Cute as a Bug: How to Make a Spellbinder's Stitched Ladybug Card

I am back from vacation;  we had a wonderful week even though we faced severe storms and flooding almost every day.  I will be sharing more when I begin a new travel series on Wednesday.   I hope to visit your blogs soon and return the love you all have graciously left on my blog in my absence, but as you are all probably aware, when one is away from home for a while, there is so much to be done when you return...especially if you have a garden.  There are so many tomatoes that need to be picked, and I had to toss at least a dozen cucumbers because they had gotten so big on the vine!  

In the meantime, I want to get back to a regular blogging schedule, starting with a craft post.  Below is a card I made for my daughter and son-in-laws birthdays which are just a couple of weeks apart.  This card was a labor of love as the stitching took forever, but I love the way it turned out.  The frame is just breath-taking to me.

To make this card I used Spellbinder's Stitched Ladybug die set (It's on clearance right now, so if you want it I'd scoop it up right now as it's half price!).   I cut all the pieces out using different shades of card stock, then I did the stitching and assembled everything together.  I used white floss for the frame, ladybug head, and dots and red floss for the wings.  I didn't do anything creative with this card but just followed the example given on the back of the die card set.  

For the background, I used a "Meandering Floral" embossing folder (no longer available) and dry embossed a beautiful shade of green cardstock.   

The hardest part of doing a card with die cuts is cutting all the different shades of cardstock, stitching, and then piecing them all together.  Once that part is done, it's basically just creating a layout on your card front that you like.  

 I love ladybugs and I love how this card turned out, it's as "Cute as a Bug".

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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