I have had this idea to make a bunch of cards using Papertrey's Quilter's Sampler (and the coordinating sentiments set) set along with Cosmo Cricket's Hey Sugar patterned paper pack for some time now.
I finally sat down and started on them - it feels SO good to get this idea out "on paper" - and here are the first two I finished.
I stamped various quilt blocks onto the patterned papers, punched them out with my 3/4" square punch and sponged them all with Dark Chocolate ink.
A set of 9 blocks fits perfectly within a Spellbinders Nestabilities square die - so I diecut several from Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist cardstock. I then cut the scalloped squares from Sweet Blush CS.
I also put brown thread into my sewing machine (and am LOVING the look of it - I am thinking I will keep it in there for a while - it's much more noticeable than the white...) and zig zag stitched the edges of the strip of patterned paper.
I didn't adhere the sentiments down - just tucked them under the paper before sewing so the stitches hold them in place.
I dug through my button jar and found a bunch of buttons that would go well with these cards - attached them with string then added some PT Dark Chocolate Swiss Dot satin ribbon before attaching the "quilt" with dimensionals.
I am liking how these cards are turning out so far! Even tho I am using the same layout and whatnot they're all turning out slightly different b/c of the patterned papers and the way I arranged the different blocks. Stay tuned for the rest of the cards a little later when I get them finished :o)
