Just Us GirlS 15 - technique challenge (1 of 2)

Here is my entry to the 'Just Us GirlS' #15 Challenge (technique), "add stitching to your project". I have a little sewing machine that I purchased years ago just for paper crafting. Well, when I dug it out of the box, the thread wasn't in. I'm not so good doing that. I wanted to get this card out before work this morning, so I had to come up with some other 'stitching'. I'm not sure if french knots counts as stitching, but I did use needle and gold cord.

For this card, I got my inspiration from a gift bag I saw at Target. Crazy, huh? My husband has gotten use to me looking at random things when we are out and about. Gotta love those people in our lives whose support is unmeasurable! :)

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!. The card base is chocolate chip card stock. For the stamped panel, I used sahara sand card stock. I off stamped the branch from 'bird on a branch' in close to cocoa classic ink. I didn't want the branch to be too prominent. I off stamped the leaves from 'flower fancy' in sahara sand classic ink, also. The flowers are from 'flower fancy' and they are stamped in whisper white craft ink, and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The 'congratulations' is from 'well scripted' and stamped in close to cocoa classic ink. I used gold cord to make the french knots in the center of some of the flowers. I tied a scrap piece of the same gold cord around the bottom of this panel and made a little bow. I used my paper distressor to create the rough edges of the stamped panel. I used dimensionals to give the stamped panel lift from the card base.

As always, thank you for taking a moment to look at my entry into JUGS #15. Please leave a comment, as they always make me smile.

Well Scripted LOVE

Let me first say, that I love my Mr. Brown. He has taken great care of me in the past. I think he did so yesterday, too. I usually receive my packages by 4p the super latest. I ordered some Stampin' Up! supplies the day we left for vacation last week. (I didn't want a package to be sitting on my front door step while we were gone.) I was expecting my delivery later afternoon yesterday. Well, it started approaching 5p, and I had no new supplies and I needed to leave the house by 6p to attend a card swap. So, without my new stuff, I had to make 6 cards with what I had on hand. Well, here it is. Not too bad. After I posted my card to the group and we swapped cards, it was announced that we were voting. Voting? OMG! Well, I won. Out of the 8 of us who attended, I won! So maybe my Mr. Brown arriving late was destiny. :)

Recipe: close to cocoa, real red, and very vanilla card stock. Real red classic ink pad. Sending Love DSP. Real red grosgrain ribbon. Well Scripted clear stamp set. The trio heart punch.

Tomorrow, I will be working on my entry for the Just Us GirlS (JUGS) challenge. So, if you get a moment, please check back another day. I will also be posting a new photo of our little girl - Sasha.