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Stitch n prick, sparkly Christmas Tree cards.
I made a whole bunch of these for the Christmas card swap we had here on Cut Out + Keep and I thought you might like to see how they were made.
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Naomi D. favorited Stitched Tree Cards
05 Dec 23:00
You Will Need
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Step 1Take a small piece of paper and fold it in half. Draw half a Christmas tree shape on one half.
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Step 2Take a pin and pierce throw the middle point at the very top of the tree (where the star would be), making sure to go through both bits of paper.
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Step 3Continue to pierce along the outline of the tree, at the points and mid-way down each branch.
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Step 4Open the paper up and your tree pattern should be on both sides. Take your card and position your tree paper template on it.
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Step 5Now use your pin to pierce around the tree outline and through the card this time.
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Step 6You should be left with a pricked outline of tree on your card.
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Step 7Now take a needle and thread it with green thread.
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Step 8Come through the top hole of the tree, from the back, leaving a tale of a few inches.
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Step 9Go down through the second hole, around the back and up through the 3rd hole.
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Step 10Continue this, going down, around and up, but add a seed bead when you come to a point on a branch.
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Step 11Continue this until you have stitched around the tree outline once.
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Step 12Now stitch around again, this time you should be stitching the opposite, so that you're filling in the gabs between your previous stitches.
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Step 13Stitch around the outline again and end by bringing the thread though to the front.
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Step 14Now take a star shaped sequin or bead and thread it on to the card, stitch back through it and take the thread to the back of the card.
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Step 15Tie the thread and the tail together, so that the stitches are secured tightly in place.
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Step 16Cut off any loose thread and voila! Merry Christmas.
sorry for my horrible English. ;D