A large all occasion card featuring a fabric mat with stitched candles

 I have revisited using fabric on my handmade cards.  I used a piece of cotton from a pocket and used Inktense watercolours to give it a wash.  I cut some candles from scraps of fabric and watercoloured the flames using the Inktense as well.  I stitched the candles on with blue thread, and then stitched on the flames using yellow thread.  Nice to be able to use little ends of spools on these small projects.  I added a flannel and then a backer of the same fabric and stitched all the way around several times.  I chose to leave the edges raw.  To keep the layers together I stitched on some blue rick rack across the candles.  I added a little bow using yellow crochet thread to finish off my card.  I stitched it to my card front using the same crochet thread - you can see the small yellow stitches to the right above the rick rack and to the right of the green candle on the left.  It can be removed and used as a mug rug or displayed as a little quilt.  Glad to be back to card making!!!  Therese