Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Cross Stitch Happy Friend


Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Thank you for visiting with me today, I always appreciate your time spent here. The other day, I shared the first of a few cards with cross stitched backgrounds. If you missed it, you can check it out here

I’m back today with another card using this same technique. I was really pleased as punch with the final results of this background! I would definitely repeat this pattern again with different colors. (In other related news, I got my cross stitch die from Altenew in the mail yesterday and was SO excited, until I realized I ordered the wrong one! 🙄😫 Oh well, I’m going to do one or two backgrounds with it and persevere a bit with it; but will ultimately need to order the correct one to do the backgrounds I really want) Anyhow, I digress...


Since the focus of the card is ultimately to be on the background, I decided to keep the rest of it very simple. I used a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp “Square Sayings” and paired it with a Nestabilities label 1 die. I added some buttons and twine to finish the center panel. In order to draw even more attention to the focal point of the background, I added some gold stickles to the center of each colored design. Yes, stickles...I still use them, all the time!  




Anyhow, I hope you like it and I hope to see you all again soon!

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5 comments:

cotnob said...

Another fabulous cross stitch card Dori, I love the pattern on this one - you should be pleased as punch with the results of your hard work.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

A Crafty barista said...

What a super neat combination of card making and cross stitch! Such a unique card! Thank you for participating in our papercraft challenge & we hope you will join us again in the next Papercraft Business Challenge!
Diann – Design Team member at Papercraft Business

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Jill Killeen said...

Fantastic! I have not seen a lot of these ross stitched cards. It really adds a neat new element. Thanks for playing along with Papercraft Business Challenges!

We hope you come back and Join in on the fun again with our Papercraft Business Challenges!

Jill – Design Team member at Papercraft Business

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Monika said...

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your project with us at the Crafts Galore Encore “Anything Goes” August Challenge. DT Monika.

Anna M. said...

Lovely card! I love the cross stitching! Thank you for participating in our papercraft challenge & we hope you will join us again in the next Papercraft Business Challenge!.

Anna – Design Team member at Papercraft Business

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