Monday 10 May 2010

Stitching on paper.























The challenge over at Wee Memories this week is for stitching, so I blew the dust of my sewing machine to have a go. The trouble is my old machine hates stitching paper, and this took me ages, the thread kept breaking, then it missed stitches and I ended up getting really cross and frustrated. Card making for me is a relaxing, stress relieving hobby and yesterday things didn't go well.  Never mind I am pleased with the finished result and I think a new machine has now been added to my never ending wish list.lol!!

I am also going to enter this in the Sir Stampalot challenge which is "Butterflies and Blossoms" check out the blog there is an amazing prize on offer of lots of Tim Holtz goodies!

Hope you all have a great week  and thank you for all your comments, I really do appreciate them.

18 comments:

Jette / ma11edina said...

I really like your card, beautiful colours and details. Lovely. The sewing looks great! Hope you´ll get a new sewing mashine, it´s not fun to have too many troubles making cards LOL. Wishing you a nice week :)

Jenny said...

The sewing looks great!!! LOVE IT!! Sorry it was frustrating for ya. I fought with mine yesterday and it won GRRR! But I bought a small sewing machine for $40... it works really good. Just got to get the hang of it! :D Love your card its sew pretty!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Alice said...

beautiful mix of pps and colors!! very pretty card, Sally!

Barb said...

Oh, Sally, sorry you had such a tough time with the sewing machine! The results are fabulous, though! The stitching looks amazing along with all the other wonderful details! Love it!! :)

Vicky said...

Pretty card Sally, love all the layers and the stitching, well worth the time it took you. I recently bought a new machine and it's so much better than my old one. :)xx

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful card! Well worth the effort! lovely butterfly.

Dotty Jo said...

Hi Sally, my machine hates paper too - so i can sympathise. Well done you for sticking with it though as this is a beautiful card! Love the pins, really sweet! Jo x

PinksyDoodles said...

I'm glad you persevered with your sewing machine as the stitching looks fab on your beautiful card.
Thank you for joining us at Sir Stampalot this month.
Clare x

brenda said...

Hi Sally

A very pretty card, ineresting layering with the different shapes, would never have thought of doing that but it works really well.

Thank you for sharing with us at Stampalot Challenge this month and good luck.

B x

Deirdre said...

Sally I love it. Your stitching looks perfect to me. Great job.

pinky said...

The stitching is lovely, even if it was frustrating lol.
thanks for sharing at Sir Stampalot
Pinky

Sanne said...

Great card in a gorgeous color mix. I think your stiching turned out just fine Sally :)

Sally H said...

Beautiful colours and such an elegant card! Thanks for joining us at Sir stampalot and good luck!

chris said...

HI there Sally
wow wee this is very special. love it.
hugs Chris xx
thanks for joining us in the sir stampalot challenge.

coldwaters2 said...

What a beautiful card I love the layering and colours and that image is gorgeous thank you so much for joining our challenge this month at Sir Stampalot.

Hugs
Lorraine x

Jill said...

VERY pretty! Your stitching adds so much!

Lynne K said...

Very pretty, and a lovely colour scheme.

Tracy said...

Fab Entry, thanks for joining Sir Stampalot’s challenge, Good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x