Thursday 31 May 2012

Hello! It's once again time for another great challenge over at Card Crafter's Circle.  This week it's all about stars and stripes (not necessarily patriotic).  It's not that I'm not patriotic, but I just decided to go with the basics.  I have used this wonderful star floral heart from MelJen's and coloured it with markers to help it stand out a bit more. I cut this out and matted it to some blue textured cardstock and for an added touch embroidered some added vines on it.  I popped this up over my Stripes and block papers from my stash which are matted to green cardstock.  For a final touch I added some star brads.  They were silver so I coloured them red with my permanent marker and dabbed a bit off for a slightly distressed look.  So voila....this is what I made.  Here's a close up of the embroidery.
I hope you'll come join in the fun!  If you need a bit more incentive..... this week we are being sponsored by the amazing MelJen's Stamps and they are offering the winner 4 wonderful images!
If that's still not enough incentive.....they go HERE to check out the Design Teams creations.  This will surely inspire you! See you soon!

4 comments:

Annette Allen said...

what a pretty card...I love those added stars....

Jenée said...

Such a great combination of elements on this delightful little card. It is quite lovely! I so like the way you used the soft colors for your stars and stripes theme. Perfect!

Vicki Fraser said...

love the extra special touch with embroidery :)

Trish and Treasure said...

I love the green matting and it's such a great idea to change the colour of the brads to suit your card, excellent tip!!! Love your embroidery such a personal touch for the lucky person who gets this card!
Hugs Trish