Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #196 - Inspired By...

happy Monday!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

the challenge this time is so easy, yet so FUN! you'll want to play along more than once!

oh my goodness!
this is the BEST challenge!
there are SOOOOO many talented, inspiring and amazing team members on the Lawn Fawn and Lawn Fawnatics Challenge teams and I'm always honored to be among them!

this time, I decided to create a card based on Chari Moss!

so fun!
she is SOOOO talented and I haven't made a card with cross-stitching and she is the QUEEN!! so that's what I decided to try!

I started by die cutting out the Embroidery Hoop and Embroidery Hoop Rainbow Add-on from white cardstock.
then I ink blended the hoop itself with Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber to give it a wood look.
then I used Pumice Stone to ink blend the pin!

for the rainbow, I used floss in dark purple, burgandy, pink, light pink and gold! I used the Chain Stitch that Chari showed in the Embrodery Hoop Intro Video.
I ink blended the background with Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold and Tattered Rose.
then I used the Stratus Cloud Background Stencils with gold embossing paste to add some fancy clouds to the background.

 

I heat embossed the sentiment from Rain or Shine Before 'n Afters in white onto vellum and then die cut it out with the Stitched Sentiment Banners.

 
I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!

enjoy!

play along