Its not my brother-in-law's birthday yet - it's next week (OMG I am early for a change), but I am pretty certain that he doesn't visit my blog and so I am safe to show you my challenge entry to the Just Add Ink Challenge - just add stitching.
Inspired by Sue Madex's card for the Art With Heart team blog hop, I made this card using my favourite star punches - yes I know it looks nothing like Sue's card - but isn't that always the way - you sit down to make one thing and end up making something else - at least there are stars on it!
As I sat putting little cross stitches into the middle of the big stars .... and running a line of stitching along the bottom of the card it struck me that this is how my crafting passion began, that was nearly 20 years ago. I used the mat pack to create a row of neat little holes - which I then ran a piece of Linen thread through.
And here is a close up of the stitching - just in case my Mum pops in to have a little look - she knows how good ..... hummm okay ... how bad I am with a needle and thread.
So Happy Birthday to Steven, brother of Paul, and Uncle to Olivia and Kieran .... lets hope he is celebrating this time next week.
