Greetings!

A little while ago, I made some cards for some good friends of mine. It was the same weekend I'd been going through my old World of Cross Stitch magazines so I was inspired by the mini designs that they feature in their issues.

For Christina

This was a birthday card for a friend that I made using my Sissix Die cut machine. I cut squares of pink and blue squared paper and layered them on my blank card. Then, I used my Happy Birthday die to cut the main motif from pink card. Once I stuck it all down with foam pads, I stuck self-adhesive rhinestones in the corners. In total, a pretty quick design but I was happy with how it turned out!

For Kat

This was a mini cross stitch that I found in a past issue of World of Cross stitching. It took me a couple of hours to stitch and then I frayed the edges of the fabric. To make the card, I cut a square of blue card and stuck the cross stitch onto that with double sided tape. Underneath the blue square is washi tape. At the bottom of the card I put some more washi tape and a ribbon with a hand tied bow and then the "Congrautlations" wording came from my Sizzix machine.

For Claire

This was another mini design from a past issue of the World of Cross Stitch magazine. The whole article was a A-Z of Oriental designs. I picked this one because my friend loved her visit to Japan. Again, this one only took a couple of hours to stitch, and then I frayed the edges and mounted it on pink card with washi tape underneath.


I am also in the process of stitching Christmas cards for my sister-in-law. Yes, it's early, but still!! I won't post them yet because I don't know who they're for and I'd hate to spoil the surprise!!