Ed073 ChristmasCompleted by Donna Ritchie

This design is so pretty and yet so quick to stitch as much of the appeal is in the hanging decorations. The instructions are very easy to follow and, having a finished picture to refer to, makes it very easy to stitch.

This card was made for a friend who wanted it stitched in blue. I do not have rice beads in blue so I used bugle beads and, as they are not as long as the rice beads, this meant that I had to add a seed bead occasionally to fill the pricked gap. As you can see this has not diminished the appeal of the card.

I stitched the card using a variegated blue DMC thread and finished the stitched section by using an ink pad to colour the edges. I then stuck my completed stitching to my base card using double sided tape.