Nicola´s Creations: ABC , One Stop Craft & Papertake Weekly Challenges

What a dreadful day and night we had yesterday, horrendous thunderstorms and torrential rain which left us without electricity for far too many hours. I hope you are all keeping nice n snug and warm whilst your snow falls heavily in UK and elsewhere. So much for the sunny costa´s as it is bitterly cold here too.

Righty ho I actually managed a card today but boy oh boy why does one realise the problem they have until it´s too late. I had only lost one of those little cushion nose pads of my glasses so eyesight was more than a bit wonky to say the least so believe me I now know you can teach an old dog new tricks teehee.

Over on ABC this week it is Y for Yesteryear so out came this pretty little flower from the Floral Set of See D´s which I bought about 3 years ago. I have coloured this with Prisma´s and added a touch of stickles then matted and layered this onto a hand embroidered background of hearts which also falls into the theme over at Papertake Weekly which is to use Hearts and Flowers, or both . One Stop Craft Challenge theme this week is Buttons and Bows so I have used both ribbon and buttons from stash.Basic Grey Boxer dp and a bit bugging complete my card.

29 comments:

Sharon Traynor Designs said...: Stunning embroidery Nicola. So delicate too. Your ribbon and flower stamp are gorgeous. Another beautiful card. Thanks for joining the One Stop Craft Challenge.
Sharon xx; 2 February 2009 at 19:27
Marcea said...: Oh wow oh wow, this is really gorgeous mum. Love your stitching at that bow is delicious!!!! Thankyou soooo much for joining us this week. Hope you get your glasses fixed soon and that it warms up for you .... although if you want to know what the cold feels like you should be over here, lol
-x-; 2 February 2009 at 20:17
Rach said...: wow this is beautiful, hope you find your cushion pad for your glasses. Hugs rachxx; 2 February 2009 at 20:40
Poppy said...: all that sewing wow, gorgeous.
poppy; 2 February 2009 at 20:50
Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...: stunning card

thanks for joining us this week on ABC

hugs jane x; 2 February 2009 at 21:32
Joey said...: Hi Nicola, gorgeous card, I love the stitching and beautiful colours. joey.xx; 2 February 2009 at 21:47
Bev said...: Utterly exquisite - Nicola your stitching is out of this world!!! Such a beautiful colour combination too. Ummm think you'll have guessed I LOVE IT!!!

Hugs Bev x; 3 February 2009 at 00:37
Sally said...: Nicola,
Fabulous card and your stitching is just perfect! Love the bow. How did you do that?; 3 February 2009 at 01:05
Faye said...: This is just stunning! I love the embroidery. Everything coordinates so well.; 3 February 2009 at 03:42
Jayne said...: Beautiful card and love the stitiching. Hope you dont lose your power again! xx; 3 February 2009 at 08:30
cats whiskers said...: What a stunning crd dear this is just beautiful, from the lovely image to the fab papers and of course your wonderful stityching I just adore the whole thing. BTW the glasses thing I know where you are coming from, I am always breaking mine 'cos I am always putting them on my head and they get cought in my hair, I give them a yank and the blooming cushion thing comes off.
Big Hugs Dear from Sunny but freezing Kent
Jacqui x; 3 February 2009 at 10:47
cats whiskers said...: Hi Dear, don't know what is happening but I keep getting a failure to deliver message when I make a comment so hope you see this one.
I love this stunning card, what a fabulous image and beautifully coloured as usual, the papers are perfect, but oh that stitchingis just perfection dear I love it all so classy
Hugs Jacqui x; 3 February 2009 at 10:52
Susie Sugar said...: What a beautiful card Nicola, it must have taken you hours the stitching/embroidery is lovely
You are clever
Love Susie xx; 3 February 2009 at 12:15
aardvarkpest said...: Wow this is gorgeous. I love the bow, stitching, embellishment and colours.
Hope you get your glasses fixed soon.

Glenda; 3 February 2009 at 13:09
Marlou McAlees said...: love your card :); 3 February 2009 at 14:25
Ann said...: A very beautiful card Nicola, the detail and the elements are beautiful x; 3 February 2009 at 16:09
Debbie said...: What a beautiful card Nicola, the image is beautiful. I love the gorgeous stitching and the colour. Debbie x; 3 February 2009 at 20:28
Victoria said...: what an adoreable card adore the stitching
thank you for joining us on abc this week; 3 February 2009 at 20:45
Ali Watson said...: Stunning card, what patience you have. Thanks for joining in the ABC challenge this week.; 3 February 2009 at 23:07
Nikki said...: This is gorgeous. I just love it.
Thank you for joining us this week at One Stop Craft Challenge
Nikki x; 5 February 2009 at 10:49
Debbie Dolphin said...: lovely.beautiful colours
debxx; 5 February 2009 at 13:39
maxine said...: Lovely card Nicola; 5 February 2009 at 22:12
Anonymous said...: Such a gorgeous card, I especially like the hearts, and the colours and flower are gorgeous. Thanks for joining in with our One Stop Craft Challenge.
Shelley x; 6 February 2009 at 09:50
Paula said...: Absolutly Stunning Nicola wow. Thankyou for taking part in the One Stop Craft Challenge.
Paula xxxx; 6 February 2009 at 10:54
CraftyC said...: A beautiful card Nilcola!
Clairex; 6 February 2009 at 19:12
Cardmaking Galore said...: really elegant card - well done; 7 February 2009 at 01:10
Donna said...: Stunning card Nicola, absolutly beautiful. Thanks for joining in the one stop craft challenge. Donna x; 7 February 2009 at 01:38
Anonymous said...: Absolutely stunning Nicola- I LOVE what you've done with those hearts... might have to raid your patterns for that one :)

A thoroughly fantastic card.

Sam
x; 11 February 2009 at 00:23
Maria Matter said...: OMGosh, Nicola, your embroidery is so beautiful! Another gorgeous card!!!!
Blessings, Maria; 16 February 2009 at 06:25