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'Let it Snow' Project with Stitched Snowflakes:
Start with a 5" X 6.5" blank white greeting card or cut and fold your own. Cut out a piece of dark blue cardstock that is 4.5" X 6" to mount on the front of the card but do not glue it in place yet. Cut the three circles from white card stock and the hat from black card stock. Also cut out the printable greeting. Arrange them on the front of your dark blue card stock in the shape of a snowman, overlapping each circle a little as was done in the completed card shown above. Leave room for the printable greeting and glue everything in place, including the greeting.
Cut out a sliver of orange card stock in the shape of a triangle and glue that to the snowman's face. Use black paint or a black marker that won't run to draw dots for the eyes, mouth and buttons. Draw the arms by making straight lines then add a V shape to the end.
Now you will be adding the stitched snowflakes. First, you will need to poke holes in the dark blue card stock using the snowflake patterns as a guide. Lay your dark blue card start containing the snowman you made on a soft surface like the back of a mouse pad. Working on the front of your card, place the snowflakes patterns randonly around the card front and use a thumb tack(the kind you can grip), a quilting pin(the kind with a round tip for gripping) or a paper pricking tool made especially for this to poke holes in your card. You will need a small sewing needle and white thread for the stitching. This kind that comes with a mini sewing kit is fine to use.
To start, secure the end of the thread by taping it down on the back of your dark blue card stock near the first snowflake you will be stitching. Now begin stitching by pushing the thread through the first hole, marked #1 below. Now looking at the front of the card, push the thread through the hole directly across from the first one(marked #2 below). Looking at the back of your card again, push the needle through hole #3, go back in through #4(looking at the front), out through #5, in through #6, out through #7 and then back in through #8. You should end with the thread and needle being on the back of your card. Continue by repeating this process for each snowflake. If you run out of thread or when you are finished, secure the thread in place with tape on the back of the card stock.
Finish by centering and mounting the finished designed to the front of your white card with a permanent glue stick or double sided tape.
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