Masculine Quilt Card

One of my husband's friends has recently been in the hospital, so I made him a quilt card to let him know we're thinking of him. I used a MFT stitched quilt die and used some black cardstock, along with some green Lawn Fawn plaid and Recollections black & white checkered dsp to put this one together. I added an Impression Obsession button to the center, adding shreds of green dsp in the center to look like thread. I added the warm wishes sentiment to the front with a get well message inside. He loved the card, and says he's saved every card we ever sent to him, so that's quite a compliment!

I'm sharing this over at the Dies R Us challenge #108 - stitched dies.

Here's wishing you a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Quilted Snippet Cards

I had half a sheet left of some Gina K Bubble Gum pink cardstock and wanted to use every last possible piece of it, so I thought I'd make a few quilt cards to use it up. I also used some SU! dsp along with left over snippets of grey, white, and black. For this card, I added a Simon Says Stamp Dahlia die that I cut from pink and grey and inlaid all the pink bits (whew, that was hard on the eyes!). I added a few hand-cut leaves, and several die-cut white stems and leaves from my snippet box, along with a silver candi dot in the center of the flower. The quilt die is from MFT and the sentiment was cut with silver mirror card using a Lil Inker die.

I'm entering this card into the Snippets Playground #338 where all you need to do is use snippets to make your card.

 When you make multi-colored quilt cards, you are left with lots of leftover bits, so I made a 2nd and 3rd card with the leftovers. For this version I finished the center with an IO die-cut button and wove 2 shreds of the pink cardstock through the center to look like thread. The sentiment was done with an Elizabeth Crafts die.

I'm sharing this card with the Happy Little Stampers October Anything Goes with Dies challenge 

Here's the 3rd one with a different sentiment but using the same color bits as the first two.

This card is going over to Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge for October 2018.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have yourself a wonderful day!

Carol

Quilted Christmas Card

I used up the last bits of an older (unknown) Christmas paper pad for this Christmas quilt card and a MFT quilt die. I cut the quilt die from the inside of an old paper pad cover for sturdiness, then die cut the random paper pieces and placed them into the die. I added a gold embossed sentiment from SNSS, a gold-embossed punched flower and a red circle with a gold brad in the center. It's all placed on an old olive card base.

I'm sharing this with the Happy Little Stampers December "anything goes with dies" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a warm and wonderful day :)

Carol

Quilt Card for a Sister

I decided to make use of a pretty paper pad from DCWV called Linen Closet and made a quilt card. I believe this is the churn dash quilt pattern. Using a 1" punch, I cut 2 blue squares, and 3 floral squares, and cut one of each color in half on the diagonal, and one of each color in half lengthwise. I left one floral square uncut for the center. I punched flowers and added mini brads, along with a SB Shapeabilities Fancy Tag which was stamped with "Sister" - a stamp by Verve.

I'm sharing this over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to "make it girlie."

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day filled with warm sunshine.

Carol

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Churndash Quilt

I made this card a while ago and never posted it, but decided to share it today with the Cards in Envy "Tickled Pink" challenge. I used little squares of coordinating pink dsp and cut them in half diagonally and horizontally to piece them into this quilt design. After it was all pieced together, I embossed it using a SU! square lattice ef, and added a punched mini flower to the center with a mini button brad. The sentiment is by Verve, and I used some really feminine pink lace dsp for the background.

Thanks for checking in today and I hope you're staying warm wherever you are. It's bitter cold where I live and more s.n.o.w. is on the way later today. I need a warm quilt to snuggle up with for sure!!

Carol

Quilt Card

I pulled out my MFT stitched quilt die and some favorite, hoarded, retired SU! Parisian Breeze dsp and made another quilt card. These patterns have always reminded me of old pajamas or men's shirts, so I thought they'd be perfect to put into a quilt card. The quilt is on a base of Soft Stone cardstock, and the sentiment was done with Baja Breeze ink. The "button" was done with an IO button die and I tied some Lawn Fawn twine to the center. The inside says "filled with lots of love."

I'm sharing this with the Shopping our Stash Challenge SOS#237 - which has a theme of "dreaming of something warm."

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

WT378 Afternoon Tea Birthday

I made this card for my sister-in-law who will be celebrating her 79th birthday in a couple weeks. I wanted something with a "homespun" look for her card, so I dug into my much-loved (and hoarded) stash of Afternoon Tea dsp that's been long retired.I punched 1-1/4" squares of the dsp, and randomly adhered them to a scrap, then cut it with a Top Note die, and finally embossed it with a Sizzix Snow Globe ef to give it that quilted look. I added a piece of Groovy Guava ribbon and a layered flower done with a 5-petal punch and a smaller Carl punch. The pieces were embossed with the SU! square lattice ef, and layered with foam tape and finished with a button and some orange and white twine. The sentiment panel was done with the SNSS birthday stamp set, and the background dsp is a piece of Soft Sky dsp. I entered this into the SCS WT378 challenge today to create a banner on your card.

Here's a similar card that I made for a customer recently using more SU! retired dsp's called Parisian Breeze. For this one I used 1" squares and this one looks more balanced to me with the smaller squares. I put this on a soft stone card base, and used chocolate chip ink for the Northwoods sentiment. I used the same embossing folders and punches for both cards.

It looks like storms are heading our way, so I'm going to wrap this up and prepare to shut this computer down for a while. Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Catching up with the MWT's

I finally finished my card for last week's mid-week throwdown over at the Stars & Stamps blog. The challenge was to use the colors of blue, green and kraft. I made a quilt card from scraps and added a button with bakers twine in the center. Do you think the sentiment is bold enough?! I've had that stamp forever and this might be the first time I've actually used it!

And this card is for this week's Stars & Stamps MWT to make a card for Mother's Day. I've been working on Mother's day cards all week, but this one uses a free digi you can d/l from OWH to make your cards! I colored the image with Copics in a gradient style, and then added some spica pen accents to the darker shades of yellow. The background paper was embossed when I bought it, but it's old, so I have no idea who makes it. A black border, and a piece of ribbon and I've got another one for Mom!!
I think I'm now caught up with my challenges, so thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Carol

Baja Quilt

One of the retired colors SU! is bringing back is Baja Breeze, and that's a good thing! (as Martha would say) I still have a lot of the Baja Breeze dsp left, so I decided to make another quilt card. I stamped the white cardstock base first with the Stitched backgrounder in Baja and then used all Baja dsp to create the quilt. After adhering all the squares, I cut the whole piece with the Top Note die and then stitched the squares in place. Next I added a little flower I crocheted that was tied with a button and added two 5-petal punched flowers underneath. The sentiment was cut and layered with the large oval punch and stamped with a SU! sentiment.
I wish you all a fantastic weekend, and thanks so much for stopping by :)

A Happy Birthday Quilt Card

I made this birthday card using up the very last few scraps of the SU! retired Sweet Always dsp. I cut little squares, adhered them to a piece of cardstock, and then used the top note die to cut the "quilt". The sentiment is by Just-Rite stamped in Chocolate Chip ink and it's layered with Chocolate Chip and Tangerine Tango cardstocks. The orange satin ribbon was from my stash. The orange gemstones didn't pick up much shine in the photo, but IRL they look sparkly.
I recently read that SU! is retiring many current colors of card stocks and inks, while bringing back some retired colors and adding a few new ones. While I'm thrilled that some old favorites are returning, I'm just sick over all the retiring colors that I have inkpads and reinkers for and will no longer be able to buy matching card stock after July 1st! Maybe it's just me, but it's getting quite expensive to keep up with all the trends and I may have to seriously re-evaluate this "hobby" of mine!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Carol

Kitchen Sink Challenge #11 Monochromatic Design

Good Evening! I found time this evening to do the Kitchen Sink Challenge #11, found HERE. Makiko, the hostess, has chosen to have us create a monochromatic design. Phew, this was tough! I love blue, so I went with those colors (plus it took 5 coordinating colors of blue ink to make the pansy). The designer paper is all SU Bashful Blue, and each square was run through a mini cuttlebug folder. The inks used were SU Night of Navy, Blue Bayou, Bordering Blue, Baja Breeze, and Bashful Blue. I then mounted each square on textured white cardstock, then SU Navy DP (at least I think that's what it was!) and then onto the card, which again was the white textured CS. I added a sheer blue ribbon, with a hint of silver running through it and the metal tag with the sentiment....BLISS.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

HEIDI

Tango Quilt Card

I made another attempt to do a quilt card like my previous post, only this time I followed the directions! LOL I used the Haiku dsp and Tangerine Tango cardstock. The card looks balanced this time since I used the correct amount of squares. This is a great way to use up those tiny scraps of dsp you have lying around. It takes 12 squares of 1-1/4" size and the top note die from SU!. I added 2 sizes of flowers, a die cut starburst, and a large brad. I also used some matching ribbon by SU! The sentiment is from the Thoughts and Prayers set, and was stamped in Always Artichoke.
I hope your Monday is going well. Spring arrives later this week and I'm so ready!

Carol

Sweet Always Quilt

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I recently discovered Lisa Freeman's blog post to make a quilt card with the top note die from SU! I couldn't wait to make one myself, so in my normal rush to get things done, I didn't follow her instructions precisely, and my quilt is a bit unbalanced as you can tell. You're supposed to use 12 squares and I used 16. {DUH!} I will definitely do this one again the correct way, because I love the look of it. I'm down to just a few scraps of this fantastic Sweet Always dsp from SU, and what better way to use it up than with a quilt card? The sentiment stamp is from the very last page of the current SU! catalog and I love this one! I'm really fond of these single stamps and might have to order another one soon. The card base is Pink Pirouette and the ribbon is Regal Rose. I stamped and matted the sentiment panel with Chocolate Chip.
I suppose I'll be stamping the day away since NASCAR is off this week. Sunday afternoons just aren't the same without a good race to watch - but then there's Bristol next week. There's always excitement galore at Bristol!
Have a wonderful Sunday whatever you're doing, and thanks for stopping by :)

Carol