Monday, March 2, 2009

A SNOWY Mojo Monday and some Stitches!

We woke up with a lot of snow this morning. I wanted spring to come, not snow! No school today....so much for returning from vacation! But that meant I got to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch challenge first thing in the am. Today's sketch certainly challenged me and I spent much longer than anticipated--I love the outcome however. You be the judge...



I moved the piercing of the original sketch to accomodate my 5 1/4" square card. I made the entire card out of scraps that were littering my stamping table, so I don't have too many details. The ribbon was just lying there and seemed to have the perfect amount of shimmer for an angel card. I used Bashful Blue ink and a dauber to give the Whisper White more of a sky feel for the angel to fly through. I enjoyed glittering the angel wings with Martha Stewart glitter too!. I cut out one wing and popped it on dimensionals, though the picture doesn't show that too well. I was inspired by Mary to make a coordinating envelope. Both the envelope and angel's dress were pieced with Candy Lane DSP.

Despite the snow I'm trying to think spring. I was picturing this cross stitch when I pulled out pinks for the card so I decided to hang up the April quilt today.

The design is from Paula Vaughn's A Quilt for All Seasons. It was the first cross stitch I did in college that got me hooked back on crafting. I had done some cross stitch at about the age of 10 but nothing so intricate. I needed a creative outlet, and this was it!

Off to shovel now...hope you aren't buried in snow as well.

Smiles, Caryl

15 comments:

  1. What a cute little card. Love the sparkle. Thanks for playing! :)

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  2. This is darling Carly! That angel is so sweet! Happy Shoveling! :D

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  3. Make that Caryl, not Carly! Sorry! :D

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  4. Caryl, I love your card!! So pretty!!

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  5. Great card - especially the glitter wings!

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  6. It's a great card...and just think you did it from scraps! Gotta love that!

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  7. A very sweet card! I know what you mean about using scraps. I save a lot of paper making cards from scraps.

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  8. I like the glittery wings and bead trim on the angel. What a pretty cross stitch piece that is. I was really into cross stitch about 20+ years ago. But once my house was filled with it and everyone I knew had several x-stitch pieces from me, I realized it was time to try something new and I never went back to it. I still have all my floss from back then though. More than 360 colors!

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  9. I love the card. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. super cute! love the glitter!! thanks for dropping by my "spot"!
    have a great one!!

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  11. Beautiful! Love the pretty colours

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  12. Oh I love all the sparkle and what an awesome take on the sketch!

    ♥Dawn♥

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  13. Cute angel and fabulous bling. Love the sparkle.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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