Paper quilts

Good morning,

My son-in-law has a mother that quilts. Beautiful quilts and she blessed me with one a couple years ago that I absolutely love.

I was thinking of what to get her this year when I decided to make her a set of seasonal quilt pieces for her quilting room only, I would make mine out of paper instead of fabric.

The four pictures represent Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. It was a lot of die cutting and gluing but these turned out amazing and I know she’s going to love them.

WINTER

SPRING

SUMMER

FALL

I methodically wrote down every die I used, the cardstocks and design papers I used and I can’t find it anywhere so I’m betting it got caught up in some tossed scraps when I was cleaning off my work table. Don’t you hate it when that happens??? Anyway, I spent some time going back through everything and I think I got most, if not all of what I used.

Supplies for 10 x 10 pictures

• Frames purchased from Heart Art via Amazon
• Embossing folders: Cuttlebug (Spring set); Gina K Designs (Falling Leaves); Sizzix (Airplane & dotted lines set); Sizzix (Snow & tree set)
• Cardstock: The Paper Studio
• Design Papers are all from Honeybee Stamps: Beach vibes; Great outdoors; Hot tropics; Hugs & kisses; Over the Rainbow
• Dies are all from Gina Marie Designs: #1 quilt; #10, Hexagon center; #11, Arrows & squares; #12, Blocks & lines; #14, Triangle me happy; #18, Patchwork; #19, Compass star; #2 quilt; #3, flower burst; #4, Circles; #5 quilt; #8 quilt; Diamond drop quilt; Leaf quilt; Pumpkin quilt; Spring flower quilt

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Framed Pumpkins

Good morning!

Had a bit of crafty time with my girls and I made this pumpkin picture for my daughter who loves all thinks pumpkin!

I really like this pumpkin quilt die from Gina Marie Designs and love how this pumpkin came out.

Thinking I need to make a set of 4 in different patterns now for living space.

Size: A2

Cardstock: The Paper Studio

Design Paper: Honey Bee Stamps (Great Outdoors)

Die: Gina Marie Designs (Pumpkin Quilt)

Embossing folder: Embossalicious (Celtic Frame) 

Frame: Close to My Heart

Cards for Little Hearts Card Drive - Heart Month

Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart? ~Pablo Casals

Hi Everyone,

The 2018 Cards for Little Hearts "Heart-Themed" Card Drive is wrapping up. At last count well over 300 cards have been received for this card drive and that number continues to go up as the stragglers (like mine) are received by Christina.

For those of you who do not know what the premise of Cards for Little Hearts is, it is a global card drive, comprised of crafters dedicated to bringing smiles, hope and encouragement to as many children with congenital heart disease as possible by providing heart center staff with handmade cards that are given to patients during their hospitalization.

The current card drive will run from January 1st - February 1^st for Heart-Themed (non-Valentine’s Day) "Thinking of You" cards to celebrate the patients during February's Heart Month. Cards will be hand delivered to heart patients at both Nationwide Children's Hospital (in Columbus, Ohio) and the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, (the Congenital Heart Collaborative in Cleveland, Ohio).

Please read the guideline page located on the Cards for Little Hearts' website for important information prior to making and sending in your cards. You can also find additional helpful resources on the FAQs page and a Sentiments List. There is also a Gallery page if you need some inspiration. If you have any questions about the guidelines or the card drive itself, please contact Christina (HERE) directly, founder of Cards for Little Hearts.

Here are pictures of more cards I made to send in.

Anyone is welcome to help make and send cards – from a young child who loves to doodle to an experienced, acclaimed card maker. Please consider participating. Even one card makes a difference!

(Hugs) Cara

Valentine for the In-Laws

Who, being loved, is poor?

- Oscar Wilde -

Good morning my Crafty Peeps ...

I hope the coming day is bright and glorious for each and everyone of you!

Happy Valentines day to those who celebrate...

Some interesting tidbits about Valentine's Day and more can be found here at The History Channel.

As a child I remember being told that Valentine's Day commemorated St. Valentine, a priest who wrote love letters to a young woman while he was imprisoned for doing something he wasn't suppose to ... or something like that but as with most of our religious or popular holidays, it appears the foundation for this one can be also be found in a pagan holiday.

Apparently the Church Elders of the time decided that February 15... or the Ides of February, would be a great time to memorialize St. Valentine and as "luck" would have it, that day was the same day that Lupercalia, a fertility festival dedicated to the Roman God Faunus and to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus as held.

Whatever your beliefs are about the day, there is no denying that Valentines Day has turned into a huge "Hallmark" Holiday.

"According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.) Women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines."

WOW - Just WOW ... that's a lot of cards! It's also quite telling, in my opinion, who carries the day for couples.

So today I am sharing the Valentine card I made for my In-laws.  I recently purchased some new dies and they just came in the mail so I had some new toys to play with!!!

I love quilts. I have made a few small ones but sewing, while I am quite capable at it, is not my passion :O)... but I love looking at them and I enjoy recreating some patterns with paper pieces.

One of the dies I purchased cuts a "Quilt" complete with stitch marks. I had some fun messing with this before I ever got around to making this card! LOL

Supplies:

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Design Paper from Atd called "Wonderland"

Die: Quilted Stitch by Gina Marie Designs

Die: Scallop Squares by Sizzix

Heart Punch from Marvy

Embossing Folder from Cuttlebug called "Bloom Dots"

Heart image from Stampin Up! set "Happy Hearts"

Sentiment is an Orphan from a Stampin Up! set

Ink from Palette and Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!

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