Tuesday, 14 May 2013

A Couple of Cards

My little niece loves penguins at the moment so I aimed for a penguin theme for her latest birthday, bought her a cuddly Emperor penguin, a penguin pencil case and a penguin drinking bottle (via Edinburgh Zoo). I was stumped by the local shops for a penguin card so I made one, just a simple little cross stitch figure on a blue backround.
 

It's my 19th Wedding Anniversary today and I have a tradition of making cards for my husband, and I try to be a bit creative. Inspiration was not forthcoming, so I googled 19th Anniversary and found that the gemstones associated with this anniversary are topaz and aquamarine. The modern material is bronze, so I dug in my thread stash for the best matches I could find, stitched a 19 and mounted it on a bronze background.

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2 comments:

  1. Bean14 May 2013 at 14:13

    Love these cards Debbie, I think I've mentioned before that my mum makes very similar cards - I have a penguin one pinned to my notice board right next to me! :) xx

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  2. debbie jarman15 May 2013 at 01:25

    oh lovely :) it's nice to give things the personal touch, isn't it. I don't always have time - the planning takes me longer than actually sewing and putting together, but I do enjoy it x

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