How to Make Fringe Flower Greeting Cards

Diane Gilleland, contributor

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These cards are lovely for thank-you notes, or give a set as a gift.

Diane Gilleland

A trip to your local fabric store will yield lots of interesting fringes. Each card only requires 6 inches, so a yard of fringe goes a long way.

Diane Gilleland

The contrast between the shaggy fringe and crisp paper really makes these cards sing.

Diane Gilleland

These cards are lovely for thank-you notes, or give a set as a gift.

Photo: Diane Gilleland

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I recommend placing the flowers under a stack of heavy books for a few hours at this point to help flatten them out.

Glue on a paper center.

Use scissors or a craft punch to cut circles from decorative paper. These will be the centers of your flowers. If you have some decorative edging scissors, you might want to use these, too. Mix and match and stack them up. When you have a configuration you like, glue them together using a glue stick.

Ideally, the finished center should be fairly stiff. If you need to, you can glue a circle of cardstock to the back to add body.

Use a liberal amount of craft glue to adhere the center to the fringe flower.

Make sure the center is lying flat on top of the flower.

Make sure that the center is lying flat on top of the flower. Since the surface of the fringe may be uneven, take a moment to adjust the center while the glue is still wet.

Incidentally, I don't recommend placing the cards under books once the flower centers are glued on. Again, since the surface of the fringe is rather uneven, adding weight will only serve to bend and warp the center.

Allow the flower to dry thoroughly before assembling the card.

Glue the finished flower to the card.

To assemble the card, use a liberal amount of white craft glue to affix the fringe flower to the cardstock. Let the glue dry thoroughly. I've decorated my card with a background of scrapbook paper here. You can do this, or leave your card blank.

If you mail your fringe flower card, be sure to use a padded mailer to protect the flower. And make lots more flowers to use as scrapbooking embellishments, pins, and hair accessories!

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Comments (12)

AshatPrintCandee writes: Love this idea! They are so beautiful! Now for an opportunity to try it :)
Posted: 2:45 pm on September 6th

Criativa writes: Mas que ideia genial para convites.Boa! Thanks. :)
Posted: 10:25 am on July 3rd

azest4art writes: Many thanks for your generosity in sharing this and making your instructions and pictures so clear. The different coloured thread was very helpful. Sue
Posted: 9:53 am on June 3rd

Gerele writes: wooow i`ll try it, thanks
Posted: 9:27 am on November 19th

Behappy writes: Thank you for sharing your idea, it is so neat and I love the multicolor one you used for a demonstration.
Posted: 9:57 pm on September 30th

digibudi writes: This was just what I needed for my invitations to my birthday party next month! I have so much fringe and ribbons.. super!
Posted: 4:23 pm on September 30th

stamperkay writes: Looks like a great idea! Can't wait to try it, now the grandchildren will love this one. Wonder how buttons will work as the center instead of paper circles?
Posted: 9:23 am on September 28th

MegaJoy writes: Good Idea I will take to the Sr Center.
Thanks very much.
Posted: 6:51 pm on September 27th

Sweet_Dee writes: WOW! Great idea...love it!
Posted: 1:42 am on September 27th

ElainePDX writes: Perfection, as usual, Diane!
Posted: 11:24 pm on September 26th

Semo12 writes: This is such a cute idea and looks wonderful on your cards! Thanks so much for sharing, the gals at the cutting tables probably won't be thrilled cutting 1/8 of yards off many bolts for this project. lol
Posted: 2:01 pm on September 26th

susanstars writes: Diane, such an awesome idea, and beautiful details as always! I love them.
Posted: 12:40 pm on September 26th

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