| These charming greeting cards use the Tropical
Fish lace. They're simple to craft and make great keep-sakes
For the lace, you will need water-soluble mesh and embroidery threads.
For the cards, you'll need cardstock of various colors and patterns, permanent
spray adhesive or craft glue. |
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| Hoop 2 layers of water-soluble mesh and embroider the design of the
Coral Fish. For our samples we used cotton threads with 12/80 needle and
pre-wound polyester bobbins.
Wash away the stabilizer and air dry the motifs. |
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| Fold the cardstock sheets. Then, cut out the needed size. Our cards
are 6" x 7 1/2". |
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| Unfold the card. Place the lace on the front panel where you 'd like
to attach it. With a pencil, mark the inner outline of the fish. |
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| With a pair of sharp scissors or a craft knife, cut out the outline. |
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| We like to use spray adhesive. If you are also using it, take an old
shoe-box, place the lace on the bottom, face down and spray the lace with
the adhesive. In this way the spray will not ruin anything else on your
working table. |
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| Place the lace over the cut-out and press firmly with your fingers.
Place under a press (a heavy book will do just fine) for a couple of hours
to let the adhesive dry. |
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| You can further embellish the cards with stickers, small beads, shells,
crystals, etc. |
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| We hope that you liked our idea and will come up with many of your
own! |
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