Create your own handmade greetings cards with cross stitched card toppers
Making handmade greetings cards is a popular hobby and one that is not totally limited to papercrafts. We can use needlework too!
To begin making your handmade greetings cards stitch any small design on Aida. Cut around the design three aida squares away from the design. This project works best with Aida, but can be worked on evenweave but it doesn't give such a neat effect.
Pull the Aida material away from the design leaving one square complete next to the stitching.
Attach the cross stitched topper to the front of your card with double sided tape and decorate accordingly.
This page and idea was a reader contribution by Julie. Thank you for such a wonderfully simple way to create your own handmade greetings cards. The design Julie choose was for Christmas but this technique could work well for any occasion or time of year.
Cardmaking is one of my favourite hobbies and this method includes needlework so what could be better? Over the years I have stitched many greetings cards for my mother and she has saved every one and combined them in a frame with a multi-aperture mount. I can see many cards being made, based on Julie's idea, in my house this holiday season.
Got an idea you would like to share?
Just to whet your appetite, we will be introducing something really exciting to the site soon! You will be able to share your own ideas with other visitors simply and quickly and comment on other peoples articles. This will make it truly interactive.
