15 Minute Project, (If You Can Sew Fast) ... Pretties in Less Than 1/4 of an Hour

Happy Valentine's Day! Today, be sure to tell everyone that you love just how much you love them ... then do it again tomorrow ... and the day after that ... and the day after that ...

Speaking of love, I really {heart} this very kewl sentiment stamp from Healing Expressions Art Stamps©. Most people don't know this, but one of my very first creative adventures was quilting ... so now my secret is out: I have a long-standing love affair goin' on with fabric! And you can totally tell how awesome of a quilter I was by the excellent*** stitchin' on this card! (Not really ... )

I laid out my designer papers in a 'quilt-ish' design, keeping the 'quilt' to approximately 4" x 5". After I taped it all together (0n the back!), I sewed all the interior edges using my trusty old Kenmore and some complimentary thread. Once I secured the 'quilt' to the card base using double-sided adhesive, I stitched the 'quilt' on to my card stock and adhered some grosgrain ribbon across the middle of the card.

I stamped my sentiment, available here, on matching DP using Palette Hybrid ink, then I cut and embossed the image mat and the scallop-edged mat using the Nestabilities. In the 'white' space below, I adhered a ribbon embellished with brads and a home-made 'stick-pin.' In real life, my 'stick pin' is an embellished quilting pin ... I clipped the sharp point off with my snippers, though. Don't want any bloodshed on the greeting card!

In the 'white' space above, I adhered a felt bird with a tiny ribbon 'wing' and a faux rhinestone eye. The felt bird was mounted to my DP using dimensionals ... I do it for the shadows, ya'll, the shadows! I did just a teeny-tiny bit of paper piercing in the upper right-hand corner.

Ingredients:

• Textured Card Stock: Pomegranate (Bazzill Basics)
• Designer Paper: 'Infuse' Collection (BasicGrey)
• Stamp: 'Friendship Quilt' (Healing Expressions Art Stamps©)
• Ink: Palette Hybrid 'Burnt Umber' (Stewart Superior)
• Adhesive: Tape Runner (Tombow Mono); Dimensionals (Fiskars)
• Ribbon: 'Go with the Grain' (Michaels)
• Accessories: Quilting Pin (Unknown; had it 4-evah); Seed Beads (Ditto); Faux Rhinestones 'Bella Gems' (My Mind's Eye); Brads (Unknown; found in Mt. Brad); Felt Bird (Maya Road)
• Tools: Die-Cut Machine (Provo Craft); Nestabilities (Spellbinder's); Scor-It Board (Hammond); Sewing Machine (Vintage Kenmore)

***actually, not so excellent; and I really prefer sewing on card stock and heavy-weight paper.

Thanks for sharing part of your busy day with me ... have a sweet Valentine's Day with your honey!

~Hugs, Deb