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Etsy Feature – 19Designs Handmade Cards

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19Designs is a handmade greeting cards and mini albums store on Etsy and we wanted to showcase their work in the hope that you will consider supporting your local crafters by making online purchases. Maybe you have some birthdays coming up and need to send a card? How about buying handmade?  Jodi from 19Designs has a huge array of cards to choose from so make sure you check out her Etsy Store. 

Last week we told you how we would like to help Etsy small businesses by offering free features to help promote their handmade businesses. This article is part of that CraftGossip program.

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Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card

Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card

Here’s a fun Valentine project you can make from your fabric scraps! This heart card at Therm O Web blog would make a sweet Valentine to send to all of your favorite people. Designed by Belinda Karls-Nace from Blue Ribbon Designs, this card uses fabric scraps and machine stitching to create a jar full of happy scrappy fabric hearts.

These sweet cards feature a stitched jar filled with hearts, with a bit of twine tied in a bow around the top of the jar. They make sweet gifts just by themselves, but add in a small box of candy or some homemade cookies and it’s a whole Valentine or Galentine present.

I love projects like this to use up my smaller fabric scraps. I have a whole bin of just these tiny scraps, too small for most sewing projects but too cute to just throw away. I’m always looking for ways to put them to good use. These little scraps are the perfect size for cutting out some cute little hearts!

In addition to the fabric scraps, you’ll need some other special notions and adhesives to make this card. You’ll need fusible webbing to easily adhere the fabric pieces down to the paper and iron-on vinyl to make the jar. They also use some fusible glitter to add sparkle to the card. I’d never heard of a fusible glitter before, but I’m pretty excited to learn about it.

You can stitch up a stack of these sweet little Valentine cards in an afternoon. I love quick projects like this for a day when I’m wanting to do something creative but not wanting to invest my time and material in starting a long term project.

Go to Therm O Web blog to get the tutorial and the free pattern by Karis Nace of Blue Ribbon Designs.
[photo credit: Therm O Web blog]