Sunday, July 12, 2009

Strawberries dipped in ....

.... chocolate. I'm very very partial to strawberries, can do without the chocolate!!! But the colours red and brown look soooo good together, so that's this week's challenge on SFTW.

This is the first time I've entered this challenge, and I like the way my card turned out. Decided after the last near-disaster with the sewing machine that I'd stick to hand-stitching the border, and it came out nicely, even though I finished at 1am last night!!!


Gosh, 3 cards in just over 3 days - there's nothing like summer holidays to kickstart the old mojo!!!

Thanks for looking!

12 comments :

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card, Julie! I love how you coloured this cute SN image and the papers you have used are fabulous. The brown ribbon and the flowers are gorgeous.
Thank you for joining us at SFTW and good luck! We hope you'll join us again next week. :)
Vanja

Vicki said...

Hiya Julie

Your card is amazing, your hand stitching is fantastic, it looks so much like machine stitching, clever you. What a lovely image, you have coloured it to perfect, love the papers with their scalloped edges and such a wonderful layout too. I am so glad that you decided to join us for this weeks challenge over at SFTW, good luck and hopefully you will be able to take part with many more of our challenges too xx vicki xx

Nancy said...

Your card is beautiful, Julie:O) Love the cute image. Your stitching is amazing! Gorgeous flowers, and the edges of your patterned papers look great. Glad you wanted to take part in this weeks challenge. Hope you will join us again next week. Good luck!
Nancy;O)

Donna said...

Lovely card Julie, I do love the papers you've used and the image is really sweet. Your bow looks fab and I love how you've done your flowers with the white streaks in them, they really stand out so well, and boy do you have some patience, sewing by hand around your card. You've done a really gorgeous job on this card.
Thank you for participating in the "Stampin' for the Weekend" challenge this week.. Good luck and we hope you'll continue to join in on the challenges on a weekly basis. Have a wonderful day.
Donna xx

Nicola said...

Fabulous card Julie, I love this image and your wonderful colouring. These papers are so pretty and your punching is a lovely detail. Wow good on you hand stitching ... worth every minute as it is an awesome touch.
Thank you for joining us at "Stampin´for the Weekend" and we hope you continue to join in our challenges.
Nicola -x-

Galina Varese said...

I am the other way around, can't do without chocolate... strawberries in chocolate, mmmm
Great colour palette! and stitching is super!

Sandie said...

Wow Julie, this is fabulous!! Love, love, love it!! Can't believe you hand stitched it though, lol!

crafty amy said...

Hiya Julie,
Wow this is stunning I love the image and that must have taken some time to hand stitch that border but it looks so perfect. I am so glad you found us and I hope to see more of your cards.
Thank you for joining us at stampin' for the weekend and good luck.
X Amy X

Kimmi said...

Hi Julie and welcome to Stampin' for the Weekend Challenges.

I love how you've coloured your image and the layout of your card. The stitching is fab! Lovely little flowers and great choice of papers too!

Thank you for playing with us this week at "Stampin' for the Weekend". We hope you had fun and that you come and play again. Good Luck.

Kimmi

CraftyC said...

Totally gorgeous card Julie, love the image and flowers and the backing papers are gorgeous. Thanks for taking part in this weeks SFTW
Clairexx

crafty amy said...

I loved this card when I first saw it and still love it now.
Thank you for putting in to join us at stampin' for the weekend and good luck.

X Amy X

Anonymous said...

Your cards are so beautiful, I love the coloring and stamp images are so cute. Well done, especially the hand stitching, worth the effect.

 
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