Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Birthday Girl for PDCC141 and Verve Diva Dare

**For the Shaping Up Blog Hop/Giveaway post please scroll down.



I've been playing with squares of paper.

I really love the quilted trend, and I love cutting or punching a bunch of squares and playing with them until I get a design I like. That's what happened here.

It's a pretty simple design. I tacked the squares down with repositionable adhesive, and then stitched across. I'm not particularly picky about my stitching, I think a wonky stitch is often more fun than very neat, straight stitching.



Andrew often says that I get too tied to an idea/design and the sentiment/purpose of the card is an afterthought. It's often kind of true, and I admit that it's the case here. Since the Verve Divas are daring us to make birthday projects this month, I thought I would go with that theme.

Hope that your week is going well. My new CTMH goodies arrive tomorrow (including the new Cricut Cartridge!), so I'm looking forward to some serious crafting this week.

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock: Crate Paper - Pretty Party 6x6 Pad; Jillibean Soup - Homemade 6 Bean Soup 6x6 Pad; CTMH - Colonial White and Buttercup cardstock
Stamps - Little Inker Designs - Sentimental Flags Additions Stamp Set
Ink - CTMH - Tulip
Other: LID - Sentiment Flags Additions Dies; Scrapbook Adhesives - Repositionable EZ Dots Mini; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; Sewing Machine

18 comments:

  1. Ooohhh the quilting effect and stitching! I love love love! Really nice card!

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  2. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I love love love love the squares and the stitching!!!!

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  3. this is awesome..i love the pattern you created as the background...fabulous card..

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  4. Love the 'quilty' feel of this!

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  5. Such a cool card you've created there Miriam!
    I love it!!

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  6. Great design you put together with your squares. Beautiful colors too, and it fits so well as a birthday card.

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  7. This is beautiful, Miriam! I like quilts, both fabric and paper. Love that little strawberry design on your paper. I smiled about your husband's comment regarding sentiment. :) It's nice that he takes an interest in what you're doing!

    Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe this week!
    (PS - just signed up to be a follower :)

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  8. I love the quilt design! The mix of papers you used is fantastic! I agree with you about the wonky stitching--it's more fun. :)

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  9. I love the pattern you created with the squares, Miriam! Such a fantastic use of those colours and I love the little girl at the bottom, too!

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  10. super adorable, so glad you played along with us and took the Verve Diva Dare!

    enjoy *~*

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  11. This looks just like a comfy, summer quilt! Absolutely divine, Miriam! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

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  12. eek! This looks like a real quilt with the squares and stitching! Thanks for answering our Diva Dare! Have fun with your new goodies!

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  13. i love stitching on cards! this is so pretty...beautiful!

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  14. Wow, what a fun pattern you ended up with! Love that it started as a group of humble little squares. Very creative!

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  15. I'm loving your quilted look! Thanks for joining the Verve Diva Dare!

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