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Susan Vilar Stamps!

Christmas in July - July 9, 2014

This rather simple card comes from 2 CTMH (Close To My Heart) stamp sets I've had for awhile.  I love the hexagon punches for quilt patterns, but this is more traditional.  I've seen this so many times on quilts over the years, I knew I'd have fun playing with it.

I love the Jingle stamp... so cute!

It doesn't really seem like they work well together, but in person, it's a cute card.  I'm considering adding ribbon - rhinestones... not sure yet. 

Quilt Series 7

Here's the last one of my Quilt series - for a little while, at least!

This card is a variation of #6 - with a darker brown.  The base colors are Bermuda Bay (love it!!), Blushing Bride, and Chocolate Chip.

I used a scrap of Crumb Cake and the Artisan Punch for the background on the middle hexagon, and inked it for some definition.

The sentiment piece is stamped in Chocolate Chip, and then I got out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the sentiment in the middle with some more Bermuda Bay ink.

When I was home this last week, Mom got out one of her Hexies quilt books and showed me more hexagon designs, so more are coming!

I really like this one - the contrast of the dk. brown is really nice in person!

Quilt Series 6

A friend of mine came over a few Saturdays ago and we were playing around with the hexagon punch.  I told her about the quilt series of cards I've been working on, and she wanted to play around with it too...

After her card turned out so fantastic, we were talking about how much I really love this Bermuda Bay color.  I wasn't so sure what colors to put with it and we came up with the Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, and a brown.  I used Crumb Cake as the brown, and think a darker brown would be great too....  Hmmm  another card coming on?

Maybe a darker brown, and a lighter pink tone. 

In addition to the hexagon punch, I used the Artisan Label punch to frame the sentiment so it didn't get lost in the busy patterns.

Please enjoy!!

Quilt Series - 4

Here's the next card in the quilt series...  the color idea came from my upline Kathy, and I played around with designs and effects a little, and came up with this card.

Colors?  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, and Tempting Turquoise.  All card colors match, with some white cardstock here and there.

I also used the Crumb Cake to ink all the hexagon edges.

The double bow is also Crumb Cake seam binding and wrapped around the white card base.  I like the rhinestones on the sentiment, and center piece vertices.

Please enjoy!

Quilt Series 3

This card was a snap to put together!  The secret?  Designer Series Paper!  All I had to do was decide which designs to use and punch, punch, punch!

I realized that all I've showed of the Gingham Garden are these 3 patterns - the Melon Mambo gingham checkerboard, the yellow flowers, and the large flower patterns.  There are more patterns to this paper - I just haven't used them yet!  The piece featured on our last club cards was the Island Indigo gingham pattern from this set as well.

Quilt Series - Next

This card is bright and sunny!  Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, and Pear Pizzazz is a pretty great combination!

I've used the Curly Cute sentiment set a lot lately - it just seems to work well and the size is perfect for the cards.

I used two strips of Washi Tape here - the widest yellow, and the flowered pieces that come with the Gingham Garden suite.

I hope you enjoy!!

Quilt Series

There is already a post here about how hexagons are all the rage now in paper-crafting.  The thing is, they've been around for a very long time!

Crochet, quilting, etc. etc. etc.
So after looking around online, and at some other sources,  I came up with a little quilt series of cards!

Here is the first.

For this card, there are 3 colors - Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Strawberry Slush.  Each design was stamped 4 times.  The quilt piece is a 3 1/2 by 3 9/16 'square'.  Turns out the hexagons are a little taller than they are wide.  I started with the center medallion, and added the remaining pieces to complete the square.

I'm not sure why the Thinking of You looks a little tilted - possibly because of the flowers, but it is straight. :)

I have a few other quilt pattern cards coming soon.
I think the Washi tape is going to be fantastic with this technique!