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Saturday, 24 January 2026

Patchworks

Hello
Today's card reminded me of a cozy patchwork quilt, so good for this cold winter we are having.

I had a bunch of pieces left over from doing the Bargello technique a few weeks ago, so I decided to use them and make another card.

So, here's what I did.
  • I began by looking through my scrap papers that I never use and found 4 that I thought would work together.
  • I cut them into 3/4" strips and glued the strips onto a piece of white cardstock side by side of each other being sure they were all touching. 
  • I let the piece dry, then cut the strips in the opposite direction, again 3/4" wide so each strip had the patterns on them. (hope that makes sense)
  • I glued them, one at a time onto another piece of white cardstock, offsetting the pieces like putting together a quilt pattern. There are many different ways you can create a pattern by just moving the strips into different positions.
  • While the glue dried, I die cut the black frame and then glued that over the patchwork.
  • I glued the finished card front onto a piece of patterned paper and then onto a 4 1/4" white square card base.
  • I die cut the sentiment with some black and added it over the middle to finish my card off.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Time Out- FAV CARD MAKING TECHNIQUE
Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES
Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW (frame die I got for Christmas)

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- none
Papers- miscellaneous dp's scraps found in my stash
Accessories and Tools- frame die (Amazon); Hello die (Amazon)

2 comments:

  1. Bold, bright and beautiful, such a striking design using up those lovely colourful scraps, the black frame and bold sentiment make those colours pop. Thanks for sharing at Crafty Catz.
    Chris
    x

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  2. Beautifully put together Karen, love the bright colours with the black frame. x

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