Sorry I'm a bit late at posting today - technical issues. BUT, never fear, your card is here! This is a card I designed for my stamp club. I love this group of women. They actually approached ME several years ago saying they wanted to start a club. And, now I eagerly look forward to the third Tuesday of every month! This group all knew each other long before I met them! I've seen weddings, babies, and graduations! So, because they've welcomed me into their lives, I like to try to design projects I know they'll love while trying to teach them something new. This month's hostess didn't request anything specific this month. But, her mom is in the club and is a quilter. And I mean she's a SERIOUS quilter. She has been requesting to "sew on cards" for over a year now. Definitely out of my comfort zone. But, I was determined to fulfill that request this month since her daughter hadn't asked for anything specific....which ties in nicely to a new series I'm starting on my blog. Check back on Friday for that!
Today's card does not include sewing. But, it sure looks like a quilt! In fact, my quilter fell in love with this card right away! It features the Springtime Vintage DSP. Here's how we made it...
First, I cut a Sizzix Multipurpose Adhesive sheet to 4" x 5" (found in the Occasions Mini Catalog). I actually used the backing of the adhesive sheet for the back of the quilt! We peeled off the top layer of the sheet - the one with the words. We then arranged 20, 1" x 1" squares of Sprintime Vintage DSP to the adhesive sheet. My recommendation is to lay out your pattern before you start gluing. Because I knew that the squares were exactly the size of the adhesive sheet, we started adhering them from the corner of the adhesive sheet.
After all of the squares were down, we used the Top Note Die in the Big Shot to cut out the "quilt". Next, we ran the "quilt" back through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing folder to give it a more quilted look. Tip: make sure you cut your top note before embossing. Otherwise you'll only flatten the embossing if you try to cut it out second!!!
We adhered the quilt to some Not Quite Navy Card Stock (5-1/8" x 3-7/8"), Very Vanilla Card Stock (5-1/4" x 4"), and a Crumb Cake Card Stock base (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). We stamped the Enjoy sentiment from the You're a Gem stamp set (in the Occasions Mini Catalog) in Rose Red and punched them out. We embellished the card using some of the Rose Red Vintage Flower Adornments (also in the Occasions Mini Catalog) and some lace ribbon.
Very nice!
Posted by: Patty Jo | February 16, 2011 at 04:48 PM