Embroidered Greeting Cards with a Cactus and a Reindeer

Step 1.

Sew cross-stitches along the edge.

Step 2.

Secure the ends.

Step 3.

Continue with cross-stitches following the cactus template.

Step 4.

Attach double-sided adhesive tape onto a piece of card for covering the back of the embroidery. Press the two firmly together.

Step 5.

Make the reindeer following the same procedure as the cactus but don't attach a piece of card covering the back of the embroidery until you have sewn the pom-pom nose onto the front of the greeting card.

Step 6.

Cut out a pom-pom maker using the template. Attach two pieces of mercerised cotton yarn onto the pom-pom maker. Use the two pieces of yarn for assembling the pom-pom and for sewing it onto the front of the greeting card.

Step 7.

Wind mercerised cotton yarn approx. 20 times around the pom-pom maker. Lift the two pieces of yarn off the notch on the pom-pom maker, tighten and tie a double knot.