This is a FUN one! Not that all the Just Add Ink challenges aren’t, but I did enjoy making this card, as much as it took a little longer than usual…
So the challenge this week is to Just Add Stitching – real, faux, whichever grabs your fancy.
Here’s what grabbed mine….
Ribbon flowers! I also added a couple of rows of faux stitching along the top and bottom of the Mellow Moss strip just in case ribbon flowers didn’t technically meet the stitching criteria 
Being less of an embroiderer than a stamper, I Googled ribbon flowers to figure out exactly what I needed to do, but didn’t really find what I was looking for.
Then I had a vague recollection that Kristina Werner had done a similar thing ages ago, which I dutifully searched for – and found – in this post that she did back in January 2008.
I actually managed to include a second challenge in this card, as I caught a glimpse of Karen Giron’s Sweet Sunday Sketch #71 and had to have a go.
Here’s the sketch that helped inspire the card…
If you have a window of stamping opportunity and a fairly patient mindset, I would encourage you to give ribbon flowers a go!
Entries for Just Add Stitching close at midnight on Wednesday, so get out your sewing machine or your Mat Pack and Paper Piercer and jump in to the challenge!
Stamps: Embrace Life, Tiny Tags, Sanded background
Paper: Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP
Ink: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Ovals Original Die, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Crafter’s Tool Kit, Always Artichoke Stampin’ Write Marker, Chit Chat rubons (retired), Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals
