Wednesday, April 9, 2014

MIM#159 - No-Sew Quilted Cards

Good morning friends.  I think Spring has finally arrived in West Michigan and I am one happy girl!  I don't even mind being woken up at 5:00 AM by singing birds...what heavenly sounds! :0)  We still have a few snow piles laying around, but I'm thinking they will be history in the next day or two!!  And so in honor of Spring, I'm sharing a really bright and happy card with you this morning.  Dawn McVey over at Papertrey Ink shared a wonderful video on how to make No-Sew Quilted Cards, and I have been having a great time just looking at all the wonderful entries over on Nichole's site. You can check it all out right here .  My mom is a quilter, so I've grown up surrounded by the beauty of this art form, and to translate that art form into a card was just right up my alley!  Take a look at my first attempt:



I used 1 1/2" squares of scrap DSP and then "quilted" them with PTI's vertical Chevron die plate.  I wish I would have added one more rubber mat when I embossed, so that the "quilting" would have stood out more...lesson learned for next time! :0)  I trimmed a little so I could layer this on a Melon Mambo card base so it looked like a quilt border.  I added a sentiment flag with the "Wet Paint" stamp set, and then added a few flowers from "Rosie Posie" - both sets from PTI.  I finished with a few jumbo iridescent sequins. 

Love, love this technique!  Made a couple other cards using this no-sew technique, but have to get them photographed first.  So stay tuned...part two coming soon! :0)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful Wednesday!  My daughter and new grand-doggy Beamer (my son in law works for, owns, and LOVES BMW autos, so that's where the name came from!) are coming for a visit today, so must get motating! :0)

8 comments:

victoria h said...

Really pretty and happy card.

inkyfingy said...

A lovely bright and cheerful card, nice colour choices.

Irish Cherokee said...

Love quilts and admire those that make them. Splendid job and great color choices. Love the flowers too.

Helen F. said...

Marcia, your quilted card is just beautiful! LOVE the Rosie Posies as embellishments too :-)

Sue said...

I love the colors you used in the card. Such a cool effect too! I will have to try this in the future...when I have a little more time.

Patti said...

Beautiful!! The colors are spectacular! and the flower finished it off perfectly! great job!!

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Morag said...

Love the bright happy colours you chose!

Birgit said...

Love the colors on this cheerful card and you used my favorite Rosie Posie set. That just makes everything even better!