This week our cards are headed off the Florida, to MaryLou. Lover of Teddy bears, purple and blue. I think I did fine in all areas, though you could say I went more towards the periwinkle (my all time favorite) side of those colors.
This sweet little bear chose to dress only in a fine ribbon and bow. I was thinking of the DGS's book "Bear in Underwear", but a bear in just skivvies wasn't really what this challenge was all about. I even found a great digi of a bear in underwear, but he was mad, so that didn't work.
This little sweetie fits the bill nicely for MaryLou. It took 4 hours to embroider this bear, my thumb and first finger tips are sore. I used a 140lb watercolor paper for the base. Should have pierced my holes with the bigger tool.
I threaded the ribbon through the Resplendant Rectangle and made the mulberry flowers with the center of the aster dies, and the smaller 2 of the poinsettia dies. There's 4 layers for each size of the poinsettia. Add in some olive branch leaves and you have completion.
I had thoughts of using chalks to fill in the color, but after 4 hours of work, I didn't want to muck it up!
Date: Monday, November 12, 2012 GMT Views: 668
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5164
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 @ 8:05 PM
Oh wow, I do love your embroidered teddy, what a lot of time & patience!! Love the periwinkle colouring of your card and your beautiful rectangle frame!!
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Registered: November 17, 2006 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia Posts: 47614
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 @ 8:18 PM
Oh my, Miss Jennifer... wow... I absolutely love your embroidered teddy and the beautiful flowers you created.... truley a work of art.. MaryLou will surely treasure this precious card..tfs
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 4174
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 @ 10:54 PM
I am in AWE of your beautiful needlework. The simplicity of your darling bear is so charming... I am with you... if I did that and tried to chalk it I would probably ruin it and the 4 hours of work would be for naught! This is a keepsake for sure... AMAZING!!!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 44211
Wed, Nov 14, 2012 @ 10:46 AM
Ah - as soon as I saw the first hint of stitching, even before I scrolled down the page I knew this was yours. 140lb paper - even just the piercing would be a lot of work before the stitching. I do love the heavier papers, but I know they're correspondingly harder to work with. I stocked up on some nice lightweight 90lb when we were in Paris, as it's quite hard to find here! She is one sweet doll of a bear - well done you!
Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 63313
Thu, Nov 15, 2012 @ 2:06 AM
Jennifer...you are one of a kind! This is so cool...I love how you combine cardmaking with sewing...paper with thread....images with happiness! This is a wonderful thing and what a big heart you have to put 4 hours of love into this! It is the most precious thing....gotta love the ribbon weaving as well! Whoo hoo
Registered: June 23, 2008 Location: da U.P. - Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula Posts: 14511
Thu, Nov 15, 2012 @ 10:34 AM
OMG Jennifer... you've created a masterpiece! Love your delicate embroidery stitches and the gorgeous woven ribbon. This will be a treasured keepsake for MaryLou.
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Fri, Nov 16, 2012 @ 3:34 PM
Having done stitching on cards...I know how time consuming it can be...but my stitching never looked as nice as yours does! This card is very well done, and oh so pretty!
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