Two Birthday Cards

When my major hobbies - knitting and cross stitching, are at a standstill, I seem to turn to miniatures - small crochet projects, beading and as of this year - cross stitch greeting cards. The stitching of a card usually takes two to three days, which in terms of time-consuming cross stitching translates into instant gratification. I think I'm hooked and all of my relatives and friends are "doomed" to receive a cross stitch greeting card from me :)))

Canvass: Aida 14
Floss: a mix of DMC, Ariadna and Rosace
Aperture cards: 8888bg.com

Handmade Greeting Card

Last week Gaby made this greeting card for her friend, who has a birthday tomorrow. They are both now in Austria at a German language school camp in the Austrian Alps, immensely enjoying themselves, as we were let to know :)))
I was impressed by the techniques she used in creating the card - all learned from the Internet in the course of the day, so I took a few pictures of the card before she packed it for the camp. I'm pretty sure they are far too busy to be reading my blog there and I'm not ruining the surprise, publishing the card a day before it is gifted :)