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Bauble Christmas card

Description

A card with a bauble stitched in gold metallic thread is decorated with a gold ribbon and a folded teabag paper star.

Materials used

• Cream double fold greetings card 104mm x 152mm
• Gold metallic thread
• Teabag paper
• Gold ribbon
• Pricking pin
• Sewing needle

Product links

Double fold cards
Thread
Form-A-Lines stitching kits

Method

The bauble is stitched onto the card with gold thread.

The full instructions and pattern are available to download in a PDF file.

To save the file, right click on the link and select "save target/link as".

Download instructions in a PDF file
78Kb The typical download time at 5.6 KB/sec is 15 seconds (a standard high-speed modem).

Stitch the card using the method illustrated and described in our Form-A-Lines stitching demo. This uses the dragonfly from the Form-A-Lines Riverside kit but the method is the same.

These pattern details should be used in conjunction with the Introduction to stitching cards page.

A PDF file can be viewed and printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The star is created by folding tea bag paper.

You will find the instructions for folding the star here:

Go to star instructions

Fix the star in place with adhesive.

Fix the gold ribbon in place with adhesive.

Bauble card made by David Jefferson.

Bauble Christmas card illustration copyright © 1999 Card Inspirations.