Thursday 21 August 2014

Stitched with love


Today is my Mum's Birthday and this is the card I made for her. When we were young my Mum made a lot of our clothes and I know this image will amuse her.

Image - Crafter's Companion Makey Bakey Mice Stitched with Love
Medium - Copics
Papers - Country lady LOTV and Marianne Designs Eline's Huis
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Dies - Sizzix scissors, reel and needle, MB dress form, Die-Versions sewing machine

I distressed all the edges with DI Vintage Photo and TH distress tool and added some faux cross stitching to the image and thread round the cotton reel and through the needle.

Challenges
Let's Craft and Create Ribbon or twine 
ALBC Sew what 
Stamping Sensations Anything goes 
We Do Doobadoo Shabby chic 
Papertake To die for
Simon Says Stamp Monday Anything goes

Popping into The Range today on my way to see my Mum for her Birthday.

28 comments:

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

What an adorable image Marianne and love all the sewing embellishments. Happy Birthday to your Mum! Susan x

misteejay said...

Beautiful card Marianne - I'm sure your Mum will love it.
Toni xx

Wendy L said...

Fab design, gorgeous card. xxxx

Sammy said...

Love it! Such a cute image, and lovely vintage inkiness too :-) x

Kelly Lloyd said...

Great card Marianne
Don't spend too much at the range ;-)

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Marianne. I love the cute image and wonderful themed detailing.
I hope your mum has a lovely birthday.
Sue xx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Beautiful card for your Mum love the image have a lovely weekend
Hugs Dianne xx :)

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow!!! I love this card a lot!!! Stunning image and fantastic design!
I imagine this project applied on the cover of a box for sewing: fabulous!!!
Happy birthday to your mom!!

Sarah said...

Sounds like a perfect card for Mum!! Love the stamp and the beautifully coordinated finishing touches xx

Unknown said...

Utterly fabulous Marianne, I do love all the sewing bits and pieces that have arrived in paper crafting, hugs xxx

Jacee said...

I love this Marianne, great vintage feel, what a smashing card for someone who's into needle work, great design, love it!
Hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design

Lorraine said...

A gorgeous card Marianne. Lovely image and details.
Happy Birthday to your Mum
Lorraine x

rachel said...

wonderful make Marianne - love this image - so very cute xx

Sue said...

Love your card and die cuts,so cute image.
Hope you enjoy your visit to the Range and your Mum.
Sue xx

Debra K. said...

Lovely card! I love the image and your embellishments look really fab.
Happy Birthday to your mum and hope you have a good shop at the Range. Debra x

Carol S. said...

Brilliant card. Love it!! Great image and colour choice. I used to make most of my kids clothes too. Even my son's shirts when he was 3 years old. I had to make clothes for my daughter, using Dolls clothes patterns, as she was so small! Hugs, Carol S.xx

Lynsey said...

Hi Marianne
This is a stunning sewing card I bet your mum loved it. I hope your visit went well and u found some nice goodies in the Range.
Hugs Lynsey x

Linda Simpson said...

Gorgeous topper, love the papers and my favourite colour combination.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Donna Mosley said...

Wonderful card Marianne, love the very sweet image and gorgeous design.

Donna x

cuilliesocks said...

Your card is just lovely Marianne, wonderful sewing elements to it. Beautiful Papers and I love how you've distressed the edges, hugs Kate x

Jackie said...

A gorgeous card, love the diecuts and your distressing :o)
Jackie xx

Stamps and Paper said...

Fabulous card Marianne

Anne

pauline said...

Its fab Marriane sure your mum will love it ,i have the cD and the stamps cannot wait till get back from show want to start doing some ,... haha , havent even left yet waiting for hubby get back so can go xxxx

Mandy said...

Beautiful card Marianne and just perfect for our challenge over at Let's Craft and Create. Thank you for joining in.

Andrea Ockey Parr said...

What an absolutely endearing card! I, too, remember my mom making us lots of sewn clothes, so I appreciated the thoughtfulness of this card and the happy memories it evoked in my own life. I really liked all of the clever patterns and shapes you combined. The floral paper is perfect and the rough edges make it look like fabric. I also love the dimension you added with the embroidery thread. Very lovely card and I'm so glad you shared it with us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

Claire said...

gorgeous card, that image is fab and I love all the diecuts
Thanks so much for joining us at http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/
Claire xx

Rebecca Bradshaw said...

I love the sewing theme and this card is so beautiful! Love all those wonderful die-cuts.
Rebecca.

Unknown said...

Hi Marianne,
Adorable image and card! So cute with the sewing embellishments. Thanks for linking up to LLC's stitching challenge and sorry for the late visit.

Hugz, Sandy
Owner & Operator @Live & Love Crafts