QUILTED CHRISTMAS

This quartet of quilted cards have already appeared in previous Paper Seedlings blog posts. I know.  But today I am going to treat you to a tutorial on how to make these lovelies for yourself. They are unbelievably quick and satisfying to create.

SUPPLIES:

Quilted Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (page 5 in the Holiday Catalog)

Garden Green cardstock

Real Red cardstock

Whisper White cardstock

3 1/4" square scrap of cardstock (for base)

Big Shot

Quilt Builder Framelits Dies (page 5 of the Holiday Catalog)

Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive (what I call "green glue")

Small red/green buttons

DIRECTIONS:

Fold a 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

Add a 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" piece of Real Red cardstock to the card base.

Now, to building the quilt:

The green quilt base is cut from a 3 1/2" square of Garden Green cardstock. You will need four bases to create all four cards. Run this base through the Big Shot with the square quilt Framelit. Make sure they are all centered because this will act as your frame. Cut all four bases. 

Choose four prints from the Quilted Christmas DSP. Cut one quilt frame from each of these pieces. (I nestled the Framelit into the corner of the paper so I could actually fit four of these on a sheet, giving a total of sixteen cards!) Push out all the components of each design on its own pile so you can keep the designs separate and easy to access. You should have four green bases and four piles of DSP pieces to work with. (For these cards, you will not be using the frames that result from cutting the DSP pieces. Save them for a future project!)

Before you begin "quilting", adhere the 3 1/4" square scrap of cardstock to the back of the green base, using small dots of glue. This will give you a base into which you can insert your patterned quilt pieces.

At this point, I just placed a few of the quilt pieces where I thought they would look nice to make my pattern. Once you are happy with your quilt pattern, the other three patterns will then fall into place. Remove the just placed pieces, and using a small amount of the Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive, start with the square in one corner. By using this glue, you have a few seconds to adjust the placement of each of the pieces. Putting your quilt together only takes a few minutes. Really.

You don't have to put a button -- or ANYTHING! -- in the center. But I like the way it sort of finishes off the card. So add a small button to the center if you like that look.

Attach the finished quilt to the card front.

Once your first card is finished, you have three more to create. Have fun!

I should note that the quilting products used in this project are part of the Stampin' Up! Year-End Sale. They will only be available as long as supplies last. So, get yourself to my store and order the components before they're gone!

Quilted

Smiles.