Mother brought you to life with all her love. She worked so hard to feed you that one day, you realize your mother is the woman you respect and thank most. Mother’s Day 2014 is approaching; this is wonderful occasion for you to express love to her. It is meaningful to make little present by yourself.

Mother brought you to life with all her love. She worked so hard to feed you that one day, you realize your mother is the woman you respect and thank most. Mother’s Day 2017 is approaching; this is wonderful occasion for you to express love to her. It is meaningful to make little present by yourself.

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many countries of the world.

In America, where this day was born, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May. And in 2017, Mother’s Day is on May 14, which means that it’s time for children to start thinking about what pretty gift you want to give your dear mother.

Today, we will bring you how to make a smocked greeting card. The method to do is so simple that everyone can do it, even small children. Anyway, you should be careful to avoid pains from instruments. Here are some basic instructions.

You should use a blank greeting card made of heavy, study cardstock. You’ll be handing this card a great deal as you stitch, so you need something that will withstand it without bending or tearing.

Next, you will need a design to smock. For stitching on paper, it is a good idea to stick with simpler designs that involve mostly outlines. You can find out excellent templates on the Internet or you can begin with a complex design and modify them.  

Now, let start making with an example below:

Step 1: Tape the design to the front of the card using painter’s tape after reducing/enlarging your design.

Step 2: Next, put your card onto some kind of padded surface. You can use a cork trivet or a folded tower, or even a sock.

Step 3: In order to embroider a design onto a greeting card, you need to pre-punch all the holes where your needle will go in and out of the paper. This takes a little thought and pre-planning, because you will also need to know in advance what embroidery stitches you will use. Let’s take this design one part at a time.

A complete smocked greeting card by yourself

And some other designs that you can consider

Hope above information is helpful for you and wishes your family have a happy mother’s day!

BABEENI TEAM