11 May, 2015

Miss Fairy

I just can't believe how green everything became in the past few weeks. No wonder my cards are more and more spring-ish, too :)
Today's one is a GD project for scrapping4fun (thanks, ladies!). Their newest challenge asks for "Techniques", and you may interprete the task as you want. I decided to go for my favourite technique which is - as you might have noticed - stitching, or card embroidery.
So, first thing to do was choosing the stitching pattern. Then, I started looking for something that would be suitable for the central motif. In the end, I picked one of the wonderful Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Baker.
I'm not sure why I ended up with the Poppy fairy, but the combination of red and green seemed to be perfect. I used those colours to stitch the central part of the frame, and additionally picked brown and black for the corners.
Finally, I added shimmering brown gemstones to the corners, and three black gemstones to each of the red swirls, which now look like poppy blossoms.

challenges:
- 613 avenue create: ATG, optional twist Let's celebrate
- clear it out: ATG
- CAGI: flowers
- crafty calendar: things with wings
- deep ocean challengeblog: flowers
- dream valley: things with wings
- fabnfunky: May flowers
- handmade challenge: spring
- ABC challenge: I for inspire us (my style: stitching)
- ooh la la: pre-coloured image
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17 comments:

  1. Annette11 May, 2015 18:25

    What a lovely card! The stitched frame looks amazing and I love the colours!
    Thank you for sharing and joining us at ABC Challenge!
    Hugs Annette

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  2. Michelle11 May, 2015 18:54

    Fantastic your embroidery. Lovely colours and image.
    Thanks for playing with us at Handmade.
    xxx Michelle (DT)

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  3. Janja12 May, 2015 09:22

    Tvoje vezenje voščilnic je vedno tako popolno in barvno usklajeno z osrednjim motivom. Čudovita je ♥. Lp

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  4. Conny12 May, 2015 12:39

    Oh wow, your card is really fantastic!
    Thanks for joining us at Handmade!
    Hugs,
    Conny

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  5. Julie Gleeson12 May, 2015 13:41

    Oh I love your stitching! Thank you for sharing your gorgeous card at ABC Challenge! Hugs Julie DT xox

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  6. Jo12 May, 2015 16:16

    Oh wow, that's beautiful.....your stitching looks amazing! Thanks for joining us over at Crafty Calendar this month & good luck!
    hugs Jo x
    Dt

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  7. Wendy Nicola Jackson13 May, 2015 12:13

    Wow, that stitching is amazing. A real labour of love and work of art! Thanks so much for linking up with Fab 'n' Funky for our 'May Flowers' challenge. Hugs, Wends x Fab 'n' Funky DT

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  8. Patty Sue 213 May, 2015 18:56

    I can only image the hours of stitching that went into this lovely work of art. It is beautiful. Thank you for joining us at ABC Challenge. Good luck and please play with us again.

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  9. Carole13 May, 2015 19:55

    So pretty, thanks for playing along with our things with wings Challenge @ Dream Valley this week. Good Luck
    Happy Crafting
    Carole xXx

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  10. N-Eva14 May, 2015 18:59

    Fabulous card, great design, cute image. Thank you for sharing your wonderful project with us at Come And Get It challenge.Neva

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  11. Unknown15 May, 2015 11:12

    Wow! It looks fantastic! The stitching pattern is amazing! Thank you very much for sharing this technique with us at 613 Avenue Create this week. Good luck and hope to see you soon again!
    Sasha

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  12. Scrapping4funChallenges15 May, 2015 15:44

    Fab card, love your embroidery.
    Thank you for your lovely GD entry.
    Hugs
    Rachelle DT
    http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com

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  13. Pillan16 May, 2015 09:59

    Nice card! Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley.
    /Pillan, DT

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  14. Crafting Suzie's Creations21 May, 2015 21:08

    Lovely Card thank you for joining us at Oh La La Creations hugs Sue xx

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  15. Betty23 May, 2015 22:39

    Beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Calendar this month
    Hugs
    Bettyxxx

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  16. Unknown24 May, 2015 09:47

    What a fantastic card, love the stitching down the side, thank you for sharing with us a Ooh La La Creations this fortnight, best of luck xxx

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  17. Barb24 May, 2015 11:57

    What a lovely card. You do very beautiful work. Barbxx

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