I’ve also been playing around with the new SEI Poppy paper which has some of the neatest color combinations.

I used paper piercing along the edges of the flourishes. I also used Colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits to blend the colors on the owl. Click on the link to learn how this technique works.

Although I made both of these cards awhile ago, I’m posting them now that the cards have been received.  Both were made with QuicKutz dies and embossed backgrounds. The colors of paper are actually the same, so you can see that the photography saga continues.

Now If only i could get better at taking good photos! This time I took my cards outside on the porch, but I think that it was too close to the middle of the day which washed out the color on several of my cards. The cards seem to have a bit more blue in them than in reality. Eventually i will master this.

To create the stitching around the edge I used Cutter Bee Piercing Bug to give me the guidelines for stitching. Since I don’t have a sewing machine I hand-stitched the card using yellow embroidery floss (took forever!).  I used a QuicKutz die and my Revolution to create the flower.

So far I am leaving this card blank until I decide what type of sentiment I’ll use.  I often leave cards blank so that I can “update” with an appropriate sentiment before sending it off.

For this card I used yellow embroidery floss to “stitch” the buttons together and then affixed the buttons with glue dots.