| With only a week left until Christmas there's not enough time to start
on a big project. These greeting cards, however, are the perfect thing.
They're quick to put together and are much more personal and attractive
than ready-made cards. |
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| For the project we used the Jingle
Bells photostitch designm but pretty much any design in our store can
be used.
You will need a piece of organza fabric, watersoluble mesh, card stock,
1/2"-wide ribbon or trim, hot-fix crystals (optional), white craft glue,
pencil, ruler, scissors, craft knife and craft soldering iron. |
| Step One: Embroider the design on a layer of organza stabilized
with 2 layers of wate-soluble mesh.
Cut out the design. |
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| Step Two: Wash away the stabilizer. |
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| Step Three: Cut away the excess fabric. |
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| Step Four: With a soldering iron melt the remaining threads
of organza around the edges. |
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| Step Five: Decorate the stitch-out with hot-fix crystals. |
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| Step Six: Fold a sheet of cardstock in half and press the folded
line. Unfold the sheet. Place on the table right side up.
Apply a liberal amount of glue to the back of the stitch-out. Place
it on the right half of the card. Press. Leave to dry. |
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| Step Seven: When the glue is dry, with the help of pencil and
ruler mark the position of slits for the ribbon: we placed them 1/4" from
the fold, each slit is 1/4" wide and there are 1 1/2" between the pairs.
Each slit is about 1" long. Please note that you want your marks to be
as slight as possible - we made them a little more obvious for the sake
of the photo. |
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| Step Eight: With the help of the ruler and craft knife cut through
the marks to make slits. |
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| Step Nine: Insert a ribbon through the slits. Tie the ends of
the ribbon into a bow. |
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| Step Ten: With the pencil and ruler, draw a straight line 3
1/2" from the right edge. |
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| Step Eleven: Cut away the cardstock along the marked straight
line and around the embroidery. |
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| Fold the card back. The card is ready. Enjoy! |
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| We have more cards on the website that were made in the same way. Pretty
much any design can be used: |
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Happy Embroidering!
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