Hello, Eleanor here again, with another circle journal entry, this time it's the very last one in the circle called Take One Stamp.
Hard though it is to be the tenth person to think of a fresh creative way to use a rubber stamp, for me, as soon as I saw this particular stamp...
I knew it could only be one lion, who else, so I stamped the image onto the centre of one of my trusty 20 cm squares of cream cotton curtain lining, and fished out this messy pile:
Some many hours, no, maybe days, actually, it was weeks, later, I had to restrain myself from adding just one more stitch, (more's the pity, see below) and declare, in the words of C S Lewis:
“It was a lion, huge, shaggy; and bright it stood facing the rising sun.”
On the facing page, I embroidered a quote from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
Letter by letter, in a single strand of embroidery thread.
I enjoyed this immensely, and I hope the owner is pleased with my version of her lion stamp, even if, in my haste to finish my entry, and post the journal off to her, I didn't give him any whiskers. I wonder if she will add some. I hope so.
If you have an unusual rubber stamp and can't think how to use it, try some freestyle embroidery.
Cheerio.
Gosh I love this, must have taken you hours to make, I think I would struggle to part with such a lovely page.
Debbie x
Posted by: Debbie Roberts | January 25, 2010 at 07:19 AM
Wow - totally awesome and very YOU
Posted by: Scrapdolly | January 25, 2010 at 09:47 AM
Wow Eleanor I am just picking my jaw up off the ground. That is awesome .
Posted by: Julia | January 25, 2010 at 09:55 AM
W.O.W.... Absolutely stunning and worth all of the effort you have put in - I'm sure the recipient will treasure it always - truly fantastic work x
Posted by: ShellsShed | January 25, 2010 at 04:57 PM
Wow this is fabulous! I always love looking at your enbroidery projects (even though I don't do any myself!).
Posted by: Suzanne | January 25, 2010 at 06:40 PM
Utterly gorgeous. I didn't notice the whiskers, I was too busy looking into his eyes!
Posted by: Sarah | January 25, 2010 at 08:35 PM
this is beautiful eleanor, a real treasure and keepsake, the hours you put into it were certainly worth it :) x
Posted by: deanne | January 26, 2010 at 08:04 AM
Stunning Eleanor!! I love the embroidered writing too!
Posted by: jo willis | January 26, 2010 at 08:22 AM
I can say that the recipient LOVES it lol - Eleanor did a great job (as usual - I had to follow her on this CJ and it made me think out of the box!) and I too did not notice the whiskers even tho she warned me by pm!! Love it Eleanor thanks, it is now pride of place in my craft room along with all the other lush LOs - which you can see on my blog (cheeky plug!) if anyone is interested!
Posted by: | January 26, 2010 at 11:02 AM
LOL forgot to say it was Sal! and put my blog in lol
Posted by: Sally | January 26, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Stunning! and so much work! glad to hear you enjoyed making it so much too.
Mandy
Posted by: mandy | January 26, 2010 at 01:27 PM