April 15, 2009

A Stitch in Time Challenge Winners

I'm so excited to present the winners of the A Stitch in Time challenge, friends! All y'all have outdone yourselves on this one! And, I must say, there were so many strong projects, and it was so hard to decide, I said to myself, "What the hay! This is the Moxie Fab World, after all! We can have as many winners as we want!"

Feast your eyes on these fun projects, for all of these made the stitching aspect of their projects an integral element of the design. Whether machine-stitched or hand-sewn, these are simply moxie fab!

For example, I love how Julie Campbell has stitched a stamped image in this hopeful card:


Here, Courtney K has used stitching as the ground, the flower stems, the frame, and most especially, the butterfly trail:

In this beautiful card, Julia Stainton has not only pieced the different patterned papers together with machine stitching, but she has used silk ribbon embroidery as the blossoms on the branches:

And this amazing design? It's almost entirely freehand machine stitched by Fifi-T sewing:

Talk about the stitching being an integral part of the design! I love how this felt bird is outlined with a zig-zag stitch, and I love the detail of the silk ribbon embroidered flowers in conjunction with the feather stitch on the wing! Bravo, Cindy Holshouser!

The flourish on this card is beautifully stitched, but I also love how Ashley Harris added the rhinestones to accentuate it in just the right spots:


In this fun card by Brit Swiderski, the stitching is the design:


And what's not to love about this stitched rainbow coming out of this stitched, puffy cloud, with the stitched accents in the sentiment? I love this, Heidi Van Laar!


Join me in giving these gals a shout-out, friends! I'm sure they'd all love to hear what you love about their designs!

Ladies, shoot me an email at cedvalson@ckmedia.com with your addresses and "A Stitch in Time" in the subject line and I'll send some goodies your way!

Now friends, be sure and tune in tomorrow for the juicy details on the next Moxie Fab World challenge--this is one you woodn't want to miss!

Sewing things up,

~Cath

PS You still have until midnight tonight to comment on this Ask Around, and until tomorrow at midnight to comment-to-win one of these collections from Pink Paislee!

28 comments:

Tammy Hershberger said...

These are all great samples with lots of inspirational ideas!

Anxious to see the new MFW Challenge, but whatever became of the Butterfly challenge from last month???

StampinCathy said...

Wow all these cards are just amaZING and super inspiring.
Congrats ladies!

Sandrine Deleuze said...

OH WOW !! these creations are soooooo beautiful !

Michelle said...

What FAB cards for sure. The hand stitching looks with the chunkier looking thread is a great look for sure - what talent!
LOL @ WOODN'T - uh-oh.....*giggles*

Beth Perry said...

All those cards are absolutely beautiful!

~amy~ said...

gorgeous work ladies!!!

Kay Sibley said...

Oh yes!!! These are some beautiful cards! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!!! ♥♥ Kay

Tonya said...

WOW these are all really fabulous!! Awesome job ladies!

Tink said...

Beautiful cards! They have inspired me soo much that I have to try stitching a card!! Thank you..

Kerry said...

Such inspiring cards! Great job ladies!

Windy Robinson said...

Great cards-- they are all beautiful!

ScrapMomOf2 said...

WOW! Are you kidding me? These are AMAZING! Talk about awesome cards and stitching! I'm in awe! Well done ladies! Just stunning work!!

Scrapycandy said...

The flourish card is amazing...such inspiration!

Ashley Harris said...

Congrats ladies!! These cards are stunning!

Andrea said...

Beautiful! Wow! I wonder what the rest looked like!

mustangkayla said...

Amazing cards ladies! Beautiful stitch work!

Cath said...

Hi Tammy,
We had some technical difficulties with the Butterfly Challenge, but Kelly is ironing out a work-around. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Cath

Anabelle said...

WOW!!! Every single one of these is a work of art!

Thespa said...

WOW! WOW! And triple WOW! You gals did an amazing job on this one. Wish I had had time to do one but now that I've seen yours I'm definately inspired to make some of my own using stitching. Way 2 GO!

Linda Beeson said...

WOW! breathtaking creations! It is hard to even believe how gorgeous and clever these stitching projects are.

Renee said...

wow....those are all gorgeous!!!

Congrats ladies!!!

jamie v said...

Oh my.... these are ridiculously awesome!!!

~Lori (loree2000 SCS) said...

WOW! Great picks! Lots to love here!! Congrats ladies!!

Ann said...

These are all so FABulous! WOW! You picked an awesome bunch of eye candy for us this time, Cath!

NanaBeth said...

These are all just fantastic. I am inspired. The original challenge gave me a nudge-so I am in the process of making "stitch" templates by recycling the packaging from some of my scrap products. I print out whatever design I want, put it under the clear acrylic, and use sharpies to "dot" my pattern. Being totally OCD-I have to measure to make sure the spaces are even. Than I use my paper piercer to make the holes. After some trial and error-I figured out to print my images reversed so I can use the flat side of the acrylic.

Cynthia B. said...

WOW! These cards are FABulous! I'm not one to spend a lot of time sewing - I don't even have a machine...so when I see artwork like this - I'm just floored! Great work, ladies!! Congrats!!

sandee said...

The cards were simply amazing and so beautifully created! Kudos to all the winners!!!!!

Eva said...

WOWSERS!!!!! AMAZING cards, every single one of them! I sure am inspired!!!