Tonight I want to share with you my entry for this week's
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge. The fourth week of the month means it's a
stash challenge and this time around it's the technique of paper piercing. I have also taken inspiration from the sketch at
Freshly Made Sketches this week and would like to enter it into
sketch challenge #164.
I had the idea of paper piercing an angel and then going one step further and doing some paper embroidery. I used a pattern that I had on my computer, found whilst browsing the internet a while back, along with a piece of 350gsm white card and some fine metallic silver machine embroidery thread. I didn't have any proper instructions but with a little patience I think it's come out just fine!
I turned the sketch on its side and matted & layered the finished angel onto a piece of metallic silver paper and then onto a metallic plum-coloured square card blank. It's finished off with a piece of white ribbon with a silver Christmas greeting printed on it and a matching handmade bow.
My mum does a lot of knitting and sewing and I think she would appreciate this card for Christmas, so that's her sorted!
Thanks for stopping by today.
Stef x
