A Patchwork of Happiness

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Sewing themed Circle Accordion Card using products from Made To Surprise and Waffle Flower Crafts.

I made this for my friend, who loves sewing, especially quilting etc so I normally make her a card with this theme each year. This year when Waffle Flower released all the sewing themed products I had to get some for this card.

The card base itself was created using Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Circle Accordion Showstopper die set which is one that was released a few months back.

For the centre circle panel, I used Waffle Flower's Meandering Texture Die to add the texture to the background, this was also used on all the oval panels and the skinny rectangle panels. I used dies from the Notions die set to add the sewing tools. The postage stamps were created using Waffle Flower's Postage Collage die set and the Postage Collage Sew Fun Stencil. Rather than using the full panel, I cut this panel up to add to the card.

For all the quilted panels I used the Quilted Floral Stencil with the Meandering Texture Die to give them. that quilted look.

The sentiments are all from the Quilted Hugs stamp set.

Here is a look at my card, when it is folded to be placed in an envelope. It will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.

 

Candy Cane Wishes

 
Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog! Can you believe it is July already, this year is definitely flying by fast!

Many of us who make cards, like to do "Christmas in July", so this month I hope to post at least one Christmas card a week to celebrate this.

For my card today I am playing with new products from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. This is part of her Christmas Showstopper collection and includes the Circle Accordion Showstopper die set; two Christmas themed stamp/die sets; Christmas Sentiments stamp set; Patterned Paper Pad and a Christmas themed Embossing Folder. 

As this is the first time using the Circle Accordion Showstopper die set, I decided to keep this card simple by just using it as it is designed. But there are lots of different ways to use this die set which I will get to later on.

I decorated the back of the card using the same papers I used on the front. I also added a sentiment to the centre panel, leaving lots of white space so I can add a hand written message to the recipient.

Here is a look at my card when it is closed ready to be placed in an envelope. It will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.