My Cards and Tags: Cards Using Neat and Tangled's Hoop Die

Another week and another great challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  This week's theme made me think harder than usual: it's to create something beginning with the letter N.  Visions of nerds and nests and numbers came to mind, but in the end I landed on a couple of needlepoint-themed cards using Neat and Tangled's hoop die.

I have to admit that I don't know a crochet needle from a knitting needle, though I could rock a latch-hook project back in junior high (remember latch-hook stuff)?  But my mom is the most skilled needle-wielder I've ever met.  She does needlepoint and cross-stitch, knitting, embroidery, crocheting, sewing (the real kind, not my version) and recently took up hardanger (which I had to look up online when she requested hardanger supplies for her birthday).  She's amazing and has kept me in stylin' sweaters and cool Halloween costumes for years and years and has stocked my house with great artwork, pillows, bedding, dish towels and pot holders.  So these cards with their embroidery hoop frames are a tribute to her awesomeness.

This one is made from paper with some flowers from Avery Elle's Fabulous Florals.  The sentiment is from a new set I really like by Concord & 9th called, "Love You Mean It."  I smudged on Distress Ink and added a scribble die and some pennant flags.

This one is made from fabric scraps and the bird images are from Technique Tuesday's Chickadees stamp set.

  
I enjoyed making these projects and used the following products from Simon Says Stamp:

Neat and Tangled Hoop Die Set	Avery Elle Fabulous Florals Stamp and Die Set	Concord & 9th Love You Mean It stamp set	Technique Tuesday Chikadees Stamps	Prima A4 Garden Fable Paper	Prima Debutante 6x6 Paper	My Favorite Things Scribbles Die
Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice 12x12 Basics Kit	Dina Wakley Collaged Hearts Stamp Set	Black Sharpie Fine Point Pen	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Squeezed Lemonade - Distress Ink	Festive Berries - Distress Ink
Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Colorbox Rain Forest Ink

I can't wait to see what your clever minds come up with for things that begin with the letter N.  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!