National Day of Embroidery

Did you know that today is the National Day of Embroidery?
That's not really true, I just made it up so that I could participate in the fun challenge over at Splitcoast stampers F4A392 where it's
 

'National day of .......'

We are welcome to fill in anything on the dotted line. I am filling in Embroidery.
Recently I chopped up an old, holey hand embroidered table cloth of my Mom's and made myself some summer PJ's. With the leftovers I made these gift tags.

 

I got my inspiration from something similar that I had seen on Pintrest

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge where it's

'Anything goes'

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Scraps of an old embroidered table cloth

Punch

Pentel Fine liber in black

Paper: Brown: Upcycled soap wrapper

           Green: Scraps  

1/6 sept

Merry Christmas in gold

Just add ink has this inspiration

 

 

I concentrated on the colours and made a Christmas card

 

 

To finish I added some peel offs in gold

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Gold peel offs

Gold beads

Pattern: Sentiment: Stitching cards free-words-for-card-stitching

             Gifts: 1001 ideas for easy embroidery on paper by Erica Fortgens

30 aug

 

Soft Palette

Color throw down have a lovely gentle palette for us this week.

 

 

I did another baby's bottle

 

 

I will also be entering this at Simply less is moore where it's

 

 

I used a button

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and pink

Peel offs in silver

Button from my stash

Pattern: Bergkaarten

28 aug

 

A Rose Bud

CASology have this cue

 

 

I made another small card with a rose bud

 

 

I added some glitter for a bit of interest

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download from Activity village

Glitzin' Glam in irredescent

28 aug

 

Sleeping Kitty

I just love the photo that Pinspirational challenges is using this week.

 

 

Some of my favourite things.

I am sharing another of the cards made in my long forgotten past. (Story here. ).

No dogs I'm afraid just a sleeping kitty.

 

 

I did emboss the cat stamp.

 

I will also be entering this at Simon says stamp blog Work it Wednesday August where we have to use a

 

"Stamp"

 

Supplies:

So long ago I have no ide besides the obvious card stocks!!!

28 aug

 

Girl you are fabulous

TGIF challenges is

 

 

I made yet another tag, sorry for the over load

 

The tag is hand cut.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white and pink

High Heel charm

Single hole plier punch

24 aug

 

Put a bow on it

Split coast stampers F4A391 is

"Put a bow on it'

I made a card with gifts on it

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

pattern: 1001 ideas for Embroidery on Paper by Joke de Vetter

Scraps of ribbon

Paper: Free download from  Activity village

24 aug

Blue and white snowflake tags

Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge is to

'Add a sentiment'

 

I made some Christmas tags

 

as well as at Christmas card challenges where it's

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Scraps

Sentiments: Computer Generated

Stickers: Snowmen and flakes

Single hole plier punch

 

23 aug

Prickly

Casology have a new cue and it's

 

 

I was given a pack of shaped sticky post-it's as a gift a while ago. They where all very cute but I found them to be too small for my liking so they lay in my drawer for a while. Then I had a brainwave. I stuck a whole whad of them together to give the image some dimension and turned them into tags.

Here are some hedgehogs

 

 

Here are the ones I made with the mushroom post-its.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Hedgehog shaped post-its

Scraps of paper

Pentel fine liner in black

Glitzin' Glamour silver glitter

21 aug

 

For old times sake

I was tidying out a cupboard the other day and I came across a small hard briefcase which I had totally forgotten about. It was in essence my first 'craft room'. It contained my entire craft supplies for when I first started making cards. Hard to believe when I now have an entire room dedicated, almost solely, to my sewing and craft stuff!!! Anyway inside where some old cards from that time. Very amateurish but I guess we all had to start somewhere and I had a lot of fun.
 One of them fits the challenge over at Butterfly spot challenge this month which is
'Butterflies, Y is for you choose and/or Wedgewood blue'

So just for old times sake here it is

 

I splattered two of the butterflies using a stencil and an air brush and then double stamped the other two. The 3D butterflies where embossed too before they where coloured in with a felt tipped pen.

Even though I made this card a long time ago, when I was browsing a gallery over at Split coast stampers FS550 this card of Diane's reminded me immediately of my card. So I will be using it to honour her.

 

 

Supplies:

I have no idea after all this time! 

5 sept

Pink, green and yellow

Color throw down have this challenge

 

 

I made a small card

 

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Curtain call challenge where it's the same colours just reversed

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Paper Pizzazz plaids

Flat backed gem

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on paper by Joke de Vette

21/25 aug

 

By the Sea side

AAA cards have this cue

 

 

 

I made some tags

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm

Sea shell stickers

Sentiment: Computer generated

Paper: Scraps

Pink and white washi tape

One hole plier punch

Pentel fine liner in black

See the light

Split coast stampers F4A390 is

'See the Light'

I made a Christmas card

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: 80gsm in gold and red

Pattern: Form-a-lines_christmas_candle_c9_2

Red Beads 

18 aug

Vehicles

I'm using a little poetic license with my entry at Simply less is moore this week where it's
 

 

 

 

I made a tag for a baby with a pram on it

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Free download from Google

Button from my stash

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzixx circles

Pram:Satin applique motif

Pentel fine liner in black



18 aug

 

A pink Fairy

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge is

"For a child"

I was recently asked to make a card for a little girl who was turning 5 and loved purple and pink.
Here it is

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 200gsm in pink

                    160gsm in white

Thread: Green: DMC 911

             Purple: DMC 3887

             Gold: DMC E3821

Pattern: Stitching cards fairy-sitting 

16 aug

Heart birthday wishes

CAS colours and sketches have a sketch for us this week

 

 

I used it to make a personalized birthday card

 

 

I coloured with aqua pencil crayons and smudged with mineral turps as I don't have any colouring pens.

 

I will also be entering this at CASe this sketch. were it's

 

 

 

 Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in purple

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints

Flat backed pearls in pink

Digi stamp: source unknown. From a course I went on

Letters: Alphabet stickers



14/17 aug

 

Ye oulde world

Time out challenges ave a décor photo as inspiration

 

 

and here is the card I made. It's for one of my nephews

 

 

I used a map from an old atlas and the sentiment is computer generated.

 

I will also be entering this at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge where it's

'Happy Birthday'
 CAS on Friday where it's
'Birthday'
and at Split coast stampers FS549 where Sharon is the Featured Stamper. I am honouring her with this card.

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Old Pholiph's atlas

Cuttlebug

Die: Sizzixx circle die

pentel fine liner in black

16/14 aug

 

Teewit tewoo

Color throwdown has some very pretty colours this week

 

 

I made this card

 

 

I shared a similar card here.

 

Supplies:



Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pentel fine liner in black

Stickers: Stickers and dimension: OwlsCuttlebug

Die: Tim Holtz: Branches and bird

Gold stars

Craft glue 

14 aug

 

Safari

It's a while since I have been able to take part in a Casology challenge but this one is right up my alley.

 

 

Here is my card

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock 160gsm in red

Paper: 80gsm in silver

Brass brads

pattern: Prick n stitch Big Five

14 aug

 

Ice cream inspired gift tags

Don't you just love the intensity of the colours in the photo over at Pinspirational challenges this week?
 

 

I made some more tags, concentrating on the mauve and blue colour combination.

 

 

Once again the sentiments are computer generated and the tags hand cut.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Plier punch single hole

Buttons from my statsh

Paper: Paper Pizzazz soft tints

            Purple; 80gsm

Pentel fine liner 

14 aug

 

A Purple Hand bag

Always playing with paper have a very bright challenge this week

 

 

I made this little bag

 

 

I will also be entering this at CASe this sketch where it's

 

 

as well as at Dragonfly journeys where it's

'Keen on Neon'

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Spots:  Free download: Source Unknown

           Purple: 80gsm

Flat backed gem

Pattern: Form-a-lines. fashion_handbag

10 aug

 

Skating Snowman

Christmas card challenges want a snowman this time

 

 

I loved making this card, especially the cute little paper clip knitted skates

 

 

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white
paper: Free download. Source unknown
Rolfes metallic pen in gold
Pattern: Bergkaarten
Paper clips
black 4 ply wool
Glitter glue in silver
8 aug

 

Green and Gold Christmas

Color throwdown have this cute photo

 

 

I used the colours to make a Christmas card

 

 

I will also be entering this at Curtain call challenge where it;'s

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Double sided tape

Tartan ribbon

Pattern: Sentiment: Stitching cards free-words-for-card-stitching

Liquid Pearls in gold

Gold beads

7/10 aug

 

Food and drink

Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge is

 

'Food or Drink'

for a baby anyway.....

 

I used peel offs in silver to add a border to my topper.

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Pattern: A free download from Bergkaarten

Peel off in silver

silver button 

7 aug

A quadruple of cards

Stamplorations.blogspot is on

 

 

but they are still happy for us to upload a card or two

Here are my cards

 

 

I had so much fun stitching the first one, which was the green one, that I decided to see how they looked in differnt colours.

I will also be entering this over at AAA cards where it's a

and at Uniko studio where this is my second entry into there currant challenge

 

Supplies:

Pattern: Darcie Esty floral-hibiscus-flower-embroidery

Card stock: 160gsm in pink, blue, green and cream

Seed pearl beads

Flat backed gems clear

Flat backed pearls

Self adhesive decorative silver tape 



5 Aug