A card with a bauble stitched in gold metallic thread is decorated with a gold ribbon and a folded teabag paper star.
Materials used
- Cream double fold greetings card 104mm x 152mm
- Gold metallic thread
- Teabag paper
- Gold ribbon
- Pricking pin
- Sewing needle
Product links
Double fold cards (opens Form-A-Lines.com useful links page)
Thread (opens Form-A-Lines.com useful links page)
Method
The bauble is stitched onto the card with gold thread.
The full instructions and pattern are available to download in a PDF file.
Download instructions in a PDF file
To save the file, right click on the link and select “save target/link as”.
Stitch the card using the method illustrated and described in our Form-A-Lines stitching demo. This uses the free Form-A-Lines Christmas tree design but the method is the same.
A PDF file can be viewed and printed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The folded star
The star is created by folding tea bag paper (or any other decorative paper).
The star is made with four pieces of teabag paper 4 cm square.
1. Fold the paper in half and unfold it. Fold the paper in half the other way and unfold it.
2. Fold three of the corners into the centre.
3. Fold lower corner to top middle.
4. Fold bottom right to middle top.
5 & 6. Fold in half, right to left.
7 & 8. Add extra pieces. Note the way they overlap. We have used a different colour on each piece to illustrate the assembly order. Fix together with adhesive.
9. The last piece is tucked under the first piece. Fix together with adhesive.
Finishing the card
Fix the star in place with adhesive.
Fix the gold ribbon in place with adhesive.
Bauble card made by David Jefferson.