I wanted to let the background on this card get most of the focus, so I kept the other elements understated.
I made this Easter card for my mom with two challenges in mind (Young Crafters Unite called for stitching, and A Blog Named Hero for using Hero Arts stamps):
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I stamped the background with watermark ink and clear embossed it. Then I applied four colors of distress ink to make the background design pop. I pierced all the center dots before doing a cross stitch with brown floss to cover the whole thing. Honestly, this took a good bit of time to stitch, so after all that work I didn’t want to take much of the focus off that background. So I cut a little bunny with my Silhouette, covered his cotton tail with Stickles and stamped my sentiment on a banner. And a card is born!
This close-up shot shows the detail of the stitched background.
These are the main materials I used to create this card.
how totally adorable Janice! wow, that stitching is just fabulous, I love it! hope you have a very happy easter weekend 🙂
Thanks so much, Laurie! I hope you have a wonderful Easter, too. 🙂
i LOVE this! i will definitely be borrowing this idea, its genius! thanks for playing along with our first challenge!
You’ve made my day, Mary Dawn! 🙂
Wow! What a way to use a background stamp! Great colors and fabulous stitching!
Thanks, Chari! 🙂
WOW I can’t believe you sewed all of that! it looks really cool.
What a great card!
Thank you so much for playing along with our challenge!
Good lucK!
Linda
A Blog Named Hero
Thanks, Linda! Yes, it took some time to sew that whole thing, but it was fun. 🙂
WOW!! Great card, love all the distressing!
Thanks, Ashley!