Have you ever tried sewing on paper before? It’s surprisingly very easy, and I love the way it looks to combine traditional paper crafts with sewing! Dana from Made has a simple tutorial on quilted notecards, which is what inspired me to try it. I also used this tutorial for inspiration.
I made these Valentines to send in our Valentine card swap. If you sign up to participate, you could be one of the people to receive one in the mail! You can sign up until February 4th. Now here’s how to make them:
- First I cut some scrapbooking card stock to be the size of the envelopes I already had on hand.
- Then I made a heart template with some of the card stock scraps. I folded the paper in half, drew half of a heart, cut it out, and unfolded it to reveal a perfectly symmetrical heart. You know, that old trick.
- I bought felt in red, dark pink, light pink, and cream. Since I was making 3 cards (one for each of my swap partners), I cut three hearts from each color. Since each heart had to be slightly smaller than the one underneath it, I trimmed my template down with each color.
They look so pretty all stacked up!
- I took one heart of each color and arranged them on top of each other and placed them on the front of the card.
- And then I stitched right down the center of the hearts.
The hearts are even a little bit 3-D, which is my favorite part.
You can do whatever you want for the inside of the cards. Want to see what the inside of my cards looks like? Join our swap and maybe you’ll get one in the mail!
I have already signed up, just figuring out what to do with my cards
saw this on Not Just a Housewife- what a cute idea! I love the 3D effect when they’re all fluffed out
Cute idea! I’m always looking for new ideas. Hubs and I have always exchanged handmade cards for Valentine’s Day. After the first decade, coming up with new card ideas can be challenging.
I love these cards! They are simple but really cute… Maybe I will do one of them… I will see ;D Kisses
This is a cute idea my little girl is always wanting to make things and she loves hearts! This will be great for her todo!
Wow, lovely, great idea.
Really cute and adds a personal touch that store ones never have. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
it looks easy to do
I maded sometning similar but only used two felts and hand sewed and added silver x & o.
I LOVE THE CARDS..I ENJOY MAKING CARDS OR ANY CRAFT….THANKS FOR THE IDEA..DELORES
Love The idea of the valentine heart patterns so cute
OK, that does it! I’m making one of these. Very pretty, and simple to do. Love it!
Could I hand sew the felt and have the same result as I don’t own a sewing machine nor know how to sew? I love your idea!
This is a cute idea. I bet it could work with paper too (since I don’t have felt handy)!