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Hello Everyone,

I have a question about making cards. Has anyone embroidered on
cardstock? Do you have to use official designs made for cards or will
any design work? Thanks. Kat

I tired it a long time ago...I used a design specially made for stitching
on card and still found it split the card

Best wishes
Betty Higginbottom
Wakefield West Yorkshire UK
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Subject: [HookedOnEmbroidery] Embroidering on cardstock



Hello Everyone,

I have a question about making cards. Has anyone embroidered on
cardstock? Do you have to use official designs made for cards or will
any design work? Thanks. Kat

I made one for xmas. I used stabilizer and made sure the design was simple. Just a xmas tree...


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I have embroidered directly on card stock and the design density makes all the difference in the world. I Amazing Design's Edit 'N Stitch to reduce the density if necessary. Some designs will contain small sections where even with a reduced density, too many stitches come together. When this happens you end up punching holes in the cardstock. You can hoop a cutaway stabilizer and use spray adhesive to position the cardstock. After the embroidery is complete, use a light bonding agent to fuse a piece of fabric to the underside (if the embroidery is on the front of a card) to cover the back of the stitching and add stability to the card. Simple single and maybe double run outlines can look quite nice. Too many stitches will create a perforated line that causes the image to get punched out of the cardstock.
Have fun with it, just do a trial sample first.
Holly


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I spent a lot of time trying to embroider on cardstock you have to have
designs made just for that purpose and sometimes you just punch the design right
out I found it so much easier to embroider the design out on material I used
felt and hot glue onto the card stock I used pinking sheers to cut out the
design so it looked nice it was a lot easier and less stressful and you could
use any design Bev

Embroidery Library has an excellent tutorial on cardstock embroidery. They also have designs especially for paper.


Hope this helps!

Donna in Sk

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I made all of my Christmas cards this year, I stitched directly on
the card stock. I used a white card, printed my greeting, then
stitched a pretty redwork candle. For stabilizer, I used a light
tearaway on some, others I used some plastic wrap. The plastic wrap
was easiest to remove except in the tiny areas and I just left it
there in most of them. I think they both worked fine, I used the
same thread in the bobbin, so it looked the same on top and bottom. I
received lots of compliments on the cards. You really don't want to
use a heavy design. Experiment a little, it is easy and fun. SandyM


--- In HookedOnEmbroidery@..., "katakaniki" <kpaulmt@...>
wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I have a question about making cards. Has anyone embroidered on
cardstock? Do you have to use official designs made for cards or

will

any design work? Thanks. Kat

Hi Kat:

Yes, ideally you should use a design that is specifically digitized for
cardstock to get best results. If you have troubles like Betty did,
check to make sure that you're using a sharp size 11 needle, and a
good-quality cardstock. If you're using a low-quality cardstock with
short fibers, or a large or ballpoint needle, then you'll see tears/rips
rather than small needle perforations in the card.



HTH



Deb
Embroidery Library

deb@...



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I tired it a long time ago...I used a design specially made for
stitching
on card and still found it split the card

Best wishes
Betty Higginbottom
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Hello Everyone,

I have a question about making cards. Has anyone embroidered on
cardstock? Do you have to use official designs made for cards or will
any design work? Thanks. Kat

Hi there

In response to your question. I find designs that are not very dense works quite well. I have also used cross stitched designs and they came out quite well.

Hope you make some beautifull cards. Last year I made all my own christmas tags and embroidered on quite thick handmade paper, and that came out beautifully. I think the bottom line is, you must just play around a bit and have some fun!

Happy stitching
Helena
Durban South Africa

katakaniki <kpaulmt@...> wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I have a question about making cards. Has anyone embroidered on
cardstock? Do you have to use official designs made for cards or will
any design work? Thanks. Kat






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