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Tuesday 1 March 2011

We're all in stitches over at Totally Ladybug Tuesday!

Over at Totally Ladybug Tuesday today our lovely Anita has challenged us to use stitching - real or faux!  I love my stitching (although Kerry thinks I'm a little crazy spending so much time on hand stitching - she's probably right...) so I relished this one!


 
 



I used one of the images from the new Baby Baby set - this such good value.  You get 4 images and 7 sentiments for just £8.99!  Bloomin' marvellous.  I used my Sew-Easy Tool with the blanket piercing head to create the cross stitching and a line of pearls.  I used the sketch over at Sweet Stop Sketch


I hope you can join in - and the good news is that we've changed the rules - you can use ANY image for a chance to win the main prize of a LCI stamp!  You see the rest of the other DT's gorgeous creations over at the challenge blog here.  Enjoy!


I am also entering this card into Make it Monday where you just share your creativity and also Wags 'n Whiskers to use a punch (border).





Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Bazzill Bling blue cardstock Sassafraslass Polly Anna paper
Stamps: Ladybug Crafts Ink Baby Baby
Mediums: watercolouring with Distress Inks
Accents: Papermania flat backed pearls, pearlescent pearl and white floss from stash
Tools: Sew-Easy Tool with the blanket piercing head, EK Success border punch, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, Nestabilities label die (inside card), My Favorite Things Die-namics rolled rose die

20 comments:

Nikbee said...

A gorgeous card. I love the flowery paper and the image is so sweet.

Nikki x

cowboydutrem said...

What a lovely colorful card! Plus, it can be used either for a boy or a girl...

cebelica said...

Awww, this is so cute! Your stitching is perfect. Fantastic choice of papers and I simply love the flower; fits perfectly on the card.

Hugs!

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards!!!!

Lisa Jane said...

oh its so cute Mary and i take my hat off to you hand stitching lol.. i haven't got the patience .
Love the flower too.. gorgeous card
Lisa ;)

Michelle said...

Hi Mary J

OOh this is lovely! Oh boy, hand stitching, looks fabulous, but if I tried that there would be blood all over my card, lol.

Thank you for linking up to Make It Monday this week.

Michelle :-)

Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä said...

So sweet! I love the pretty papers and the stitching.

Whimsey said...

Oh so cute; fabulous coloring; it matches the papers you've used so well! Love the zig zag hand stitching; you go girl; I don't think I could EVER do that! :D

Beautifully done!

pinky said...

I would never have thought to use those papers and yet they work so beautifully Mary. Cute little card.

Pami said...

Hi Mary, love those papers, and the stitching is fab! Hope your day was ok. Pami x

Fabiola said...

oh!!! trop chou! biz

Anonymous said...

Fab card Mary. love it! Your stitching is definitely worth the effort and I wish I could get my rolled roses to look as good as yours!
Helen x

Kathleen said...

What a lovely card, love the little image and the papers.

Kath x

Amanda R said...

Oh Mary, I LOVE this card and I am not really into baby cards but this is adorable! And your rolled rose is wonderful, the perfect accent! Oh, by the way, I don't have any lotv stamps to send you but I do have a lot of their stamps and would be happy to stamp them out and send you a bunch if you would like. Let me know, couldn't find your email to send you a note.

Sue U said...

Oh wow, such a stunning card, I love the papers and such a great use of the sketch too :-) Sue xx

Anita said...

Mary J, this is beautiful. Gorgeous watercoloring and I absolutely love that paper. Your stitching is so pretty ... love it!

Shelby Goolsby said...

Adorable card!! I love the stitching details and colors you used. So Cute!!

Debs said...

this is super sweet hon :0)..thanks for joining us at WNW and good luck..hugs Debs x

Denise Marzec said...

Awesome papers, texture, and your sewing is awesome! Totally eye catching!

TRACEY O said...

Such a cute card.

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