HAPPY EASTER!!!
I hope you are all having a wonderful Easter weekend :-) I've had a fantastic time making, baking, enjoying time off and generally being busy with lots of fun activities in preparation for this weekend.
I can't decide what I am most pleased with this week, the Simnel Cakes I baked, or these cards... I am SO pleased with how these turned out, and even more pleased that the ones I sent to England (and worried wouldn't make it) actually got there many days early, in plenty of time for Easter!
I had been thinking of doing some kind of sewing on cards for a while now... after sewing my felt Christmas star and dog ornaments for the name places at our Christmas dinner I love the simple back stitch and the effect it creates. So there must be a way to create an equally effective stitch but on cards!
Cards have been my long time crafting love (I have a LOT of archived photos that one day will be blogged!) Sewing is fairly new... baking still a long time but cards probably has been around the longest for me so I am very pleased to have thought of this new way of creating cute cards that really could be changed for any occasion.
Here's a mini how-to...
I had picked up a stack of pastel cardstock from Michael's a few weeks ago and I knew I wanted to use it for my Easter cards this week. A quick chop, a score along the middle and the cards were cut and ready to go.
I used a lace-like tape for the bottom border and then got to work on the Easter shapes.
Starting with the easiest one, the egg! I used a cookie cutter for this. I lightly traced the outline onto the card, made pinpricks all around this template and then erased the pencil.
Next it was time to sew! I used some complementary coloured threads, all Easter/Spring appropriate! But of course if you want to go brighter, or bolder you can change this up however you like! I backstitched along, and kept the two knots small and tight so that the back of the card didn't look messy.
For the bunny I didn't have a cookie cutter in this shape (only a larger whole rabbit that I used for my Easter sugar cookie treats last year) so I just freestyled this a little. I drew it on paper and when I was happy with the shape and size cut it out as a template to use each time. No risk of them being different then!
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| Bunny, meet Bunny - a cute gift from Mum after she visited Canada Blooms in Toronto on their visit in March last year! |
The final shape I did was a chick, I partly used a cookie cutter for this one, but it had no legs!! So of course I had to add these. This one took the longest to sew for sure but in front of the tv, time didn't really matter.
All written and ready to go. I love how versatile this design of card can be. I have already made a white bunny on pink card for my boss who just adopted a little girl :-) They will definitely be made for baby showers, births, and birthdays in the future... watch this space for more designs soon!!
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| All the cards and all the props hehe! |
I'm totally enjoying all of the new Spring like projects I've been seeing on lots of blogs this week... Feel free to leave a comment and a link to your newest Spring creation :-) Have a great Easter!! Thanks for reading ♫
