2016 Christmas cards - Day 10 - Stitched tree

These stitched tree cards are easy to do and look very effective if you use glittery thread. I stuck with tone-on-tone for my cards, but they'd look great in any colour combination.

I made a template (see below - click the image for a larger version to print) of where to put the holes, then poked holes through the front of my card using the template as a guide. The numbers show where the threads should go - 1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc. You could also add a final line along each side to create a point at the top.

To finish the card I added a star punched out of glittery gold card at the top, and a sentiment at the bottom. If you stitched the design in a plain thread you could add gems as baubles as well.

As a variation I tried doing the stitching on the bottom and one side instead of the two sides. I added in the third side with one long stitch. It was quite effective, but I think I prefer the version with the sides stitched.

Supplies:

• Glitter thread
• Needle
• Sentiment
• Glitter card stock
• Star punch
• Gems