Toronto Regionals Contest Card

I'm pooped!  But I had a wonderful weekend with the Close To My Heart Corporate team who hosted a two-day Regional Celebration here this weekend.  We made all kinds of fabulous artwork which I'll post as I complete it all this week.  I thought I would share my contest card (which sadly was pulled, since I was not allowed to use patterned paper in the contest! - and about 1/2 of the entries had!) so I was a wee bit disappointed after staying up till midnight the night before completing the stitching on 12 of these (it was a swap, too).  However, I am excited to enter it into the Hot Air Balloon challenge over at Moxie Fab World!  Here's what I came up with:

I used a single strand of embroidery floss, to hand stitch the webbing over the balloon; masked some cloud shapes and sponged over it in blue ink for the sky, and cut up a little kraft color-ready border to form the basket.  Inside is stamped the word "Soar". I loved it even though it didn't make the contest!  Maybe I'll read the instructions better next time :o)

All supplies are CTMH - patterned papers are Sophia & Miracle; Cardstock is Kraft, Heavenly Blue & White Daisy; Kraft color-ready borders; Embroidery Floss; Ink is Desert Sand & Heavenly Blue; Opaque Pearls.