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Thursday, 26 July 2012

Three Little Flowers

A quick post from me today...couldn't let the Less Is More 'Sewing' challenge pass me by...I love using stitching on my cards...although it's usually the 'faux' kind...I'm useless at sewing, and it's so much quicker to use a pen...but this time, I thought I'd challenge myself to do some actual hand stitching on a card. I started by using my CutterBee Bug to punch the holes for my stitching, then used a simple running stitch to make the stems for my flowers. I cut the flowers from some scraps of BasicGrey 'Marjolaine' paper using my Tim Holtz 'Tattered Florals' die, then stitched them on to their stems, adding a button in each of the centres. I cut some 'leaves' using a flower die from my Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet...then snipped of the petals to make the little leaves.


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18 comments:

  1. Sue26 July 2012 at 17:55

    Gorgeous card, the stitching looks so effective

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  2. Anonymous26 July 2012 at 18:11

    Gorgeous card Helen. Love the colours and the modern CAS design.
    xx

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  3. Zw@@n26 July 2012 at 18:22

    Wow, I really LOVE this. So clean and simple. Perfect.
    Love, Wilma

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  4. Lorraine26 July 2012 at 18:56

    Really pretty flowers, lovely card.
    Lorraine x

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  5. Kathleen (Kath) B. Hernandez26 July 2012 at 19:20

    Pretty! Thanks for joining us at Kaboodle Doodles’ “What’s In” Challenge!

    Kath
    Blog: Creo by Lady Katutz
    http://creobyladykatutz.blogspot.com/

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  6. Pia S26 July 2012 at 20:06

    This is a great clean design! Love your choice of colors, the flowers are so decorative and look great against the kraft card base. Great stitching too!

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  7. Hanneke26 July 2012 at 21:33

    Wow Helen, such simple elegance! Love the flowers and the color combo. Hugs, Hanneke

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  8. Sandra H26 July 2012 at 22:09

    Wow Helen, This is so lovely and your stitching is brilliant, xx

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  9. Kat26 July 2012 at 22:22

    Gorgeous card Helen, I love how you've stitched the stems.

    Kat xx

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  10. Sue26 July 2012 at 23:03

    Hello Helen, it's me again just popping back to say thank you for taking part in the sketch n stash challenge

    Sue

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  11. Anonymous26 July 2012 at 23:35

    Helen this is totally Gorgeous! and yay you came to play at Totally Gorjuss too! awesome to see you there! hugs me xx

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  12. Unknown27 July 2012 at 00:28

    Very pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at Kaboodle Doodles this week.

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  13. The-crafty-corner27 July 2012 at 13:37

    Hello there-I really like your pretty card-its very simple but sooo effective-lovely ! :) x

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  14. Chrissie27 July 2012 at 20:58

    This is really sweet Helen, I love the colour choices.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  15. Wendy27 July 2012 at 23:36

    This is gorgeous, love the design...Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky this week.
    Wendy xx

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  16. Shirley28 July 2012 at 11:32

    I love the simple design of you card! Gorgeous!!! Thank you for joining us this week at Fab'n'Funky!

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  17. Jules28 July 2012 at 15:38

    simply gorgeous

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  18. Zippy30 July 2012 at 12:35

    Ooh fab card and great stitching! Xxx

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x