Sunsets and snowmen

Surprisingly for my short work week I have very little to share this week. I've not really been in the right mindset to craft. Crafting really helps mental health, but mental health can stifle creativity sometimes. This is one of those weeks.
I've made a birthday card, using distress oxides to blend a sunset and then some stamps. I added a couple of butterflies on there to finish it off.

I've also been working on the cross stitch. There are six separate sections of this; 2 strand full stitch, 1 strand full stitch, 1 strand half stitch, 2 strand blended full stitch, back stitch and finally French knots. I've done the 2 strand full stitch which is a major part of it, and now I'm doing the 1 strand full stitch.

So that's it for this week. I have started fixing that project I screwed up a couple of weeks ago, and I've got a few projects in my head as well so hopefully there will be more next week.
Ems

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