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Stitched Cross

Hi!
   A Happy Sunday to you all. So soon another week has gone by. Here's an Easter card I made for a dear friend in San Francisco with who my daughter spent her entire winter break.
Supplies used:
Scrap of plastic mesh 
Silk thread
Stamps - Sentiment- Basket Blessings-Gina K
                 Grass & rocks- Just Breathe-Firecracker Designs
tiny tulip punch
crayola colour pencils
    The cross was cut into shape from a scrap of plastic mesh which we used on our windows to prevent insects. The star stitch was used to sew it just to add some interest. Here's a pic. to demonstrate how it's done. 

If you consider the points the needle has to be passed through, as the hours on a clock, the needle has to go from 6 to 12 hrs and a knot tied behind. Next the needle goes from 1 to 7, 2 to 8 and so on in a clockwise direction. It can also be done anti clockwise, but the uniformity has to be maintained in all the diamonds. However in this case it's like a 20 hour clock as the needle has to go through 10 times not 6 as in a normal clock.                      
As the cross looked very lonely, I added some stamped rocks, grass, punched tulips and clouds. Kindly click on the image for a larger view.
I'm entering this card into challenges at:

Have a Blessed Holy week and a Happy Easter!
Leanne.

Happy Birthday Simon!

Hi!
   Hope all of you are well wherever you are and welcoming the spring. We are already experiencing the summer heat which is tolerable so far. Today I have two Birthday cards to share which I'd made a couple of months ago. The images were coloured by my daughter perhaps two years ago. I fussy cut the images, made the cards and sent her so she could use them to send or give her friends at university.  There is a challenge birthday at Simon Says blog so I thought I'd link them up there.  
CARD 1:
Supplies used:
Sliekje's Digital image
Stamps-Sentiment - mixed messages-Ditto
                grass& birds-Just Breathe-Firecracker Designs
Crayola colour pencils 
Green cardstock
The clouds were made with a self made card stencil, whose edges were coloured and spread outwards with the finger.

CARD 2:
 
Supplies used: 
Stamps - sentiment &candles Birthday Brackets- Stampendous
                  background- Live Life Loud-GinaK
Crayola colour pencils 
Rangers diamond stickles
I'm entering both cards into callanges at:
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - Birthday

Flowering Cross

Hi!
    A happy Sunday to you all. Time is flying by so fast that I didn't realize it's been weeks since my last blog post. The change in weather is stirring up all sorts of viral infections and our family took turns with a nasty dry cough. We are all much better now. Thanks to all of you for your visits and lovely comments. I also feel happy to mention that THIS card made it to the 'Top 3' while THIS and THESE 3 cards were featured by Crackerbox Palace on Facebook. I also won some craft goodies, while a generous blog friend sent me some as RAK. To top it all, my daughter will be coming from the USA after her first semester for her long summer break and she will be bringing all these goodies along with her. That's a lot of good news right?
     Now here's a card I'd like to share today. I made it for the OBDB anniversary challenge and hope to make another one after this if time permits.  
Supplies Used:
Stamps - Flowering Cross-ODBD
               Sentiment-Crackerbox Palace
Die cut frames sent as RAK
Ribbon from my stash
Bling
I'm entering this card into challenges at:
http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com - Anything Goes using OBDB stamps
    Thanks for visiting. I hope to be more active this week and visit you all too. Have a great day!
Leanne