Hi, Stampers!
The Alphabet Challenge is ready for the next letter – “Q is for Quilt.” Firstly, this challenge is wonderful for using up scraps and I just know that you have a pile of them somewhere! Because my pile was getting totally out of hand, I made you two cards – one with cardstock and another with designer paper. Although this could be used for any occasion and any stamp set would make it fun, I chose my favorite from the annual catalog, Season of Chic.
I made one with squares and another with a tag punch that is now sadly retired. Please note that, because these cards were made from the inside out, their sides are not standard ones. It would be very easy for you to recreate both of these in standard sizes though by adjusting the panel sizes. Which card do you prefer – I’d love to hear in a comment!
Once you finish here, I hope you visit our Alphabet Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!
My secrets!
Card #1
- Card base is 8-1/8″ x 5-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/16″
- 1-1/2″ squares (3) of 4 colors, I cut each one in half then glued them onto cardstock cut at 3″ x 4-1/2″ then ran it through the Tasteful Textiles embossing folder for a little texture. After that, I glued the panel down onto white cardstock cut at 3-1/8″ x 4-5/8″
- Next, I cut Mossy Meadow cardstock to 3-7/8″ x 5-3/8″ and adhered it to the card base and added the quilt panel with dimensionals for even more dimension.
- Since I didn’t want to cover the pretty background, I made the focal image very simple with the sentiment from Season of Chic that was stamped in Old Olive ink and cut into a banner. Then, I layered it onto Old Olive cardstock that was also cut into a banner.
- After that, I stamped the leaf with Pear Pizzazz ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. Then, I cut out the leaf shapes from cardstocks (more scraps!).
- After popping up the sentiment and gluing down the leaves, I added just a few gold pearls.
Card #2
- Card base: white cardstock cut to 4-7/16″ x 11-1/2″ and scored at 5-3/4″
- Distressed Gold paper cut to 4-1/4″ x 5-5/16″
- Firstly, I punched out all of the shapes from the Season of Chic paper and made a random pattern with them. Then, I glued them down, cutting them into the spots I chose.
- After that, I stamped the “Let’s Celebrate” from Splendid Thoughts and cropped it out with the same punch. Then, I punched more Distressed Gold paper and paper pieced it around the sentiment.
- Once the sentiment was glued together, I took the the retired Gold Forever Greenery Trim, looping it into a loose bow, fraying the ends a bit. Then, I popped the sentiment over it.
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Love your cards! Both cards are great masculine cards. Unfortunately I don’t have #2 card punch. But thank you for the inspiration.
LOVE, LOVE, card #1!!! CASEing!!!!! Pretty snow, beautiful home. Have a blessed day.
I love BOTH cards! And now may be pulling out said retired punch for scraps. Paper quilting looks fun!
Hello… thanks for entering your lovely card into the ‘Christmas’ challenge at Crafty Friends. Good luck and hope you will join us again. Diane Louise (Team Leader) x
Both quilted backgrounds are beautiful Debbie,really love the solid shades of green. Your garden looks beautiful with the snow.
Both cards are beautiful Debbie, it’s too difficult to choose a favourite, the quilted designs are so effective, the embossing on the green one looks gorgeous, and I love the papers on the other. Thank you for joining i at Crafty Catz this week.
Chris
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Wow! Both are gorgeous! But I’m always partial to the greens, so the green wins. Great idea for using up scraps!
Thanks.
Sue
Love your “quilting” techniques, both are so pretty! Your house looks so nice with the snow, although I admire it a lot more now here in Arizona than I did when we lived in Illinois!
Lovely Cards. Green is my favorite color so I especially liked that one.
Gorgeous cards, that took a lot of paper piecing paitence! I love the snowy pic of your new home, so pretty to look at but just too much for me to deal with! Thanks for playing at The Paper Funday Challenge.
Donna xx
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Your quilt cards are gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration and like your beautiful snow picture!
Both cards are absolutely lovely, so it’s impossible to choose a favorite! I love this idea for using up scraps since I have so many of them! I have some smaller dies I could use in place of the punch that’s retired. Thanks for the inspiration!
Stunning! As usual!! Both cards are fantastic!! Well done and very happy to see your inspiration with us at PIP Challenges!
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Love both these cards Debbie, but the way you’ve used the colours on the green one makes it look 3D! Brilliant!
Both great cards, I love the quilting look. Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Crafty Friends, we hope to see you back again.
You did a fabulous job with the quilt card theme, such a great way to use scraps! Both cards are beautiful but I am especially loving the second card!
Thank you so much for joining in at my Crafty Wednesday challenge!
Ellie
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