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Trend: Using Felt on Your Cards

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image by Heather Holbrook

image by Heather Holbrook

Using felt embellishments is a really popular trend right now.

You can make your own as I have done on the sample card by using a die cutting machine. I used sheets of felt from the craft store in my Cuttlebug from Provocraft with one of their flower dies and  the Olivia Alphabet die set.

Or you can buy lots of pre cut embellishments like these 12 x 12 sheets from Fancy Pants Designs:

image by Fancy Pants Designs

image by Fancy Pants Designs

Or these amazing borders from Queen and Co.:

image by Queen and Co.

image by Queen and Co.

 

Tip: Use a strong liquid glue, brads or sew felt embellishments to hold them in place.

-Heather

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From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.