Bah! Humbug! Challenge #8 --- Stitching, Real or Faux

Thanks to Bah! Humbug! challenges I have several Christmas cards done for the next holiday.  I look forward to this challenge each week and the spirit of the holidays it brings.  This week's challenge is to use real or faux stitching. My sewing machine is still packed away somewhere and I haven't been in a hurry to find it! I started sewing at the machine when I was 5 years old and went on to make all of my own clothes, my husband's clothes -- even tailored suits, my son's clothes and lots of sewing crafts over the years.  Then I found paper!

I have a stack of images I colored for last Christmas and didn't get them made into cards, so I chose this fun image of Whiff of Joy's Willow.  I had colored it in monochromatic Copics to use on a clean and simple card.   Notice the cross stitches at the top of Willow's boots?  My Cuttlebug embossing border folder of zig zag stitches was a great accent and I traced the embossing with a fine point Sharpie.  Then I drew straight stitches around the oval.  The Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder carried through the winter theme.  With some black brads in the corners and silver stick-on dots next to Willow I have a card better than the original plan!  I hope you like it, too!

For a great start on holiday cards hop on over to Bah! Humbug! and join in the fun!  If you are already "Humbugging" I'll stop by and take a look! Thanks for stopping by today!  I appreciate your visit and comments.