card making

Any one have any insight into embroidered greeting cards

Cath

cathjim norton wrote:
Any one have any insight into embroidered greeting cards

Cath


If you mean making greeting cards using as the main front decoration a
small piece of embroidery, I do it all the time. I start with a small
(2.5 x 3.5 or so) counted cross picture. I iron on non-woven
interfacting to the back and then trim the edges.

If I am making a notecard I go on to the next step, if not, I print a
message on card stock or a ready make blank card (Michael's is my
source.) Next step: I cut a hole (circle, oval, or rectangle) in the
blank notecard or piece of card stock using my Fiscars cutter or exacto
knife. Center the embroidery behind the window and hold it in place
with a sheet of white paper glued on all four sides to the back of the
window edges.

As far as insights...Smaller designs work best as too large and the hole
you cut "gaps." Always print your message before cutting the hole.
Circles make the best windows; ovals are hard to make small enough and
rectangles often have corner problems. Rachel in Scottsdale

I love to make cards and have a website that talk about it too. Here's my site:

http://www.making-greeting-cards.com

Just uploaded some templates today.

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