BOOk cover by LIZ

crochet, wool felt, ribbon, and a button

I crocheted the flower and clued a button to the center. The stem and leaf are cut from the wool felt I knitted.

Lavender made from tied ribbon pieces and glued to the stem.

This idea I saw in the paper crafts Sept. issue. It's fun doing different things to make the flowers.

rooster

painted the rooster on a wood coaster and glued a magnet to the back. My rooster refrig. magnet.

empty nest card

Painted the branch , leaves and nest. Did some stitching on the nest. Made some wool felt and then cut out the flowers, attaching them with brads. Put mulberry paper behiind and sewing it to the card.

fabric card front

This is such pretty fabric. I top stitched it to the card. It looks great with the border punch, too.

This one has a scaloped edge and mulberry paper on the inside edge.

Embroidered butterfly and flowers

The butterfly is the satin stitch used in the body and edges of the wings.

The flowers I used the chain stitch to outline the petals and stem, and leaves.

All three cards I embroidered on fabric that I stitched to the card.

embroidery

I did some embroidered flowers and sewing to make these cards.
The top card I cut the flowers out of material. And zig-zagged them to the card.
The leaves are also cut from material. The stem is using the stem stitch in embroidery.

This is the chain stitch. And the bottom material panel is chain stitched to the card front.

The border punch is used on the card edge, and a contrasting material strip is glued to the card inside edge.

fabric and sewing

the borders are fabric strips that I sewed to the card. Used a border punch at the card edge.

May all your dreams take flight.

I like the way this butterfly turned out, I tried something different. I cut the butterfly out of watercolor paper, and zig-zagged the edges and the body. Used the fabric markers to color the rest. I sewed it to fabric and sewed the fabric to the card.

Oak leaf is cut out of felt, and blanket stitched to the fabric . A great guy card.

Bouquet and Butterfly

I traced the butterfly and flowers with black fabric marker and colored them in with the colored fabric markers.

The fabric is zig -zagged to the card.

lighthouse and flowers

I painted this lighthouse on cork board paper. Sewed it onto the card

The flowers are colored in with fabric markers. Zig-zagged the fabric onto the card.

I outlined the flowers using a black fabric marker.

I did color them in twice to get a more vibrant color.

Happy Birthday Card

I painted on fabric and sewed it to a brown CS panel , then zig-zagged the panel to the card
Happy birthday is stamped using staz-on ink.
Orange, yellow and burnt umber are the paint colors I used for the flowers.

one small change

Two more cards. The top card is fabric sown to the card and a smaller piece of fabric topstitched to it. Then I outlined that with 4 rows of stitches. The bottom card I used the embossed paper. added the brads to the image corners. The image is a stencil that I used the texture medium with. Added a ribbon to the card.

One small change in my studio, and what a difference. It's more inviting. Opened up the door view. Maybe that's what I like about it. Now I can sit on the futon and watch the birds outside without the desk blocking my view.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

This card I made for my father-in-law.
The oak leaf is cut out of felt and I attached it to the fabric with a blanket stitch.
The acorn is painted, I used texture medium for the cap of the acorn and then painted it.
I outlined the acorn with a black extra fine tip marker.

sympathy cards

The leaf is cut out of felt. Did a stitch for the leaf veins, and a blanket stitch around the leaf. Sewed the fabric square to the card.

This card I used the stencil with texture medium put brads on the corners, and the fiber wrapped around the card edge.

from a pillow to a card

I cut out for the card from the lace pillow top.

I did top0stitching around the area I was going to cut so it wouldn't ravel on my.

Sewed it to the card front , three rows of stitches to really secure it. Then used tacky tape to secure the ribbon around the edges.

Also wove ribbon on the edge of lace border and tied a bow.

IN SYMPATHY

I used the stencil and a texture medium and then inked the raised image.
Tore the edges and inked them.
stamped the sentiment with the same ink.
And added the ribbon on the side of the card.

with sympathy

My two latest sympathy cards. They're my favorite. The lace pieces I attached to the card using brads. Have to find more of the lace pieces so I can make some more like this. The hunt is on. I got these at a tag sale a few years ago in Missouri.

with sympathy

a with sympathy card, hand stamped image in brown ink and the sentiment stamped with sky blue ink.

I put black lines around the image edges with a marker.

Then added the 3 brads.

with sympathy cards

the lighthouse stamp is from Sweet and Sassy stamps the with sympathy is a fiskars stamp I colored in the image with water color pencils. And added some stitching in the water with a shiny thread.

Stitched around the leaf images with green thread. The with sympathy stamp is Fiskars.