Birthday Wishes 6

This lovely card is from Jackie who lives in England!  The butterfly is a sticker that has been stitched upon and the border has been punched and lined with the dark pink.

Birthday Wishes 5

Yipee, another birthday card has arrived!  This one is from Thelma who lives in California.  It has a 3D image in the center and a stitched border on either edge along with sticker dots.  Very delicate work!

Birthday Wishes 4

Another beautiful card from Winnie in Holland!  This time it is for my birthday!  It is so gorgeous!!!

Contest Entry 4

Nancy from Ohio sent in this gorgeous beaded harlequin!

Wow, I think this contest is heating up!!!

Swap Fest 23

Here is the most gorgeous card from Winnie in Holland.

It is a combination of Paper Embroidery and Iris Folding!

Swap Fest 21

Here is a beautifully stitched card from Thelma in California.

In the center is a cute little 3D.

Swap Fest 19

This gorgeous paper embroidered card came from Judith in New York!  The stitching is so delicate and neat.  In the center is a 3d pyramid of glittery daffodils.

 

Swap Fest 9

Here is a dainty stitched card I received from J'lu in Pennsylvania! 

Lilies of the Valley are a favorite of mine from childhood!  J'lu sent me this card for my birthday.  It is considered a RAK (random act of kindness).

Egg-stra-ordinary

Another day, another swap :-)  This one is for my Paper Embroidery group.  We had to combine "iris folding" and "paper embroidery".

I started by cutting the lavender cardstock to fit the paper embroidery pattern.  I wanted an oval frame to surround an egg shape.  I only used the design (Ann's Paper Art-a392A) in the middle of the oval frame.  I stitched the design in dark purple thread.

After finishing the frame I cut an oval shape out of the middle.  Then I embossed the lavender with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots folder.  I used purple and gold foil wrapping paper for the iris folding.  I wanted it to look like a fancy Fabrege' egg.  I finished it off by edging the egg with a gold edging stitcher.  Lastly, everything was attached to a purple card base.

Swap Fest 2

Here's a paper embroidered beauty from Sandy in Australia!

When you pull on the edges it opens out to this view.

Vroom Vroom

Last year I made a great card for my sister's birthday (if I do say so myself :-).  She has and loves her Harley and I had a motorcycle pattern for paper embroidery that I stitched for her.

I attached the white cardstock that was stitched to a black card base.  I cut some striped paper to frame the top and bottom and add some pizazz to the design and finally added a Happy Birthday sticker.

The inside repeats the stripe, black and white theme and included this verse.

You On My Mind

I stitched this special paper embroidery card for my good friend.  The pattern can be found at Stitching Cards.

 

I stitched the patten of the front of the card and lined the inside front with a piece of white paper.  My last step was to use Martha Stewart's "Doily Lace Edge" punch on the opening edge of the card.

Bouquet

Last summer I did a swap in my Paper Embroidery group.  I chose to do this lovely pattern by Erica Fortgens.

Loss

A friend of mine lost her father last year.  I wanted to give her a special card.  I found a simple paper embroidery pattern and stitched the design.  I mounted the stitching on lavender cardstock and then on a purple card base.

Inside I added a simple verse.

Butterfly Wings

Paper Embroidery (one of my card making groups) ran a swap a while ago and this is the card I made.

The theme was butterflies and all swaps must have embroidery.  I chose a beautiful pattern of Ann's Paper Art and used a purple/blue variegated and a silver thread to stitch. The finished stitching was matted on a blue background and this was attached to a purple card base.

I used a punch to make the butterfly.  I had a holographic folder (bought in a "back to school" sale) that I used for the butterfly.  I attached the body to the card and left the wings loose and slightly folded up.  Finally I attached silver corner stickers and a silver border sticker to outline the spaces between the corners.

I have more information on "paper embroidery" in a previous entry.  Just click on the link provided.  To find more "Ann's Paper Art" patterns go to Card Stitching.

A Stitch in Time

One of the Yahoo groups I belong to is Paper Embroidery.  We make all kinds of cards with embroidery on paper.  Paper embroidery started in Holland and one of the first designers was Erica Fortgens.

England has several sites that cater to paper embroidery.  There are many ready made patterns and kits and you will also find free patterns as well.  Form-A-Lines was one of the first craft companies to offer kits.  Stitching Cards also has much to offer.

Our swap this time was any style of Valentine card as long as it had embroidery on it.  I used a section of a free pattern for the center and designed my own border.  I attached the center to the border with ribbon and then glued it to a card form and finished stitching and adding beads.

There are oodles of sites and information on the web.  Here are a few sites to get you started...

   Card Embroidery 

   Terryfic Times 

   Stitching Cards 

   Prick and Stitch is my Craft

Free patterns

   Stitching Cards 

Tutorials

   Stitch a card 

   My Kinda' Living 

   Dot Com Women

Shining Star

It is harder to create card designs for men unless you know them well.  I decided to stitch a star pattern in the Temari style (based on geometric patterns done in Japanese embroidery) backed with holographic silver paper for my nephews birthday card.  I used a pattern from Erica Fortgens book (Embroidery on Paper 2)for the star.  I used a Planet Punch circle template to add points to the silver circle.

For the inside I scanned the front and then imported it into Microsoft Word and added text and printed it on banner paper.