May 13 2007
Embroidered Butterfly
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Mom’s!! Wether you are the Mom of children, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, mice, fish…WHATEVAH~ I hope you take a moment today to celebrate your role as a Mother. 
I made this card for my friend Cindy. She loves butterflies and the color blue, so I wanted to incorporate those two things in a card for her. The base card is a Hero Arts notecard, and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey Lily Kate 6×6 pad. I cut the strip with pinking scissors, highlighted the edges with agean blue ink, then machine stitched it.
I saw this technique using embroidery thread at my LSS (local stamp store). I stamped the solid butterfly image on shimmery white cardstock in versamagic pixie dust ink. Then, I stamped the “lined” butterfly in versamagic agean blue ink. Next, I pierced holes at the end of each line, and at the center of the butterfly. I took the holographic pink thread, and threaded it through the holes, following the stamped lines. I knotted the thread behind, then cut out the butterfly. I outlined it with stardust stickles, and made the body with pink stickles. Then I set it aside to dry.
I dug through my stash of rub-ons and found this Mother’s Day one from Basic Grey. I added it to the left side of the strip, then punched some holes to add the May Arts ribbon. I pierced a flight trail, and enhanced the holes with the fine point of a brocade blue marker. Then I adhered this panel to the cardfront.
I made the antennae out of dark blue wire, attached to the card with a mini glue dot, then adhered the butterfly on top with dimensionals.
Thanks for visiting today! Have a beautiful day 
Stamps: butterfly kisses (paper trey)
Paper: hero arts blue notecard, shimmery white, basic grey lily kate
Ink: versamagic agean blue, pixie dust
Accessories: sewing machine, white thread, tool kit, pink holographic embroidery thread, wire, dimensionals, pinking scissors, basic grey rub-on, brocade blue marker
OOOOH how gorgeous T! I Love how you did the ribbon, the sparkles…soooo gorgeous!
This card is gorgeous and Cindy will go crazy for it! You have a blessed Mother’s Day too!
GORgeous card and the butterfly is incredible!
Trudee… This is so wonderfully gorgeous! I’m a doggie mom, so thanks so much for your gracious gesture of thinking of all moms and their chosen “children.” Happy Mother’s Day to you, too!
Just lovely. I’m inspired to try the embroidery as I have tons given to me by my granny! Cindy will LOVE it.
T
Wow, Trudee! This is wondeful!!! I love the thread on the wings - total work of love.
Be still my heart…but this is just to die for! Your friend is going to flip when she receives this. That butterfly…sigh!
Quick question on the holographic thread…where did you find it and who makes it? Is it just regular embroidery thread by DMC (except sparkly)? I HAVE to try this!
Happy Mother’s day to you to! Hope your puppies slobber lots of kisses all over you!
Linda
What an absolutely stunning card Trudee! Cindy will love it! Hope you both enjoy celebrating Mother’s Day and give those puppies a hug for me!
Wow! Such detail on the butterfly!! Gorgeous!
All I can say about that card is WOW!! You are so tallented!!
WOWozer!!!! Just like everyone else has stated - Stunning!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a beautiful card and I know Cindy will appreciate all the work you have put into it.
Hope your Mother’s day is a lovely one.
Juanita
Beautiful! Love your stitched butterfly.
Yeah…..What they said….
Seriously, I’m speeechless. This has to be published! It’s so beautiful!
Beautiful card Trudee, I just used some of that fabulous pp myself! Enjoy your mother’s day!
So PRETTY! I’m sure she will LOVE it!
Your card just shines! So pretty!
Wowee, girl — this is gorgeous! LOVE the embroidery on the butterfly — simply stunning!
Your butterfly is absolutely stunning!! I love your card!! Gorgeous!
What a beautiful card! I love the butterfly (tfs the technique) and the way you have used the BG papers.
Absoluely stunning! You are one of my favorite ‘card artists’; all of your work is fabulous.
Lynda
Cindy ABSOLUTELY LOVES this stunning card! It is exquisite and even lovelier than this scan shows!The butterfly just shimmers with that metallic thread! Trudee , I’m honored to be your friend and the recipient of one of your artistic masterpieces! Have I mentioned that I started a notebook of Trudee cards going back from the early days when we both started with Stampin Up and did monthly swaps! Someday, it will be worth millions but I’ll never sell! lolololo
Oh! An absolutely gorgeous butterfly! Oh, my! Your cards are always so pretty!
This is really lovely and packed full of fun ideas and techniques. Thanks so much for always offering to us, your love of stamping.
barb
Love your stitching, pinking shear strip and totally gorgeous DP. TFS