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Valentine Hoop Art

Happy Snow Day!

I've been making a lot of embroidery hoop art as of late

and today's snow day was the perfect day for it.

I looked through my huge collection of stamps for those with thin lines

for stitching over. I found this sweet elephant stamp from an old

Stampin' Up Valentine collection from several years ago. I've always loved it!

I stamped the image onto a warm muslin fabric with Staz-On ink.

Next, I used various colors of DMC embroidery floss and started stitchin'!

I cut a felt heart from a roll of felt ribbon that I purchased in the Target Dollar Spot :)

I wanted more color for the background, so I used some chalks for the sky and grass and

also a dab of pink for his cheeks!

Once the front was finished, I glued the edges down around the back of the 4" hoop.

Next, I die-cut a 4" circle from white poster board and glued it to the back. Perfect

for hiding the stitch work and also giving some protection to the piece.

In finishing, I attached red pom pom trim from May Arts Ribbon and a red/white

piece of twine for the hanger. I just -HEART- how it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Shellye