Pineapple Blossom Quilt Block Card

I made this card for a Birthday card swap at PaperWishes.  When my swap partner said she wanted a card for someone who quilts, I knew exactly what I wanted to make.  I’ve had a pineapple blossom quilt block pattern for years, but hadn’t gotten around to converting it into a template for card making, so I dug it out and here’s what I came up with.

You can find the pattern and instructions for it on my website at http://www.handcraftedgreetings.com/irisfoldinst.php

Tri-Shutter Card

I have admired several tri-shutter cards over the past few weeks, so when I saw a Tri-Shutter swap on JustCards, I just had to give it a try.  This card was made with papers from the Chocolate Dipped Artful Card Kit.

I made the butterfly using the 15 Butterflies and Dragonflies template and painted it with Smooch Ink.  You can find instructions for making your own tri-shutter card at Splitcoast Stampers.   The list of supplies I used to make this card is located on handcraftedgreetings.com

A Little of This and a Little of That

I made this card for the January week 5 challenge at PaperWishes.  The challenge was to combine all four of the previous challenge criteria which were:

• Colors: Lime and Chocolate
• Use the week 2 sketch
• Use the mosaic technique somewhere on the card
• Use a punch or die cuts.

Here’s my entry.

The rose stamp is from Hot Off The Press Noteworthy stamp set.  I colored it with Copics.  This is my first time using them without the airbrush. I’m really pleased with the results.  I must buy more!

Meow, You’re 2

My middle granddaughter turned two last Thursday.  She LOVES cats, so I made her this card with a momma cat and kitten…

The cat and kitten pattern came from 202 Paper Piecing Patterns by Annie Lang.

Parchment and Butterfly

Back to butterflies!  Here is another butterfly made from the 15 Butterflies and Dragonflies template.  I colored it with Smooch inks. The parchment work is a modification of a pattern from Pergamano’s Parchment Perforating Kit.

I got the inspiration for this card from PaperWishes’ January 27th Friday Freebies e-mail.

Z-Fold Valentine

Today’s card was inspired by the January 25 Creative Spark e-mail from Paper Wishes.  Rather than use the pattern supplied, I came up with my own modification which I posted on the Paper Wishes forum.

Here’s the front of the card…

… and the inside panels.

Except for the doilies, the papers are all from PaperWishes.  The stickers are from the Mix ‘ems Heart pack.  I don’t have very many stamps from PaperWishes yet so those are from a Valentine set I bought years ago. The labels are from the Layered Labels template.  I found the Forever Friend poem on scrapbook.com.  I tried to use fonts that matched the attributes in the poem.  That was quite a challenge!