Sunday, 17 January 2010

Have a Mice Day



My lovely friend Tara sent me this gorgeous image quite a while ago and ever since I've had the idea of wrapping embroidery thread around the spool to see what it was like. So.... I got lots of different colours of thread lately to try various things with and made this one first.
I've actually used the sketch from "Clare's Weekly Challenge" on Docrafts as it's a while since I've done it and combined it with
Allsorts....brown and pink
A Spoonful of Sugar...lots of layering
Creative Card Crew...Punch it!
Papertake...pretty pink

I've used silver glitter gel pen for the needles and thimble but it's not showing up too well in the photo.
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14 comments:

  1. Pauline C19 January 2010 at 14:11

    Gorgeous card Claire - love that image and the way you ahve done the thread, and fantastic punch-work. Thanks for joining in the CCC Challenge this time.
    Hugs
    Pauline x

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  2. Paula19 January 2010 at 14:30

    Wow what a beautiful card i love the sweet image an fab colours and punch work. Thanks for taking part in the CCC Challenge.
    Paula xxxx

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  3. Christine19 January 2010 at 17:54

    Hi Ruth LOVE this card fab image & colour combo

    Hugs Christine xx

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  4. Jill19 January 2010 at 17:58

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  5. Merry19 January 2010 at 20:40

    This is so wonderful. What a great idea putting the embroidery thread around the spool and on the needle.

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  6. Sarpreet19 January 2010 at 21:20

    Such a beautiful card - i think the image is Penny Black but that is a pure guess on my part

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  7. Elaine Stark19 January 2010 at 21:48

    Lovely card, I love the thread idea. Elaine

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  8. Tara19 January 2010 at 22:08

    Oh I just love this Ruth and your idea for the cotton reel and the thread coming from the needle is fantastic! I adore this card and love the pretty papers you've used too!
    Will try to email you soon!! Just hopped on for a quick peek but can't stay on because someone is giving me dirty looks, hee hee!
    Big hugs, Tara xx

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  9. Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie20 January 2010 at 04:44

    Lovely card - the pinks and black together are so gorgeous. Great image and very cool idea with the thread! And your punch work is beautiful - I haven't seen that one before. So happy you could join in the punch fun over at the CCC this week.

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  10. Sam20 January 2010 at 22:19

    Fab card, great colour combo. Love the thread and punch detail.
    Thanks for playing along at CCC.
    Sam x

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  11. Katty Bell21 January 2010 at 19:35

    Hi Ruth,
    Love your card, it's so sweet and delicate looking
    Kat.x

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  12. Jill21 January 2010 at 21:21

    gorgeous card Ruth, I love the thread around the bobbin, it's looks amazing, great image and beautiful colouring thanks for joining us at PTW hugs Jill xx

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  13. Emma (metalicbutterfly)21 January 2010 at 21:34

    Hi Ruth!

    Thats such a clever idea and it looks great!! love how you have used the layout too

    thanks so much for playing at Allsorts this week

    Emma xxx

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  14. Georgia23 January 2010 at 21:17

    This is so beautiful Ruth - a gorgeous colour combo and I really love the sweet image and lovely papers! :)
    Love, Georgia xx

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Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment, it's lovely to hear from you. Ruth

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