Thursday, February 25, 2010

Crochet Flowers - Moxie Fab and 2S4Y

I hope that you are having a fabulous week.  I have had a lot going on with my family and personal issues, so I haven't had as much time to craft as I would like to.  I have had the idea for this card in my head for a couple of days and it felt wonderful to finally get it created.  It is based on Sketch 46 by Laura this week at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I also used the Fun With Floss challenge at Moxie Fab World.  I love using floss on my cards and this time, I combined my love of crocheting with my love of card making.  My grandmother taught me how to crochet when I was very young.  I often crochet gifts for others such as hats, scarves, and afghans.  I recently started to make a whole bunch of crochet flowers (that I plan to put on my etsy site soon) and when I saw the challenge at Moxie Fab, I decided to try to crochet these cute little flowers with the embroidery floss.

Here is a close-up of the flowers and leaves that I crocheted.  I also stitched with the embroidery floss to create stems and grass.
        Cardstock, stamp, ink, border punch, ribbon: Stampin' Up!
        Other: embroidery floss, buttons

I hope that your day is going wonderfully.  Thanks for stopping by!!

20 comments:

  1. Goodness, this is adorable and your crochet work is amazing! This card is wonderful in every way! Thank you for joining us at2S4Y! ♥♥ Kay

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  2. ♥♥♥...LOVE this Amy! Your crochet flowers are as cute as can be!!

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  3. Love them, I would love to crochet, my grandmother taught me too, but I have no patients for it... I can not seem to keep my stitches uniform... I make them tight, then they start to loosen... I tried one time to make a simple afghan & got about 6 or 7 rows into it, pulled it all out and handed the yarn to Gram and nicely asked her to make it for me. She made me 2 :0) but, I may need to revisit crocheting because I love these little flowers.

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  4. Oh wow! What a beautiful card! You are so talented my friend :)
    Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
    Laura

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  5. Oh, that's just lovely! I've never seen them crocheted with embroidery floss -- they're so delicate and pretty. I hope everything is okay. Hugs!

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  6. So pretty! Love the crochet accents and hand stitching! :)

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  7. i love those flowers! I couldn't tell that they were handmade at all, actually, great job!

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  8. I love the crochet flowers, I'm going to try to make them too.

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  9. Hey Amy! Thanks for entering the Fun with Floss Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! :)

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  10. Oh WOW! Very pretty card. Your crochet flowers are so dainty and GORGEOUS!!TFS

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  11. Wow! This is amazing!

    Thank you so much for playing along with us this week @ 2S4Y! :)

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  12. oh my i LOVE those flowers! great job on the sketch too :D

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  13. `Gorgeous` ca Gorgeous way to use your floss:)

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  14. sorry I did mean: ``card``

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  15. Wow...these crochet flowers look fantabulous. I have never seen anything like it.

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  16. Love your FLOWER soo delicious and love your Ribbon soo yummy SU Ribbon....LOVELY card Amy...thanks for commenting on my Blog..I really appreciate Amy...best regards from Germany (monik1973@yahoo.com) Monika

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  17. what size crochet hook did you use to make those flowers?

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