Stitched cards handmade

Today I decided to enter a couple of challenges with my new Stitched Flower dies from Spellbinders. I have been seeing these new stitch dies all over the net and though beautiful didn't think it was something I would do, boy was I wrong! I purchased this die set purposely to stitch in the car while we make our 5 1/2 hour trip to the lake house but had to try them out to see if I even liked them. Well, I have to say I liked them so much I have since bought a second set of stitching dies! I…

I recently received the Spellbinders Large Dies of the Month for May, and have been having fun! Here are my first 2 cards of what I think will be many - these dies are timeless, and so easy to mix and match colors! This first one uses the large cover die. supplies: white and periwinkle cardstock, May Large Die of the Month, embroidery floss in shades of purples and green, sentiment from Simon Beautiful Day, Doodlebug heart sprinkles I haven't cross-stitched for years, but our home has many…

WOW, I feel like I am on a roll, lol Not only did I have time to make this tutorial for you, but I also made my first official post on my E...

Bright yellow and orange flowers, stitched with shiny embroidery floss hoovering over a raised matte gold Happy Birthday make for a fun and cheery card. I used a stitched flower die from Spellbinde…

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I was inspired by 2 things for today's card: the lovely pink in our crabapple that recently blossomed, and my '"inheriting" of my Mom's embroidery flosses - she had such pretty colors! So I pulled out this frilly Stitched Flower and had an afternoon of fun. supplies: white card, pink heart patterned paper from Doodlebug's Cute & Crafty collection, Spellbinders Stitched Flower dies, embroidery flosses, Pink Fresh Studio Sending Phrase Builder die I used 3 tones of pink floss to stitch my…

Learn the basics of Japanese Paper Embroidery from this delightful book that will inspire you to create beautiful cards and gifts by embroidering onto cardstock, journals and even boxes. Full of easy-to-follow instructions and ideas.

Hi, Friends! It’s been a LONG time since I stitched on a card. 3 years! I was looking back at previous posts and I’ve only made 2 projects using stitched backgrounds. I made a template …

Spellbinders is releasing some new dies made for stitching - they're called "Spring into Stitching". There are 4 different designs; over the next couple of days I'll be showing you 2 of them. Today I'm playing with the Stitched Flower set. First up, a card in happy yellows. supplies: white, 2 yellows, and green card, yellow dotty dp from Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes Rainbow pad, Stitched Flower dies, 2 yellows and brown embroidery floss, Doodlebug tiny heart sprinkles, (retired) Hero…