Friday, August 7, 2009

inchie...& stitchy...& somewhat minimalist

...is this still *LAUREN'S* blog...??!

yes, indeedy...and i have more brand-spankin'-new HERO ARTS winter goodness for ya! on this card i used some words from the holiday sayings set, as well as my favorite little holly leaf from the make-your-own snowman set, and a little heart from an older mini-set called cupcakes to make some inchies. the backgrounds are made from the little squares which show what patterns are in a basic grey paper set...not only are they the perfect size, but you get these adorable scaled-down version of each pattern! i am definitely still into the look of hand-stitching on my cards. this time i used a shade of embroidery floss that's almost the same color as my background for a really subtle--(but in my opinion, cool)--effect. and that's pretty much it really. fun to make...and hopefully...fun for someone to receive in december!

(rubber stamps: hero arts;patterned paper: basic grey & dcwv; dove rub-on" we-r-memory keepers; pink rhinestones: michaels; ink: ranger; embroidery floss: dmc)

10 comments:

  1. What? You are totally rockin' the minimalist look...I absolutely adore pink and green together for holiday cards!! Check out that fabbie stitching...oy vey sista...magnifico!

    Happy Friday!!!

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  2. Who's blog is this? Just kidding...this still has pink and swirls and fab techniques...chock full of Lauren-y goodness :)

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  3. But it rocks! I love pink Xmas cards!

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  4. Perhaps it "looks" minimalist, however, I would like to know dear how long that stitching took??? more patience then me...I couldn't be ...errr..ummm...bothered!! LOL!! Gorgeous as always!

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  5. Even minimalist, you still make it a Lauren card. ;-)

    BTW, what's all this Peace, Love and JOY?! I thought it was Peace, Love and ....[edited for content to keep this a PG blog].

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  6. This looks great! I love the tone on tone embroidery and the inchies.

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  7. Of all the beautiful work you do I think this may yet be my best and favourite.

    Plus - hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! I love how for you this is minimalist.

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  8. My favourite kind of Christmas card...a pink one!!!! And yeah, it is kinda minimalist for you...LOL!!! But it's gorgeous all the same. I love the stitching and the little inchies down the side! Love it ♥

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