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Easy Embroidered Mother's Day Cards

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Here's how I made them using stuff I had in my studio.
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Boy what a week! Our school district was completely shut down due to the H1N1 (swine flu) scare. But everyone went back to school yesterday. Whew! Thankfully, I was able to work from home while the kids were out, but staving off cabin fever was an even bigger challenge. I think we rented about 6 movies from Redbox in 4 days! Of course, I didn't want the kids to spend all their time watching TV and playing video games, so I got them busy in a few crafty activities, one of them being making Mother's Day cards for their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. When I wasn't busy helping Abigail with her cards or chasing after her (once she got a hold of scissors, she wanted to cut everything in sight including her own hair and her dolls' hair), I managed to get a few cards done of my own. Here's what I came up with:

Here's how I made them using stuff I had in my studio.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    I dug out my big stash of scrapbook papers, stickers and stamps that I've been hoarding over the years. I had bought some blank white greeting cards and envelopes in a value pack from my local thrift store a while back. They also come in colors if you don't want white or you can cover them with decorative papers.

    After I thumbed through my stack of scrapbook supplies and found the elements I wanted to use, I designed my cards. Most of my elements were just peel and stick but some required some extra cutting and gluing to get the effect I wanted. You can also hand draw your embroidery designs or use transfers but I wanted something super quick since I had so many cards to make, so I used the stickers.

    With my designs were placed where I wanted them, I used a paper piercer to create holes around the designs where I wanted to embroider.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    After all of my holes were punched, I started stitching with embroidery thread. I didn't have a paper needle so I just used a small yarn darner needle which fit through the holes perfectly.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Sewing up my designs with embroidery thread.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Once I finished embroidering my cards, I coated the insides with glue and covered the thread backing with coordinating scrapbook papers.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Covering the inside with coordinating paper.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Here's a view of how adding coordinating paper punches it up a notch.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    I varied my style of card to match the elements I used. Clean and mod, bright and girly, classic and traditional, etc.

    Here are my finished cards. I also decorated the white envelopes to match each card using more paper scraps, stamps and punches.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    I'm printing out some Mother's Day poems and greetings to attach to the insides of my cards, but I could also hand write a note or glue in a photo as other options.

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Candice C.

Candice C.

17 May 19:28

very cute :)

Stephanie H. Posted By:
Stephanie H. »
May 17, 2009 12:26
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