Welcome to the CASEing The Catty Sunday Blog Hop, and hooray for a long weekend! Is it a long weekend in your part of the world? It certainly is here, and I am making the most of it by making my very first quilt. I took a break to make a card for today's Blog Hop. The blog before mine was the lovely Lauren's.
This week we are focussed on the Gingham Gala suite in the Occasions Catalogue. I love gingham - it reminds me of my nana and doing embroidery with her.
For my card this week I was partly inspired but he Thank You card on the right of page 34, but I was also inspired by memories of my Year 7 Home Economics classes in my first year of High School. I went to school in NSW, where Year 7 is High School. I can't recall exactly what the task was, but it involved cross stitching on a piece of gingham. I was mad on the boy band Bros, so that's what I embroidered! LOL! You'll be pleased that I didn't do that for my card!
Instead, I used my Real Red and Night Of Navy Stampin' Write Markers to add a faux cross stitched border around my gingham piece, which I'd cropped with a Rectangle Stitched Framelit. For a fun touch, I added an extra cross in each corner.
These cute little flowers are just the right amount of sweet to add to the gingham. Did you notice the new punch shape? It's the Story Label punch and you can purchase it this month to coordinate with many of the Sale-A-Bration offerings. It's a really lovely shape.
I kept the inside simple, using the offcut from the gingham on the front to provide a mat for the writing panel. This card is going to someone special, and I hope she loves it.
I hope you can join in our challenge this week over on our Facebook page. In the meantime though, hop on over to Kelly's blog to continue on the hop.
Bye for now,
Tina
I love how you have added extra detail to the paper - it looks awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThis card is AWESOME!!!! It totally reminds me of a table cloth my grandma used to have. What wonderful childhood memories that conjures up! I love the marker "cross stitch" and those little flowers are the perfect accessory! Well sone!
ReplyDeleteOh this is awesome. Love the stitching details. What a clever and easy idea with a stunning impact. Love this.
ReplyDeletethat's so cute- I certainly remember cross-stitch on gingham in primary school. ( I think we made an apron!) The bright yellow paper works so well with this fun fresh idea.
ReplyDeleteOMG - the cute factor!!! The faux stitching is next level - I love it! Kelly x
ReplyDeleteI'd have sworn you stitched that border, it looks just like those pieces we had to do, using the squares as a guide for sizing. Your card is very 'country cute'.
ReplyDeleteWow Tina, the faux cross stitched border looks amazing. I can remember cross stitching on gingham at school too lol. I made an apron, same as Liz
ReplyDeleteLove your "stitching"!! What a great idea to use on the gingham dsp. Love your card!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, Tina. The faux cross stitch works so well with the other cute details on your card. The bright, cheery colours are perfect for a get well card. I think I still have the cross-stitched gingham apron I made in primary school somewhere, lol.
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