Saturday, July 25, 2015

Christmas Quilt Card


I've made another Christmas card using traditional colors along with some blushing bride pink for the base color. I used the MFT stitched quilt die and made use of some retired SU! snippets of Christmas dsp, along with a Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake duo. The base of the quilt is the back of a paper pad cover. I like the definition of a thicker frame as opposed to regular cardstock, plus it makes use of something else that would just be tossed in the trash. The sentiment is from PTI done in early espresso ink, and I added a  pink Geo sparkler sticker to the center to keep this one flat for mailing.

I'm sharing this over at the July Rudolph Days as well as Pixie's Snippets Playground #187.

Have a great Saturday and thanks for stopping by!

Carol


26 comments:

NJ Stamping Queen said...

Beautiful card, Carol! I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of these dies.
:) Marie

Robyn Oliver said...

Love your patchwork card

aussie aNNie said...

You are so clever, love this and it makes a beautiful card.xx{aNNie My Personal Blog}

cotnob said...

Another fabulous Quilt card Carol, beautiful colours and papers.
Pauline
x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Love your re-use of items... scraps snippets, paper cover... all great way to reduce the trash and to limit the costs!!
And this die is really a jolly... :D Very useful for snippets! Gorgous card with these lovely festive snippets and the stitched snowflake!
Have a happy Saturday!!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

However did you think of using that blushing bride... stunning!

jimlynn said...

So pretty and I also love the easy mailing part of it. Wonderful card Carol.
Lynn

Jean said...

Another beautiful Quilt design, I love the papers and the pretty snowflake center.
Jean x

MaryH said...

Aw, you already knew I'd love this one! (I just got that die, and then got another one while waiting for the first one to show up...!) Love the colors you picked for your quilt, and I'm liking the way you've inlaid it. Just doggoned gorgeous, and I like that white framing around the quilt squares. Hope I can do something this pretty! TFS & have a great wkend. Hugs

StampTramps said...

There you go, pushing Christmas on us again! lol
The things you are able to do with that quilt die are really quite inspiring! Great work (as always).

Donna Hanley said...

I like the use of the thinker background of this card. I recognize those paper and probably still have some of them also. It all looks nice against the Blushing Bride and I love the center adornment. It is also in nice thing to upcycle. Have a fun weekend.

scrappymo! said...

Gorgeous die. So perfect for a quilter friend. I have a lovely group of ladies that quilt together up at the lake, Each Tuesday they very kindly let me papercraft beside them...taking up valuable quilting table space! lol

I have admired this die on your blog before...but when I went to the MFT on line store, I could not find it...Do you happen to know the order number or squ?

Thanks for taking part in the July Rudolph Days Challenge.

sally said...

Love this - looks like a good way to use some small scraps too :-)

Sally

Kathleen said...

This is a fabulously different Christmas card and I love it.

Kath x

Stampsnob. said...

Oh this is so beautiful Carol and such a good job........Lis

Brenda said...

This is a gorgeous Christmas card Carol! I love this quilt die every time you used it. Love the papers you used in the quilt and love the snowflake. The addition of the pink is so fabulous, I always love pink at Christmas! lol Hugs, Brenda

Mrs A. said...

How pretty. Love the colourways. I'm glad I'm not the only one to use
up card that would normally get trashed. Hugs Mrs A.

Jane Willis said...

What a beautiful card and a fab way to use snippets
Jane

Sarn said...

Fab way of using up snippets on this lovely card.
Hugs, Sarn xxx

Di said...

Gorgeous card Carol - and such a great idea to make the frame from thicker material. I'll have to try that one out. Can see me flicking through paper pads for the back covers now :)

Hugs

Di xx

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I just love these quilt cards you make. They have so much love in them. I would love to have that die and it is high on my wish list. I just had to submit a 20 page justification in duplicate for buying several small screw top jars (embellishment organization) so I doubt I can justify this die. LOL! Okay, our budgeting isn't that crazy but I am keeping a close eye.

JD/ Jill said...

Very pretty! Well you already know how much I like PINK, and then when you add a quilt card! It becomes one of my favorite cards!

LesleyG said...

Lovely quilt, pretty in pink! xxx

Barb said...

A lovely and very different card. Barb xx

creationsnz said...

Great quilt block card

mamapez5 said...

Well done. That looks a lot of work but the end result is wonderful. Kate x