Hello crafting friends. I have a fun Halloween card to share with you today.
👻 It's a Glow in the Dark Ghost card 👻
With lights on ....
and with lights out!
How cool is that?
I first saw this glow in the dark embroidery floss on a fellow crafter's blog. She had done a snowflake. I was totally surprised! I don't do a lot of cross stitching, so I had no clue they made glow in the dark floss. How cool is that?! Well, I went investigating, and online shopping, and let me tell you that it's not easy to find. You can find it on Amazon, but it is rather pricey, almost 4 times the price I got it for at a Michaels near me.
Now let me tell you that it took me forever to get this done! I'm not very proficient at cross stitching as is clearly seen on my ghost above. It's all stripy and I believe it's caused by uneven tension of my stitches. Well, that might very well be, but guys this floss was not easy to work with either. And, yes, probably because of my lack of experience, but this floss is a little stiffer than the normal floss and it frails as it catches on the paper. I had to stop and untangle the floss with almost every stitch - now are you surprised that the tension of the stitches is all messed up?
I used the Cross Stitch Canvas die from Altenew which was great, but the holes are miniscule compared to the cross stitch dies from other companies. It's wonderful for larger pieces because the spacing is almost as small as normal cross stitch fabric, but it really was a labour of love. There was definitely sweat, blood and very close to tears. Sweat as I tried to keep count of those tiny holes, blood as I pricked my finger a few times and very close to tears of pure frustration 😀 But if you're one of my followers, you know by now that I'm stubborn determined, so I was going to get through it, finish it, and I did!
The background scene was taken from Google. The card base is a design from the Silhouette store. The inside was made using one of the new Whimsy stamps.
Between you and me, this card is going to hubby. That way I get to keep it when he's done with it. There is no way I'm going to part with this card 😀 That little ghost is just too darn cute glowing in the Halloween night sky.
Well, I hope you liked my card. Any and all comments and suggestions are very welcome. Trust me when I tell you that I need all the help I can get 😀
I'm going to play along at
Till next time,
stay safe and healthy.
