Tuesday 7 April 2009

Quilted Card



This is my attempt at a 'quilted' card - don't look too closely at the stitching... it's a new machine and I'm still getting used to having an electric sewing machine dedicated to card making. My other one is a Singer with a treadle that I don't like to use on cards as it only does one stitch - forwards!! Anyway, I used some gorgeous K&Co papers - from the Amy Butler 'Belle' collection. They were a 6x6 pad, and are only £2.50 for 36 sheets! Needless to say I have quite a few packs sat waiting to be used :)

This is the sketch over at 365cards, and I made each square 4cm x 4cm, cutting some on diagonals and leaving others whole. I assembled them how I wanted them and stitched over all the joins - not the neatest job in the world, but these fangle-dangle machines are so FAST!! The blue is Core'dinations and I finished it off with some half pearls.

Thanks for looking!



8 comments:

AUsome mom said...

It's gorgeous and I think your stitching is perfect-o!

Kristie Larsen said...

this is absolutely gorgeous! I love love love it!

Unknown said...

I never thought to attach a half to a whole piece! I cut all of my squares in half and reassembled them! LOL Great job!

Vicky said...

Gorgeous! Great colors!

Karen Lee said...

Gorgeous card. I love those papers, they are perfect for today's challenge!


~~XOXO~~
Karen Lee

~amy~ said...

Love your take on the challenge! I'm a huge fan of Amy Butler...such a lovely mix of her papers!

Jana said...

WOW. This looks great. I love how you got the peacock in the middle.

Ink, paper and BLING! said...

Very cute card! I love the texture and colours!
R