Inspiration Thursday

 

 

hi everyone!

Today, Melissa has a new tutorial for you! All I can say is you're going to LOVE it!

Thanks Melissa for such a beautiful project!

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 For this simple tutorial, I created a patchwork "quilted" look for my greeting card. This technique is very simple but makes a very dramatic statement!

First, you need to trim a block of card stock for your card base. I sized my card to 5" x 7" so that I could get two rows of 2" squares across the front.

I then cut a slightly smaller block of kraft cardstock and adhered it to the plum colored card stock. Then, I punched out 6 circles of card two different pattern papers that were double sided and that complimented each other.

 I traced out a square in the middle of each circle and then folded the edges along each line that I traced.

This created a 2" square that I then placed on the top of the kraft card stock.

fter placing all of my 2" squares down, I used my sewing machine to stitch down each row of blocks. This further emphasized the "quilted" handmade look.

I chose to finish off my card with a few buttons that I placed in the centers of each block. I could have easily finished the card off with a simple stamped sentiment as well. This simple technique could be used on cards or layouts! 

SUPPLIES

Papers (October Afternoon, Crate Paper); Card Stock (Bazzill, Kraft); Embellishments (Basic Grey, October Afternoon); Thread (Coats & Clark, DMC); Adhesive (American Crafts, Zots).

 Melissa

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