This challenge is for all members: weavers, beaders, sewists, felters, crocheters, knitters and textile mixed media artists.
Make a ‘topper’ for a greetings card that doubles as a small gift e.g. a brooch, a coaster, a hanging decoration, a bookmark, or of course a card can just be a small artwork too. The gift could be themed e.g. a birthday brooch, a coaster for a new home, a decoration for a nursery … there are so many possibilities!
We were so enthusiastic about the idea that we got straight to it and made an Easter card with a detachable hanging decoration for someone who puts a white twig-tree in her window every Easter with her growing collection of Easter Egg decorations.
Everything came from stash. A piece of scrap felt gave us two easter egg shapes that were hand stitched with a bunny outline.
Thank you to Kaitlen for the free printable bunny outline:
https://simplemomproject.com/bunny-templates/
The bunny tails are hand-rolled merino beads stitched into place.
The two sides were machine stitched together before bows were added to each top.
We used a piece of white A4 size card, folded in half, to make the card then we printed a creamy coloured egg-shape and ‘Happy Easter’ that we stuck to the card before attaching the hanging decoration with a simple stitch at the top of the ribbon.
We bet you’ve already thought of several possibilities for ‘gift-cards’ and we look forward to seeing them!