If you are printing your own inserts for your prick and stitch cards then I have created some clip art for you. There are five different versions of Merry Christmas […]
Beaded snowflake – forum gallery stitching card of the week
This weeks card is “Beaded snowflake” made by CapricornK. It was made using a pattern from the Stitching Cards Bead Snowflake pattern. This beautiful Christmas card uses silver bugle beads […]
Free Christmas greetings card insert template to download and print
Following on from my post about </11/28/how-to-make-inserts-for-your-prick-and-stitch-greetings-cards/”>making printed inserts for your stitched greetings cards I have created a template for you to download and print. If you have Microsoft Word […]
How to make inserts for your prick and stitch greetings cards
The more expensive commercially produced greetings cards usually have an extra folded sheet of paper inside with a printed message or verse. In card making circles this is known as […]
Art Nouveau Rose – forum gallery stitching card of the week
This week’s card is “art nouveau rose” made by Jasu. It was made using the Stitching Cards Art Nouveau Rose 4 pattern. This beautiful card is stitched on satin pearl […]
Beading needles for prick and stitch card making
Beading needles tend to be much thinner than embroidery needles. The main requirement is that they go through the beads that you are using with room for the thread as […]
How to select the correct size of embroidery needle
When it comes to choosing a needle for paper embroidery it is really a matter of what works best for you. If you have a range of needles in your […]
Beaded butterfly – forum gallery stitching card of the week
This week’s card is “beaded butterfly” made by Lady Di. It was made using the Stitching Cards Stitching Cards Bead Butterfly pattern. This beautiful butterfly card is stitched with pink […]
Christmas bauble free and easy prick and stitch card pattern
This Christmas bauble pattern is easy to stitch as most of the work comprises of stem stitch. The downloadable pattern includes instructions for stem stitch. The photograph shows the bauble […]
Pink beaded flower – forum gallery stitching card of the week
This week’s card is “pink beaded flower card” made by jojo.mary. It was made using the Stitching Cards Stitching Cards Bead Flower 10 pattern. Pink bugle and seed beads are […]
A brief history of the Christmas card
Handmade Christmas cards can be traced back to fifteenth century Germany where cards with religious pictures were exchanged as seasonal gifts. The custom of sending Christmas cards by post started in […]
How to convert fan stitch to loop stitch on a leaf
Stitched leaves often employ a fan style stitch where most of the thread goes from points on the rim of the leaf into a single hole where it joins the […]