Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all these that celebrate.

 

I thought I'd share something a little different today. The Easter wreath that I made for my front door this year.

 

I love a wreath on a front door and so have wanted to make one for a while now, ever since I was given a couple of embroidery hoops which sadly a colleague's sister-in-law was no longer able to use due to illness. I just somehow never got around to it. That is until I went shopping for colouring for some icing ( I am planning on making some Easter biscuits this year for my class.) The shop had artificial flowers and a selection of fake eggs and so there was no longer any excuse not to give it a go. I looked at a couple of YouTube videos and then it was A for away. I'm very happy with the result.

The polystyrene eggs came covered in small white beads with a silky cord wrapped around them so it was just a case of cutting the ivy leaves and flowers into smaller more manageable pieces and with the help of a glue gun it came together pretty quickly.

 

Supplies:

Glue gun

Embroidery hoop

Polystyrene eggs

Artificial ivy leaves

Artificial baby's breath

 



Tones of Apricot

Inspired by all the little things have these gorgeous colours

 

 

 I made this card a while ago and the colours fit perfectly

 

 

I will also be entering this at Word art Wednesday

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
Green baker's twine
Double sided foam squares
Liquid pearls in gold
12 may

 

Hip to be square

Simon says stamp blog Monday Challenge is

 

"Hip to be square"

The topper on my card is square.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    180gsm in pink

Button from my stash

Crochet cotton

Pattern: Chomikuj Narodzenie,18

 

16 jan

Pink wreath

Sugar pea designs have this inspiration

 

 

I used the wreath as mine

 

 

I did different colour variations of these layout here and here.

 

Supplies:
Card stock: 200gsm in pink
                    160gsm in white
Flat backed pearls
Liquid pearls in gold

30 oct

 

Something floral, shiny and with a button.

Clean and simple on sunday have a fun tic tac toe for us this time. I chose the last vertical column on the right.

 

My card

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Work it Wednesday April which is to use "Flowers".

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and mauve

Button from my stash

Flat backed gems

Thread: all colour codes and brands unknown

 

(29 April)

A purple wreath

 

Don't you just love the new sketch at Freshly made sketches?

I had so much fun with it I actually made three cards but I'll just enter one for now and here it is

 

 

The thread looks variegated but actually it isn't. Read here so that you will understand what I mean by that statement.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Thread: Barnds and colour codes unknown

Liquid Pearls in gold

Paper: Scraps of purple

           Gingham: Free download from Activity village



Apricot Wreath

Stamplorations CASeplorations March have this gorgeous card as inspiration

 

I stuck with the idea of a wreath and kept to the same shades of the flowers.
Here is my card. Previously I have done this in blue here.

I will also be entering this over at Simply less is moore where the challenge is 'Citrus colours' , Color throw down were the cue card is

and Split coast stampers Free 4 all 316 were it is 'Mellow Yellow"

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Pintrest

Thread: Apricot: Light: DMC 3824

                           Dark: DMC 3340

              Green: Anchor 704

Card stock: Salmon 200gsm

                   White 160gsm

Flat backed pearls 

Liquid Pearls in gold

 

(31 March)

Shades of blue

 

Pinterest inspired challenge. have this as their inspiration

I decided to concentrate on the different shades of blue shown here

 

 

I am really enjoying stitching blue flowers at the moment. It's not something that I would normally do but I have seen so many lovely cards in this colour scheme lately so decided to give it a go.

 

 

 

Supplies:
Pattern: Pintrest
Card stock: 160gsm in blue and white
flat backed pearls
Thread: Light blue DMC 3810
             Medium Blue: DMC 2910
             Dark Blue: Unknown
             Green: DMC 704

 

Christmas wreaths

I have been drawn to Christmas wreaths this year so decided to stitch the same pattern in a variety of colours.

Be warned this is a photo heavy post.

All of the envelopes or liners in this post are from Creative Park and I edged the first six with glitter.

To start I have a pale blue one. The rayon thread has a lovely sheen to it.

I used my Brick embossing folder at the base of the card to give it the look of being displayed on an outside wall.

 In real life this white one is lovely. I used rayon thread but unfortunately the sheen doesn't show up very well in the photo.

I used silver and white Bakers Twine for the bow.

I love this aqua one. If I had more aqua ribbon I would definitely have made another one. The ribbon was a piece left over from my gifts last year. I used this lovely card by Genistamps as my inspiration.

 I took my colour combination from this card by Ceedee over at Split Coast Stampers. Scraps of twine where used for the bows and I mixed cream and white flat backed pearls for embellishment. The copper dots are made with Paper Pen and the circles on the left card where made using Texture paint.

 A little more traditional however the shade of green I used gives it a modern take. Once again I used rayon thread. To complete green flat backed gems where added.

This black one is rather unconventional  but was inspired by Terri over at Think outside the Box. I added some brass coloured dots and some copper Paper Pen to complete.

... and to finish a more traditional one in red and green.

I distressed the edges and backed it with paper I got from a free download.

Supplies:

Pattern: Wreath Basics of Embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

             Sentiment Form-A-Lines  free greeting words
Flat backed gems in aqua, pale blue, lime green, red and clear.

Flat backed pearls in cream and white.

Silver and white Baler's twine

String in natural

Ribbon in aqua, pale blue, light green ans white

Cuttlebug

Embossing folder in brick pattern

Envelopes and liners: Creative Park winter selection.
Snowflake paper: Phillip Martin
Viva paper Pen No. 903
Glitzin' Glamour Crystalina
Creative Talents Texture Paint