This week’s card is called 60th Birthday Easel card and was made by Jasu. This fabulous card was made using the numbers 6 and 0 from the Pinbroidery number patterns.

Jasu said: “I stitched on cream card with green, garnet silk and gold metallic threads, then painted with gold metallic acrylic paint. It is mounted on lime green and cream hammered card. I used peel offs to complete the card.”

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A bookmark cross with flowers pattern has been added to the Stitching Cards collection.

This bookmark would make a great gift for a bible reader. It could also be used on a greetings card for religious occasions such as Easter.

The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/481/bookmark-cross

Stitching Cards customer Angela has sent us pictures of some colourful bookmarks. They are made with Stitching Cards bookmark patterns.

Angela said: “My 13 year-old daughter is our primary stitcher. Last spring she and I made bookmarks for all the teachers our children have had in the local elementary school. It was our last year there, so we had the teachers over for a luncheon to thank them for their work. They each chose a bookmark to take home and were just thrilled. Teachers do love books, and what a great keepsake.

“Instead of folding the paper in half to hide the threads, we mount the bookmark on a second piece of cardstock in a coordinating colour.”

Six bookmark patterns have been added to the Stitching Cards collection.

They are bookmark high healed boot, bookmark dress, bookmark flower bud, bookmark lamp post, bookmark thistle and  bookmark tie. They can be stitched as bookmarks or as cards with added words of your choice.  The patterns are ideal for birthdays and to send messages such as congratulations, well done, thank you, with love or invitation.

The patterns are available individually and in a value pack of all six designs. The pattern size is 152 mm x 52 mm (6 x 2¼ inches).

Value pack: stitchingcards.com/product.php/480/

Individual patterns: stitchingcards.com/section.php/58/

A Valentine cupcake pattern has been added to the Stitching Cards collection.

The design features a cupcake with a heart and the words “Happy Valentine’s Day”. It could be used with different words for other occasions such as an anniversary.

The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/473/valentine-cupcake

A drummer has been added to the Stitching Cards collection.

This pattern makes a great birthday card for music lovers. It can also be used for congratulations, thank you and other messages.

The pattern size is 152 mm x 104 mm (6 x 4½ inches).

www.stitchingcards.com/product.php/472/drummer

This week’s card is called Breast Cancer Fundraiser and was made by Nedlnut. There are two beautiful cards made using the Stitching Cards Free Awareness Ribbon Pattern which has a choice of two sizes of ribbon.

Nedlnut said: “In October, we held a month-long breast cancer fundraiser. The owner of A Stamp Artist Place and I donated the supplies so that all of the money raised could go to our chosen charity. For a donation to The Hope Chest, I taught people how to do paper embroidery using the free ribbon pattern. The Hope Chest is a local organization that helps women in Western NC who are diagnosed with breast or gynecological cancer. Thank you so much for designing this pattern and offering it for free so that it can be used for teaching purposes. I love it when someone learns to stitch and it was a bonus to be able to raise money for a wonderful charity.”

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To mark 60 years of Her Majesty The Queen as Head of State in the United Kingdom Stitching Cards have released a free Diamond Jubilee pattern.

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June.

Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne on 6 February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2 June 1953. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002.

The only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria in 1897.

The Stitching cards Diamond Jubilee pattern would make a great souvenir of this royal occasion.

You can download the pattern at stitchingcards.com.

This week’s card is called Cayden’s BD card and was made by Nedlnut. This lovely card was made using the Stitching Cards Free Puppy Pattern.

Nedlnut said: “The Stitching Cards free doggie pattern was stitched with variegated rayon thread. Inside says “have a dog-gone happy birthday”. This is for my great nephew’s 6th birthday.”

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This week’s card is called Thinking of you and was made by Dutchess. This lovely card was made using the Stitching Cards Basket of Flowers pattern.

Dutchess said: “I decided to make a ‘thinking of you’ card and use one of my favourite Stitching cards patterns ‘Basket of Flowers’. I tried to keep the colours quite muted due to the use of the card.”

It is stitched onto a rectangle of white card with rounded corners decorated with a punch.
A larger rectangle of decorative paper is mounted on a blank greeting card.
The stitched rectangle is mounted on this to form a border.
The words and gold borders are added with peel-off stickers.

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