Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Quilted Throwdown




I'm a newbie to the Color Throwdown challenges every Wednesday and couldn't resist playing with today's springy colors - So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Old Olive. My mother and grandmother were both avid quilters, but sad to say, this is the closest to quilting that I'll get accomplished. I used Creative Memories smallest square maker to punch out 12 squares. I glued them to a piece of scrap paper, stitched the seams on my Janome mini, ran it through the Cuttlebug using SU's top note die, then ran it through the CB again using the dotted swiss embossing folder. Julee Tilman released some fabulous new Verve stamps last Friday, so had to ink up the flower image in the Love's Flower set. I stamped it twice, colored with Copics, cut out & layered with dimensionals. I added a tiny tag sentiment to the ribbon and there you have it! Play time is over and it's time to get ready for work...hope you are having a super day!

STAMPS: Verve Love's Flower, SU Tiny Tags
PAPER: So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Black, White
INK: Melon Mambo (tag sponging), Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon (SU), Tiny Tag punch (SU), CB, Top note die (SU), CB dotted swiss EF, Janome mini sewing machine, Brad, Copics

8 comments:

Teresa Kline said...

thata girl, get your name put there..I came over from your SCS link.....this card is adorable. I need to get my top die out and use it...I luv it but don't use it enough, thanks for the inspiration....only two more days until the weekend...yeah!

StaceyJeannette said...

Love the card, Wanda. The quilting is wonderful!

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Just gorgeous! Just love the quilted top note and your beautifully colored flower.

dj said...

Wowsers girl!! You really rocked the CTD challenge!! love the stitching and that flower in the corner is way gorgeous--and those cute little tages--knew they wouldn't stay in the packaging very long!!

Tammy Hershberger said...

This is gorgeous!!! LOVE the quilted background, and you used the colors perfectly! That stitching is incredible, too! Thanks for playing the Throwdown!

Krista said...

Great card !!

Chrissy said...

WOW! That quilt is gorgeous. You added so much detail with the stitching and embossing! So nice!
Chrissy

LeAnne said...

Wanda, this is SUPER=DUPER! I love it--what a cute extra touch to run it through the Swiss Dots folder! Just perfect use of the CTD colors! Wonderful!