The Only Quilting You Will Ever See From Me...

Don't adjust your computer screen... Yes, this is the 3rd crafty post from me this week!! And yes, you did see the word QUILT on my blog!

My regular followers are very aware of my love/hate relationship with sewing and also my very talented Mom and sister who do make quilts and other lovely sewn projects.  But don't worry! You will not be subjected to my horrendous sewing machine skills.  Instead, I have a paper quilt card to share.  The Friday Mashup has a challenge this week to use a quilting technique on your project, or use something you've forgotten (sitting in your stash forever), or 'mash it up' and do both.  I chose the first part of the challenge for my card.

This is not the first paper quilting project I have done.  Several years ago, I made a scrapbook page with lots of teeny, tiny squares and triangles and by the time I was done, the page was beautiful, but I was wiped out!  Trying to place all of those pieces and working from the center out was really a challenge.  This time around, I had a light bulb moment.  I was not using fabric, so I didn't have to put it together like a quilter would.  I cut a scrap piece of paper the size of my quilt block and started in the top left corner.  Then when I was done, I simply trimmed the edges, dry embossed,  and adhered it to my card front. Much easier and I actually enjoyed myself!!  So much so, that I am making two sets of these as a gift for my Mom and sister.  Won't they be surprised to receive quilts from me?!

Card Recipe: Cardstock-very vanilla, lucky limeade, pool party, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Ink-poppy parade, Stamp Set-Curly Cute, Extras-square lattice embossing folder, A GOOD TRIMMER