The colors are Fresh Freesia, Black & White. The daisy stamp peeks out from behind the window die cut circles made with the Picture This dies on a 4" X 5 1/4" piece of Black CS. Can you see the stitches?
These dies include both a large set of circles and another with three rectangles. You can use the windows like shown above or the die cut circles or rectangles which I used here for the greeting.
And here is another way to use these dies; with Designer Paper behind the window. It's the gorgeous Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Paper seen here; it was unavailable for almost a month. And it was in stock for a week but it's unavailable again now until early August. It's so popular!
Online orders over $50 get a free DSP sampler from me! It includes the Party Pattern host paper plus more! You'll get over 20 4 X 6" sheets of assorted papers. Orders over $75 get even more!
My free PDF Tutorial for July's online orders includes the Simply Elegant & Beauty of the Earth suites. Get it FREE with any online order placed in July!
Fabulous & SO Easy ‘Quilted Star’ card with a cool punch trick, a free project sheet & video
One of my team members shared a card like this in our Flowerbug's group and claimed it was so easy she's making lots of these cards. I loved it so much I had to find out how she made it!
I learned how by watching the creators video; her name is Julie Heitz and she goes by the Chirpy Cardmaker. I shared how to make it during last week's Live video.
The products used include the pretty Softly Stippled designer paper from our Sale-a-Bration catalog. It's free with any $50 Stampin' Up! order.See it here.
Colors are Pool Party, White & Pebbled Path. Aren't they beautiful together? Pebbled Path is like a cross between brown & gray; it's a wonderful neutral!
Here's another color combo I tried using the same Softly Stippled designer paper – Calypso Coral with Wild Wheat.
You can see the 'quilting' better on this photo. That is the Softly Sophisticated embossing folder – it's also a free choice in out SAB catalog but is paired with a stamp set (greeting used here) – both are free with a $100 order. See them here.
Creating this quilted star block with paper is super easy. However watching the video helps a lot!
Start by drawing a line from corner to corner on your 3" white card stock square.
Choose 4 strips of designer paper 1/2" X 6". Add two strips to one corner and the other two strips to the corner next to it.
Weave the strips as shown. Then adhere down the opposite ends of each strip to the White square.
Trim off excess.
You might think it would be hard to get those perfect points on your star, right? That was my first thought when I saw this card layout; I'd never get them perfect. Well there's a super easy trick to it!
5. After you add your strips to the white square, trimming off the excess, you'll add four white 3/4" squares to each corner. It creates the points for you! Genius!
6. Run the block through an embossing folder. It helps to 'deboss' it so any stitching is pressed in. When using the Softly Sophisticated folder you'll have the wrong side up on the Stampin' Up! label.
You might notice the unique banner for my greeting. It's created with the Inked & Tiled punch like this:
I start out with a 5/8" white strip and insert the punch in the back of the punch; not the usual place. Wiggle it into the slot and adjust it until it's even and punch. Now you'll start looking at your punches in a new way and likely find some great options for banners! The nice thing is that it doesn't have to be a certain width to work.
Click here or on the photo below to watch my video tutorial on this card and TWO more pretty cards featuring this beautiful designer paper and stamp & embossing folder bundle. The Quilted Star cards are the first cards shown. They loved these project ideas!
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She fussy cut the flowers out and added them to the Bubble Bath layer that has been embossed using the Softly Sophisticated embossing folder – also from our Sale-a-Bration selection.
I love how she added the dotted image to create a background on both the white layer and the greeting! The greeting die is from the Thoughtful Expressions dies.
She used a beautiful set of neutral colors – Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat, Mossy Meadow and Copper Clay. The large white die is from the Postage dies. Wow!
I love the layout. Adding a few strips below your main focal point adds balance and interest and ties the colors together too.
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This last card is also a swap I received but I cannot give credit to the creator as there wasn't a name on it.
Her colors of Black, Real Red and White are stunning! Note the simple stamped background on the large White layer, mimicking the main floral image. That dragonfly is such a neat image. It does not coordinate with our Dragonfly punch unfortunately.
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