Do you make LOTS of Christmas cards? I sure do. I love to make focals for my cards using stitched stickers. One brand of these is Dazzles by Paper Wishes (Hot Off the Press). I made these samples with stickers I got from Paper Wishes, though they are not the Dazzles brand.
The technique is pretty simple. Peel the sticker off the backing and place it on a piece of paper or cardstock. Poke through the stitching holes with a paper piercer. Stitch using thread and design of your choice. These focals are especially nice when mounted with the 3-d foam tape.
I found that after I removed the sticker the backing paper showed indentations where the stitching holes were, so I could take the outline of the sticker and the "innies" that remained and create a second stitched focal, using the backing paper to show me where I needed to poke the holes. Here's an example of that.
So, there you have it - two for the price of one! Several of the companies that make this type of sticker sell "transfer paper" that you can use to transfer the outlines and "innies" to your paper. I found that I could use the blue "painter's tape" (like you get in the home improvement stores) to transfer these bits, though I had to go slow enough to make sure the tape was picking up all the bits. If some bits weren't coming, I just rubbed a bit more or used my fingernail to ensure that the tape picked everything up. It worked great!
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