WOW! I had one heck of a day..The phone kept ringing, the doorbell rang, school called, and etc. Why is it when I see a challenge card in the morning, I can never get it down until later. Anyhow, here is my story.
Today's Ways To Use It Challenge was to use Fabric on our cards. I was excited about this one because my son just made a cat quilt for one of my pen pals here on SCS. I had just sealed it up to be mailed. Well, I took my scissors and cut the box to get the quilt out. Warning! Do not try to quilt while you have a cat in the room. She kept taking my chair. This was not the 1st project I had in mind. I actually had made a mini mini quilt to look like my son's quilt. I didn't like the way it came out. So, I decided to just do a card like this. I cut my fabrics to 1 inch squares and glued them onto chipboard. I added a 1/4 inch border around all sides. Trimmed. I attached it to the base of the c/s. I stamped the cat onto watercolor paper. I colored it using prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. Heat embossed with clear powder. Cut out. I stamped the cat again, and colored it gray. Cut out. I added a piece of foam tape for a 3D look. It is attached to the quilt with fabric glue. I really didn't want to add any ribbon to this card, so I just used my window punch, eyelets, and hand wrote my friends cat's name. Thank you so much for this challenge. I hope my friend likes it. Do you? Have a wonderful night!
The name of this pattern is "Sunshine and Shadows". For those who aren't familiar with quilting, the pattern starts from the left side top corner.
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Feb 12, 2009 @ 4:18 PM
Love your cat quilt card! Fantastic job even with all the interruptions! TFS :0)
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Thu, Feb 12, 2009 @ 4:34 PM
Bonnie this is soooooo pretty. Love every thing about it. And to name the card Kobys quilt really means a lot to me. This is just beautiful! GREAT JOB!
TFS!
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