Hand, Machine or Faux?

Hello everyone!  It's early on a Friday and I'm posting on my blog, so that can only mean one thing...
A new challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!

This post has not been scheduled as my last 2 were because I was away on my holidays and I wish I had've been more organised and scheduled this one before I went away too - I got the card finished by the skin of my teeth as I have been useless all week due to jet-lag - How long does it linger?  I thought I would be over it by now!

Anyway, the new challenge was chosen by the lovely Rudlis and this is her last fortnight as a DT member.  I wish her all the best in her new ventures and she will be missed.  Her challenge is...

E for Embroidery!

So any sort of stitching on your makes please - hand, machine or faux - it's up to you!

Here's my card:

And here it is open:

I got the sewing machine out and stitched around the mats and doodled some stitching in the flowers, although you can't really see it in the photos.  I also ran a stitch through some of the ribbon and ruffled it up.

The papers are Jillibean Soup - Blossom Soup mini pad.  I used Spellbinders Nested Flower Shapeabilities and card candy to make up the flowers which I then attached to lolly sticks.  The border die is the Fancy Hearts die from Crafty Sentiments Designs.

I also used my swirl Doo Hickey die and the sentiment is from the Waltzing Mouse sentiment set called Fancy Phrases, which I went over with a clear stardust pen to make it really sparkley!

I got the cute wee wooden ladybirds (or ladybugs depending on where you're from!) in Australia and I thought they'd go well on this card.
The wide ribbon is from my stash and I haven't used it very often, it's hard to find the right card to use it on cos it's so wide and covers everything up, but I love the colour of it.

I gave everything dimension by using lots and lots of foam pads.  It's quite a textured card.

So that's my card! (Oh, you can see a bit of my wonky stitching in this photo!)
Why don't you pop over to the Alphabet Challenge Blog and see all the DT's fabulous creations and have a go yourself?!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks; Flowers
Anything Goes; Anything goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges; Sewing box
Prairie Fairy; Anything goes
Scrappy Frogs; Shape up
Simon Says; Use your favourite tool - my cuttlebug got well used with this card!
The Shabby Tearoom; Homegrown flowers
Totally Gorjuss; Swirly whirly
Whimsy Stamps; Use ribbon

Thanks for looking!