle under the sentiment to which I added some yarn.

For the inside of my card, I adde another embroidery hoop and added another of the sentiments included in the Keep Me In Stitches stamp set.

Embroidered Card

Hi everyone,

Every month I attend a stamp club with a bunch of friends. Each month a different member of our club comes up with a project for us to do. Our project this month was create embroidered cards using thread and beads. This is the card I created. I added a flower to the centre of my card …  still deciding whether that was a good thing or bad things to do LOL!

I had fun creating this card, but I don’t think my stamps have anything to fear!