Ballerina shoes

Simon says stamp blog Work it Wednesday for January is

 

'Something New'

 

I have never stitched this pattern before so I will be entering it at DJ kard kreations where she has her third NBUS challenge celebrating her blogs fifth birthday.

 

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I will also be entering this over at CASology where they have a rather different cue this week. It's

 

 

I did ballet in my youth.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsmin white 

Thread: Light Pink: DMC 950

             Dark Pink: DMC 3326

28 feb

Purple and gold dancers

Simply less is moore have a colour challenge.

 

Purple and Gold

I always enjoy stitching these ladies.

I will also be entering this over at Stamplorations CAS Challenge November were it's

 

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: 200gsm in purple

Paper: 80gsm in silver

Pattern: Pinbroidery nine_ladies_dancing_oblong 

11 nov

Nine maids a dancing

Don't you just love the new inspirational sketch for Pinterest inspired challenge? So much to choose from.

 

 

After much deliberation I decided to concentrate on the skirt itself.

I love the movement of the skirts in this pattern.

To emphasise them I stitched the skirts in nine slightly different pastel shades.

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Pinbroidery nine ladies dancing

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Thread: Colour codes and brands unknown

Rolfes metallic pen in blue

Scrap of bought embossed mauve paper

 

A line of dancers

I'll be entering this in the challenge at CASology. which is 

I love this pattern. There is so much movement in these simple figures. It's actually a Christmas one taken from the Christmas song "Twelve Days of Christmas" and this is for the nine ladies dancing verse.
  For this card I only stitched one of the lines of dancers.

I used Satin thread to given them a bit of shine

Supplies:

Pattern: Pinbroidery Christmas days 7,8 and 9 rectangle
Thread: Satin in mauve, lemon, pale blue, pale pink and apple

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in mauve

Washi tape: pink with white dots

Mauve button from my stash