Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Teddy Bear Valentine

After a long, long trip, so long I had given it up for lost, the Valentine I made for the EMS Valentine Card exchange finally arrived at its destination in Canada for Bea. I picked a cute teddy bear monochrome heart design from Aurelle, stitched over-one on off-white Monaco. I was so happy that it exactly fit the opening of my heart cookie cutter. Then I found a number of little crocheted teddy bear patterns on the web and ended up using a touch of each to make the funky little bear. I guess he's a polar bear. White was the only color of crochet thread I had that made any sense to use on this card. I couldn't find any kind of brown or tan in the stores.

19 comments:

Danielle said...

Looks great! I love that design and the colors you chose. Over one stitching always looks so great.

mainely stitching said...

That's a GREAT finish!! :D

Lenka said...

The postcard is beautiful and the polar bear is very cute, I love it :)

Anonymous said...

Awesome! Perfect.

Jackie's Stitches said...

What a precious card! I love the stitching and the crochet together. I'm glad the card reached it's destination.

Annette said...

What a lovely and cute card. Lucky Bea..

Jane said...

Oh, Annie, this is beautiful

KarenV said...

What a cute card! It turned out great :)

Carol said...

What a cute little Valentine's card, Annie--the crocheted bear really makes it special.

Mail to Canada does seem especially slow--I mailed two packages over 10 days ago and neither has reached its destination...

Deb said...

That is such a sweet card. I'm sure that Bea loved it. Thank goodness it made it to her even though it was a bit slow.

Rachel S-H said...

Annie, that is gorgeous! What a pretty card!

Michelle said...

What a cute card - the finish is great!

Nima said...

wow...cute teddy on the card..the card looks gorgeous

Ranae said...

Thank Goodness the pretty card made it to it's destination.
The bear holding the heart is so adorable.

Mylene said...

That is such a lovely card and oh so cute polar bear.

Pumpkin said...

So cute :o)

Siobhán said...

That is SOOO great! I love it. Great timing, too!

Melanie said...

What an adorable card! Love that polar bear!

P.S. Received my Suzy's Zoos!

Jenny said...

What a pretty card Annie! Happy Valentine one day to late :-)