Color Throwdown #544

I just can't stop having ideas for this embroidery on

a cup. This time I made my card for

The latest challenge on the

Color Throwdown Blog.

Materials used:

Design papers from my stash

sentiment from Your Next Stamp

Coffee Mug Die from Marianne Design

Cross Stitch die from Marianne Design

paper punch for the hearts

paper flowers from my stash

crincle ribbon from DL.ART.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Simon Says: Bright Colors Inspiration Moodboard

Here is my bright colored card for the challenge on

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog.

For my card I used :

Newton's Nook clear stamp set Loves Coffee

 Marianne Design Hot Chocolate Mug

Marianne Design Cross Stitch die

SU! design paper

paper punch

Here you see the inside of the card.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Simon Says: Use Stencils

Here is my card for the stencil challenge on

See all details on the

Simon Says Stamp Monday Blog.

I used these stencils and ink to create the background

for my card.

Also after the stencils, I did some embossing on

the paper to give it more depth,

Here a close up of the panel.

Now for the focal point, I used these dies.

I found the idea on pinterest and just could not resist

giving this a go. I cut already many cups and are

searching for cross stich patterns to use on the cup.

You will defenitely see more of it!

Thank you for looking

and have a latte creative day!

Reindeer

Today I colored with embroidery thread!

What do you think of this?!

My card is for day 3 of 

The Daily Marker

coloring challenge.

I found this stamp in the drugstore today. It is nearly

card size. It was real cheap. So I got it and then, you know

with cheap stamps, they do not stamp right (I tried many times)

So what to do: I cut it! I love the reindeer and the senttiment

is so cute!

So I stamped the reindeer and cut it with a die in a circle.

With a piercing tool I made holes for embroidery.

So with light brown embroidery thread I made

cross stitches to color the reindeer.

And after the embroidery was finished  a red nose

is glued on and I finished the card with the

sentiment and some design paper.

And how about this version that is not embroidered

and in monochrome tones. Just a little red

gemstone nose.

Thank you so much for looking

and have a creative day!

Various challenges in a Christmas card

Ok, let's start the Christmas cards.

Doing challenges is the way I make my cards every year.

I don't like makinging many of the same cards.

I have been noticing this color challange thing going on

on the Daily Maker Blog

and thought it would be fun to follow it for this month.

So the challenge for today is to create a background.

Here is the background I created.

I used this pine leave stencil first on the

background panel and stamped the sentiment.

Next I took the swiss dot embossing folder

and rand the background panel through

the big shot and this is the result.

For the colors of my card I choose the 

Cupcake Inspiration Blog

with the fun color that was me for Halloween,

but I love making non traditional Christmas cards.

The eyecatcher is the bauble on the card

(which is a SU! die) with a bling gemstone

in the heart of it.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Bistro enBorduren/ Bistro and Embroidery

Vandaag heb ik gestempeld en geborduurd. Borduren met stickers. Ik had ze al lang in huis maar steeds niets mee gedaan.
Today I stamped and embroidered. Embroidery with stickers. I have had them for ages, but never used them.
Deze stickers zijn er in allerlei vormen: lijnen, hoeken, hartjes, hoeden, tasjes, jurken.
These stickers are in all kinds of shapes:lines, corners, hearts, hats, purses, dresses.

Je neemt een sticker naar keuze en plakt deze op je papier. Dan prik je met een prikpen de verschillende gaatjes en ben je klaar om te borduren. Je kunt met allerlei steken borduren.
Take a sticker of your choice and stick it to your paper. Than with a prickpen you punch the holes and you are ready to embroider. You can use all kinds of different stitches.

Hier heb ik een diagram getekend voor het borduren van het tasje zoals ik dat heb gedaan. Maar er zijn natuurlijk allerlei andere mogenlijheden.
Below I have drawn a diagram on how I did the stitches for the purse. Of course there are other possibilities.

Hier zie je hoe het tasje af is. Je kunt er eventueel nog een bloemetje boven op maken als versiering bij de gesp.

Here you see the finished purse. You can add a little flower on the clasp if you want.

En dan de uiteindelijke kaart. Papier van Club Scrap "Bistro" evenals de stempels.

Binnen in heb ik de felicitatie nog met een geborduurd pennetje versierd.

And here the result. All paper and stamps are from the Bistro Club Scrap kit.

Inside I added a little embroidered pen with the saying.