Does anyone have any bright ideas for making greetings cards? My J-Club ladies have asked to do cards at our next meeting so I've been playing. Martine very kindly gave me permission to share her rose designs with them.
The pale green card is made by embroidering onto the folded card and sticking a second sheet on to cover the back. The middle two are embroidered onto small pieces of card, then cut out with fancy scissors and attached to a card with sticky pads to give a 3D effect. No need to worry about centering the design in the hoop for this method! The rather blobby flower was to see how cross stitch worked directly onto card - it did, but I made the stitches bigger than for fabric. The card on the far right is stitched on a paper doily.
The pale yellow card is not yet assembled. I embroidered the aperture to make it more interesting.
The dark green one is a scrap of hand embroidery I rescued and stuck to the card with bondaweb.
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What about FSL glued on? You can also use double borders, add ribbons, sequins, buttons. You are only limited by your imagination.
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by spendlove
20 Aug 2015
I have ised FSL for Christmas cards for very special people, but as most cards get thrown away quite quickly, they need to be made quite quickly as well!
by mrskiki
20 Aug 2015
Oh Sue, I think these cards would not get thrown away quickly. At least I hope that is the case. That would make the case for fsl, not glued on though. That way if the card is thrown away, they have a memento. Hugs. Nan W
by jrob
20 Aug 2015
I do not hoard many things besides fabric, but I do have boxes of cards that are special to me that I have received over the years.
158717Haven't made any, but I think it would be very attractive to fold square paper from the corners to the center and stitch four borders on the four corners created. Then whatever message you wish inside.
Note to everyone: when I get a design that I think would work for a card, I put in a "card shop" directory.
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66911Make some 3-D ,use your flower and butterfly buttons
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by spendlove
20 Aug 2015
I have thought about buttons, but here in UK it costs a lot more to post a card which is more that 5mm thick!
67271Your cards in the pictures look great. Have gone to some classes and we have stitched on paint able wall paper. Happy Stitching:~)
9793I have embroidered on Mulberry paper then glued it onto a card either directly or using double sided spongy tape things (don't know what they are called) so the paper is not directly on the card. You can either cut or tear the mulberry paper to give it a different look.
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by spendlove
19 Aug 2015
The spongy things are what I used. I have used various handmade papers. The fibres really give them stability.
2023stampin up card ideas is a web site to make your own cards, they are not embroidery, but I'm sure you can get lots of ideas
stampinupcardideas
41781Nice to see all these different techinques and how each gives a different look. I don't think I've ever seen something stitched on a doily before! Nicely done!
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336412748I HAVE EMBROIDERED ON BALSA WOOD FOR CARDS.SORRY CAPS WAS ON.
2753These are all lovely. I don't think you need any further suggestions, you already have it covered.
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