Zentangle Valentine - with a twist! -Sunday 2nd February

Good Morning Friends!

I can't believe we have already said farewell to January! Not that I'm ever sorry to say goodbye to this month, because it means we are at least a little closer to Spring.

We had a lovely sunny, though very cold day here up until mid-afternoon when the wind started to howl and the rain came, but staying in meant some crafting time - I did some more sewing, cutting out  and sewing up some more ducks and hens for the Spring craft fair in March, that will come around very quickly!

My card today is a St Valentine's card and is my Design Team card for this month's Emergency Crafters challenge, where the theme for February is pink or red...so why not take part? The challenge runs for the whole month and your entry doesn't have to be a card or paper craft, all crafts are welcome. Pop over to take  a look and check the rules, there is a prize every month.

 I say this is Zentangle with a twist, because I didn't use my micron pens to create it - instead I stitched it!  I will admit that  I didn't hand embroider this, I did use my sewing machine. The thought did cross my mind, but I had so little time to make it!

The idea was one of those that come to you during the night and you usually forget when you awake - luckily I remembered this time. 

It's only a small 6x6 card and I used the Sue Wilson Heart Lattice embossing folder on the front of the card and die cut the heart aperture. I also die cut the felt with the same die and  I used the die cut heart to back the felt heart, once I had embroidered it, just to give it more stability.

I finished off the card with some heart ribbon from stash. Even with my very basic sewing machine, this was pretty easy and has given me the idea to make some little heart hangings for craft fairs..it looks quite Christmassy and Nordic, I think!

A few of your comments during the week mentioned that Zentangle looks difficult - believe me it's not at all, but stop by tomorrow and I'll try to give you a quick guide :)

Have a great Sunday,
Love and Hugs,
Carole X

Sunday Stampers week 244 - Tuesday 12th February

Hello Friends,

It's time for my project for this week's Sunday Stamper and this week Hels Sheridan has set the theme of Love and Hearts, so here is my contribution...

 I started off by embossing an 8x8 card blank, using the Venetian M-Bossability folder. For the main image I took a flat canvas board, gave it a coat of gesso  and inked it with a mixture of Fired Brick, Mustard Seed,Victorian Velvet and Tattered Rose distress inks. I stamped the 'Love'  and the hearts from Creative Expressions Valentines set 3. The word is stamped direct on to the canvas and heat embossed in gold. I stamped the hearts on black card and again heat embossed in gold. I added a band of hessian, some ribbon and a tiny black button across the card and placed the hearts on top with 3D foam pads.

The canvas is mounted on some linen card before placing on the base card.

Hope you like it!
Carole X