Don’t you just love when that happens, gaily stitching along without a care in the world and then it happens … yikes … no more cotton on the bobbin!!! To make matters worse I had no more cream cotton to wind onto the bobbin. As luck would have it because I had cut the material out with an ornate frame die I decided not to carry on with the rest of the stitching because it looked OK!!! See what you think.
When I was younger I used to love wearing hats so when I saw this stamp I just had to have it, you can buy it HERE. Stamped her onto material because I wanted a delicate look about her.
The chipboard buckle and flower were painted with acrylic paint then triple embossed. On the second layer of embossing I added an iridescent mica powder. For the last heated layer I inked up a crackle stamp with Galaxy Gold Brilliance ink then stamped into the molten powder. The Spellbinders frame was cut from … wait for it … yep the ole cereal boxes … painted with acrylic paint, added a layer of crackle glaze then added a different colour acrylic paint.
Only being half stitched looks great, love the buckle and the crackle always finishes a piece off nicely.
Irene xx
Gorgeous artwork Shirl
greetings, Alie 🙂
Love the hat and the ‘happy accident’.
Avril xx
This is fabulous Shirl, I love your crackling. I hadn’t noticed the stitching till you mentioned it – it’ because you’re an artist dahling lol x
That’s rocks, your card looks wonderful. Love the cracked background.