Hi my friends! If you think I’m done with stitching, I want to assure you I’m not! I love stitching on felt but also on cards and on cards was how I got started with this hobby. It’s therapeutic, relaxing and it makes me feel close to yarning which is where my creative journey began.
So, I purchased Lawn Fawn’s embroidery hoop die set awhile ago and just hadn’t gotten around to playing with it. It’s fun that they have free patterns you can download to stitch on these hoops. Today’s card features the bee and I decided to pair it with Simon Says Stamp’s stamp set, “BEE Yourself”.
You can grab Lawn Fawn’s pattern along with other patterns for this die set here. I matched the floss colors as closely as I could from my stash. I used a tapestry needle to do my stitching but you can use whatever needle you’re most comfortable with. My stitches aren’t great cause I’m still learning but I’m proud I stuck with this. I stitched with 4 strands, I might want to try 2 or 3 strands if I make this card again.
After I was done with my stitching, I went to work on the extra bees, so I stamped them first with Memento Tuxedo black ink, my favorite ink for copic coloring. I decided to use 4 of the bees from the stamp set. I colored them with Copic markers (#Y13, #Y18 – yellow; #100 -black; #YR18 – nose and #RV14 cheeks). I don’t think there’s a coordinating die set for this stamp set so I die cut them with my Brother Scan ‘N Cut. They cut out beautifully.
I set them aside and worked on my cardbase and panel. I decided to do a side-fold landscape cardbase, just something different. I used Paper Rose “Embroidery” pattern paper pack cause I thought these would go nicely with the theme.
I also trimmed my pattern papers with some zig zag scissors from my stash to give it a decorative edging. I stamped my sentiment with Waffleflower Crafts “Stitched Sentiments” stamp set with Simon’s “Khaki” ink pad to tie in the brown color. On the embroidery hoop, I did some ink blending with Distress Traditional “Vintage Photo” ink pad for a rustic look. I then played with placement for awhile until I could fit that sentiment on the card.
My cute card is all done and it was fun creating it! The embroidery hoop also comes with a heart design that I’d like to stitch up next. If you’re interested, click here, here, here and here to see some other stitching on cards I’ve done. Thanks for Reading!
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- Lawn Fawn Embroidery Hoop Die Set
- Simon Says Stamp BEE Yourself stamp set
- Waffle Flower Crafts Stitched Sentiments stamp set
- Paper Rose Embroidery Pattern Paper Pack
- DMC Thread Assorted Colors 36 – AZ
- Coats and Clark Rainbow Assorted Embroidery Floss – Simon Says Stamp
- DMC Thread Collections – Spellbinders Paper Arts
- DMC Needles Sizes 1 – 5, Sizes 18 – 22, more sizes here
- Tapestry Blunt Needles – AZ
- Distress Traditional Inks or browse all the Distress lnks here
- Copic Sketch Markers here, here or here
- Brother Scan ‘N Cut SDX125 or here
- Craft Reverse Tweezers by EK Tools (great for picking up die cut pieces)
- Stamp Positioner: Misti here, here, here or here
- Paper Trimmer: Tim Holtz here (Ranger), here (Scrapbook.com) or here (AZ)
- Teflon bone folder (I bought mine on AZ in 2018, no longer available), but here’s a similar one from Honey Bee Stamps here
- Scor-Buddy Scoreboard
- Crafter’s Edge Crossover II Fabric/paper Die Cutting Machine
- Embroidery needles here, here and here
- Accents 100 lb. White Cardstock
- Simon Says Stamp Khaki Ink pad
- Memento “Tuxedo Black” Ink
- Bearly Art Glue
- Glassboard Craft Mat → Use my Code → KIMCARDS20 at checkout
