Friday, 30 January 2026

Floral Wellies

Steve bought me a Cross Stitcher magazine for Christmas and this lovely cross stitch design was the cover gift.  

To make this card I used:
     6" x 6" white matt card blank
     Susan Penny's 'Token of Love' cross stitch kit from Cross Stitcher magazine
     Lawn Fawn 'Outside In Stitched Square Stackables' die
     Snippet of dark pink textured card

I stitched the design using the fabric and threads in the kit.  The completed stitching should have been patched onto the front of a patterned card blank that was included in the kit, but I chose to make a frame instead.  I chose a snippet of card to match the pink flowers, trimmed it so it was slightly smaller than the card blank and die cut an aperture in the front.  I used strong tape to attach the stitching behind the aperture and then attached the panel to the front of the card with Artist-Tac.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes
     Love to Craft - Anything Goes
     Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms or Butterflies (I have chosen Blooms)

Kath x

9 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Love the beautifully stitched design and love how you framed it.
Carol x

meg said...

Beautifully framed gorgeous cross stitch project

Liz said...

Absolutely stunning, Kath.
Liz xx

Pat said...

The perfect gift of cross stitch for you from Steve and you have done it beautifully and it looks great within the red frame Kath. x

Donna Walls said...

Your stitching is impeccable, and I love that you make these pretty pieces into cards. Thanks for joining in and sharing at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
Donna xx
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
Paper Funday Challenge
Pick 3 Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge

Amanda said...

SIGH! What a gorgeous cross stitch card!! Beautiful colors and design! Anyone would be so lucky to receive this beautiful masterpiece of art!! Thank you for joining our Beautiful Blossoms challenge this month. We appreciate your entries and love to see your creative inspirations! We look forward to seeing more of your beautiful art! ~ Amanda

brenda said...

A beautifully detailed piece of needlework Kath, many thanks for sharing at Love to Craft.

B x

Wendy R. said...

Oh this is just blooming lovely 🌸πŸͺ‘ Such beautiful stitching and so neat too it is cross stitch goals right there. I adore that quirky vase shape filled to the brim with cheerful florals and that pop of red framing it all really makes everything sing. Handmade goodness at its finest and proof that flowers always stitch things up nicely πŸ˜‰πŸ’ Thank you for joining the challenge at Ally’s Angels and I cant wait to see you in the gallery again πŸ’–

Pamela said...

stunning cross-stitiched card, thank you for sharing with us at Love to Craft