Randje 69, 70, 72, 74 & 75

I’m still working on my borders for Randje per week 2015. More info about this SAL at Randje per week.

These are the first borders on page 11.

ICAD 20-26

This year I’m participating in ICAD (Index Card A Day) again, it’s my second time. There’s a weekly theme with daily prompts. You can find the theme and prompts at DaisyYellow.

I made another mandala for day 20. This one is inspired by Tammy’s mandalas and a few zendoodle drawings I found at Pinterest.

Day 20

For day 21 I recycled an old mandala from my colouring book and added a quote. It’s Dutch for simplicity is not simple.

Day 21

I had a shopping trip with my youngest daughter on day 22. So I only had time to make a one staple collage to remember this day. It's the first time this year I didn't use theme and prompt.

Day 22

For day 23 I used the block quote tutorial from Tammy’s Index Card Art Tutorials -Explore Pack. Cindy is just pretending to be the Cheshire Cat.

Day 23

 A simple collage for day 24.

Day 24

A collage decorated with some doodles for day 25. I like making these silly faces.

Day 25

And this morning I made another collage for day 26.

Day 26

It’s a Teesha Rainbow - YELLOW

I’m participating in a series of swaps for Teesha Moore inspired patches with a rainbow colour. Yellow is the third swap and we made 2 patches for our partners.

On my first patch I used TAST stitch 82: interlaced up and down stitch in perle 5. I attached a button with straight stitches and added some French knots in DMC special dentelles #80. The edge is secured with running stitches in perle 5.

My second patch is decorated with herringbone stitch and French knots in 2 threads of stranded floss. For the edge I used upright cross stitch, one of the Sunday Stitch School stitches at Queenie’s Needlework. The thread is perle 5.

ICAD 13-19

This year I’m participating in ICAD (Index Card A Day) again, it’s my second time. There’s a weekly theme with daily prompts. You can find the theme and prompts at DaisyYellow.

Day 13, 14 and 17 are inspired by the Universe tutorial at Daisy Yellow. Day 15, 16, 18 and 19 are inspired by Tammy’s mandala’s.

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

ICAD 6-12

This year I’m participating in ICAD (Index Card A Day) again, it’s my second time. There’s a weekly theme with daily prompts. You can find the theme and prompts at Daisy Yellow.

A quote on an acrylic background for day 6. For the border I used rub on stickers.

A Dutch tongue twister with a simple drawing and some stamps for day 7. You can hear the first part of this tongue twister in this YouTube video.

A one staple collage for day 8. There’s a tutorial for this at Daisy Yellow.

A pink collage for day 9 inspired by Dolores Umbridge and an old card game.

A Yellow collage with a quote for day 10.

The result of day 11 is not what I had in mind, but I enjoyed making it.

Acrylic paint, old postage stamps, markers and embroidery floss for day 12. I used Holbein stitch for my border. I didn’t use knots, I just secured the thread with tape.

X-ray stitch

Last Sunday Queeniepatch introduced us to the X-ray stitch in her Sunday Stitch School. I made a small Aida sampler to give it a try.

I started with 3 X-ray stitches in perle 8.

Then I made a variation with variegated perle 5.

I continued with the same thread with another variation.

Here I used the X-ray stitch as a border in 2 threads of stranded floss.

I like this stitch and hope to use it again when I have more time. I think it would be nice to add some beads!

ICAD 1-5

This year I’m participating in ICAD (Index Card A Day) again, it’s my second time. There’s a weekly theme with daily prompts. You can find the theme and prompts at DaisyYellow.

For my first card I painted old book pages from the Dutch book Dokter Vlimmen in yellow, orange and red. I tore strips from these pages and glued them on my card. The blue stripes in the background are made with a very old marker. I decorated my card with a sun stamp.

On this second card I made some found poetry from our local newspaper on a graffiti background. It’s in Dutch and grammatically correct, but doesn’t make sense.

On card three I glued a vintage lady and added a matching quote. The background is again made with a marker.

Of course I have to add some embroidery to my cards from time to time. This lavender is inspired by a Lavender & Lace fabric book page I made a few years ago. I stitched on a painted book page.

This morning I made card 5. Just a simple collage to say I like snail mail. I received the kawaii postman in a swap.