Hi again! Thursday already...Hope you are all having a
productive week so far. It is sweltering hot here so getting
anything achieved in this heat is something... but it's been a
worthwhile week nonetheless & I got these patchwork cards
made the other evening.
I made these using the offcut papers from the Limited Edition
Kit, still available here. All Basic Grey "True Love"papers.
I found that I had a lot of bits and pieces of paper left over
from the kit & thought it would be fun to make up some
patchwork paper. Once I'd done that I decided to make up
a few cards with my new patchwork papers & I still have
enough paper to make quite a few more, but these 3
will give you an idea of my simple method.
I used some pre-made white cardstock cards that I bought,
complete with envelopes. First time I've seen them available
here & a wonderful idea - Blanks I guess you'd call them & no
doubt they've been available in the Western world for ages!
I chose a good-looking 'patch'of patchwork, measured it up to
be an inch smaller than the card, then cut a square & inked
it up with my brown Prima ink pad, ''Knotted Wood". Then
I cut that square IN HALF & adhered it, leaving a gap in the
I used up all 3 strips of organza ribbon supplied with the kit
& held my bows in place with tiny glue dots, added a sentiment
to the side & a rose to the top (using a 3D glue dot) &
that's my recipe! Easy!!
I still have a lot of sticker/sentiments left so I dollied up the
envelopes a bit just for fun. I'll probably give these cards
to my daughter to keep for writing love letters to her sweetie.
Take a look at the Design Team gallery HERE to see this kit
put to great use by many members of the My Creative Scrapbook
Design team. Thanks for the visit!
22 comments:
Very cool, its so handy to have a card or two in your stash:)
Your Cards & envelopes are Simply GORGEOUS Helen... I just love how you put so much into each & every post....
Your cards are gorgeous! Great, do-able idea for using up scraps.
Guess what! My local bookstore had _Scrap 365_ on its newsstand! It's rare for us to get foreign magazines here in the States, so I was very excited. AND it was the December issue! Of course, I bought it. You can tell Cami that she's a cover girl in the USA now, too. :)
These are just gorgeous!! I love love love the colors and loveeeeeeeee the flowers!!!
Amazing patchwork on these cards!! Love them all!!!
These look gorgeous - almost like 'mini' presents!! LOVE what you've done with the envelopes, too...& yes, I buy a pile of these in kraft, gold & white at the card show I go to each year!!! It's soooo much easier than making them & cheaper, too...glad you can get them there now - that's the main thing!!!!!!!!11
Gorgeous cards Helen, great way to use up scraps.
This is so gorgeous love it :)
Ooooh...these are sooooo pretty! Love that you did the envelopes too! :)
Beautiful cards Helen (do you need to know when my birthday is hee hee)
Tx
Stunning cards!
What a creative idea on using up scraps ! Love it!
These cards are so sweet!! Beautiful job, Helen!
These are beautiful Helen!
Stunning, gorgeous cards!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/
Beautiful cards, Helen...and wow, I love the way you've photographed them - very impressive!!
Love this idea for using up scraps!
Alison xx
A gorgeous array of creations/cards Helen, love your idea of scrapping up with scraps of paper and turning them into cards of patchwork. Wasn't it a fabulous kit to work with, I loved it.
Gorgeous cards...so romantic and soft! Love the blocking...simply stunning and what a great way to use scraps!! ;-)
Very very pretty cards Helen! not all cards have to be mini canvases to be appreciated by the recipient or the maker for that matter. These are truly lovely! Also I buy my card blanks rather than making them from cardstock. You're so good at using left over stuff from your other projects! mwah!
These are all such sweet cards Helen! Love them!
Stunning work on these cards too Helen.
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