When Life Gives You Scraps ...

... make quilts! I ended up with a bunch of 1-inch strips of the blue/green patterned paper after cutting paper for my club projects tonight, so I decided to try my hand at another paper quilt.

My card measures 5-1/2 inches square. Instead of using pearls on this one, I "tied" it with embroidery floss. Personally, because I tend to like things symmetrical and "neat," I would have preferred the pearl accents. The haphazard ties, however, look pretty much like they do on a "real" quilt. Using the ties instead of the pearls, I was hoping that the card would be masculine enough to send to my brother-in-law whose birthday is Friday. I think it's still too girly though. Like his brother, he's kind of a man's man.

Materials & Tools: Colonial White, Cocoa, and Bamboo cardstock; Emporium paper packet; Cocoa ink pad; Happy Birthday stamp set; Brown embroidery floss; Needle; Sponge dauber.

I cleaned house this morning, prepared for stamp club and made a couple of cards when I was done, and then napped away the rest of the afternoon. It was the perfect thing to do on such a gloomy afternoon. Even though it's 43°, it's cloudy and very windy and looks/sounds much colder. Clouds, wind, and rain and/or snow (oh no!) are forecast through Thursday. Icky. On that note, I'd best go finish putting my stuff together for stamp club. I might post later. If not, have a great week, and thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere! Later ...