I've been wanting to embroider cards for a while, but wasn't sure how to do it. I was really inspired to do something like the card on the left for my Valentines. I did a little research online and here are my cards during and after.

First, a traced a heart and wrote our initials in pencil. Then, I took a stylis and poked holes (big enough for my needle to pass through) along the lines. I found that sometimes I was too vigorous with the holes and got them too close together, making one big hole. Also, I wish I would have erased the pencil before I started embroidering, cause it showed through too much.


Then, I embroidered using my regular needle and three strands of floss instead of my usual two. I used three because the holes were bigger and I wanted the floss to cover the pattern. I used light pink for the heart, purple for Anthony's initials and hot pink for mine. I had planned to send it in the mail, but Anthony put the ca-bash on that. However, I still added the pretty label on the front.

For Grandma Albrecht:

For Grandpa Hutchinson:

For Mom and Dad:

Jessica also got one with embroidered lips on it that said, "KISSES and Beer!" which I seem to not have photographed on it's own before I sent it away.
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