Happy Monday, crafty friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I’ve been busy over the past few weeks with moving into our new apartment. I had intended to play along with a few challenges when I finished organizing my craft room. But I couldn’t come up with a *creative* idea. That was the reason you didn’t hear from me for a while. I was out of touch. 🙁
To be honest, I made a few cards last week. They were not good enough to show you, though. Yesterday morning I was still struggling with the creative process, when inspiration finally struck. Then I had to work almost all day long to execute my idea.
So, here I am with a birthday card to share with you today. I made this card for my dearest friend, Mei, who has a birthday in May. I wanted to play with the first letter of Mei and May, which is “M.” My inspiration came from nail and string letters by Jen. I don’t know if my card qualifies as string art. Ha-ha!
Here is a closer look at my card. To create the background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots. As you can see above, I did a partial embossing to leave a spot open for stamping. (FYI, you can watch a how-to video here by Sarah.) Then I stamped the sentiment from PTI Birthday Stamp Set.
To create a monogrammed letter M, I started by poking some tiny holes through the paper using a straight pin. Next, I threaded the needle with embroidery floss and put stitches through the holes. After that, I put a brad into each hole. Needless to say, the big M stands for Mei and May as well.
To finish off the card, I cut slits in two corners of my card base from Papertrey Ink. Then I placed my embossed white panel onto the base. I managed to make my card look CAS and contemporary as well. I think the pink color of the cardstock and brads also makes my card cute and girly. What do you think? Hope you like it. Anyway, I love the way my card turned out.
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May, I made a comment last week but it seemed to disappear. So here again. I knew from my exeperience it must really hard to get a straight line with embroidery floss. What a labor!
May . 09 . 2013Cham
I will make a card for her too! I can’t wait to show you it. I’m glad we continue our custom.
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May . 04 . 2013Miho
She might love the card from you! Me either because I’m the one of M, haha:D I’m very happy to know that you also made a handmade b-day card for her as same as me:) I’ve already sent her my handmade card. Even we live different places our cards exchanging will continue forever!!!
May . 02 . 2013SylviaB
how clever to create a monogram using brads and yarn.. love it!
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Beautiful Monogram card May. I saw this on MIM..Loz
Apr . 30 . 2013Kelly Griglione
So very clever! Love this concept, and how you turned it into a card. It’s so delicate with the floss, the swiss dots, and the colors. Thanks so much for joining the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!
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What a great idea, I love the way you created the ‘M’.
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