Saturday, April 11, 2009

If you can swing it . . .


This week's High Hopes challenge is hosted by the amazingly talented, Crissy.  She wants us to use paper piercing on our cards.  I decided to use this little cutie, Swinging Shannon, for my card along with some of the papers from the Grow paper kit (My Mind's Eye).  I distressed the edges using scissors and pierced the holes around my sentiment before adding the stitching using embroidery floss.  I also added a little piercing on the corners of the image.  And I used one of my crocheted flowers that I bought on etsy.  Love those!

Well, I'm going to make this quick.  Hope you have a Happy Easter!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Swinging Shannon Front, Swingin' Birthday (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Cardstock: white (Papertrey Ink), papaya puree dark (Prism)
Patterned Paper: Grow paper kit (My Mind's Eye)
Accents: crocheted flower, button, lace
Tools: copic markers, rectangle nestability die (Spellbinders), sewing machine, paper piercer, embroidery floss, scissors

17 comments:

Denise (peanutbee) said...

Love the image, LOVE the lace, and I love love LOVE the papers. Beautiful!!
Happy Easter, Niki! :)

Bev J. said...

Cute image, cute card and love the embroidery floss around the sentiment. Happy Easter!

Nikki said...

So pretty Niki, I love the colour combination and your colouring, The lace and your flower are gorgeous, Happy Easter, Big Hugs, Nikki x

Michelle (milwaukeemommy) said...

So gorgeous, Niki....love the papers & colors...& Shannon is sweet as can be!! Have a great Easter!

Crissy said...

Eye popping goodness again from Miss Niki! I love the thread you used on the sentiment panel, that is gorgeous! Such rich coloring and so beautiful (as usual!). Love the lace and the black sewing too. OH and there's your little crocheted floral embellishment! CUTE! I love it!

karen q said...

Such a cute card. I noticed you used a little crochet flower that I assume you made. Looks great. Happy Easter to you and your family.

Karen said...

Fabulous card, Niki.
Love the color combo and your beautiful coloring, a perfect match! Pretty papers too.
Happy Easter
Karen x

agnes said...

Beautiful card with my favorite paper and a so sweet image,
hugs agnes

Shannon Erskine said...

I love what you did with this adorable image Niki!! So very cute!! Happy Easter!!

Tracey said...

This is adorable Niki! I hope you are having a fabulous Easter weekend! xx

Ann said...

LOVE this image and the way you colored her! Cute papers, too (which reminds me--I own these and need to use them)! :D

Julia Aston said...

Love the papers and colors on this - super lace and very cute image!!

Velta said...

Love the image and the lace and crochet flower just sets this card off to the top :)

Sue said...

Love this card, isn't the image cute? What a tomboy. Fabulous colours too.

Alexandra Hobson said...

Totally stinkin' cute and fun Niki!! I love how you stitched with floss around the image, the dp is fabulous and the image is really sweet! Fabulous card, girl! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex

Mich said...

I adore the colour combination on this one, gorgeous !!

Tab said...

Ooooh fab card, just love this cutie little girl, so sweet, hee hee!
Hugs Tab xxx