Happy Monday, y’all. An oxymoron isn’t the bestest way to start a blog post – but…there you have it. Let’s call it a Fake-it-till-you-Make-it kind of deal! Let’s see if we can make this into a great day, shall we!
If you were able to join me last night for my FB live video – thanks for giving me a part of your weekend! If not, here’s a link to the video on YouTube, in case you want to watch!
I made this card in colors that remind me of my youth! We always had blue-and-green Christmas lights on our house when I was growing up. I remember wanting different colors – can’t recall if I wanted multicolored lights or all white… 🙂 But – regardless, we had blue-and-green and so this card is Christmas in my head! I used the new Christmas Quilt stamp set and bundled Quilt Builder Framelits to make it (which you can get – and save some more green! – in one of my special bundles right now!). Take a look-see:
The layout for this one was inspired by the sketch at this week’s Fusion challenge:
And my not-so-traditonal Christmas colors are from the Color Throwdown challenge.
I started with two patterns in Garden Green from the Quilted Christmas DSP stack, matting both of them on Night of Navy card stock, and then adhering them together with Fast Fuse.
For the sentiment panel, I stamped the sentiment from Quilted Christmas in Night of Navy on a piece of Whisper White. Then I matted it on Night of Navy and ran the whole thing thru the Quilt Top TIEF. I adhered it with Liquid Glue to the card front.
The art piece is a piece of Whisper White, cut with a Stitched Shapes Framelits circle die and matted on a scalloped circle Night of Navy mat, cut with the Layering Circles Framelits. I popped it onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For my quilt pieces, I first stamped the two diamond images in Night of Navy and Garden Green, then added the dotted outline in Night of Navy and cut it out with the matching die in the Quilt Builder Framelits. I also cut a piece of the Quilted Christmas DSP Stack with the same die. Then I used the square quilt dies to cut the “outline” shape in Night of Navy, snipping the middle out.
I adhered the Night of Navy piece to the quilted star and then added a bow tied with a double length of White Solid Baker’s Twine with a dab of Liquid Glue. Under the bow I stuck a Garden Green Enamel Shape and that was it for the card front.
On the inside, I added the Night of Navy and Garden Green “quilt” pieces to the corner of a Whisper White panel, then added the Night of Navy outline.
I Fast Fuse’d the panel to a Night of Navy mat and into my Whisper White card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!
My Whisper White Medium Envelope got another Quilted Christmas design on the front…
…and I added more of the Quilted Christmas DSP to the envelope flap.
Et Voila! How pretty is this suite, y’all!? There are so many possible combinations and different ways to put it all together – you can make any sort of “quilt” for any purpose at all! Change up the sentiment – and you’re ready for anything. Hope you like!
TTFN
Mary
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PRODUCTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
CARD CUTS USED IN TODAY’S PROJECT:
Whisper White Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card front, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); 2 5/8″ x 3 1/2″ (sentiment panel); 2 7/8″ Stitched Shapes Circle (art); Quilt Builder die cut
Night of Navy Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ (mat for middle DSP panel); 2 3/4″ x 3 5/8″ (mat for sentiment); 3″ scallop circle (mat for art)
Quilted Christmas DSP Stack: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 2 5/8″ x 4 3/8″ (middle DSP panel); Quilt Builder die cut;envelope flap
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Finn-Fan Fix
Our sweet dog Buck was a Champion Sleeper. I think he even had that title after his name.
Finn-y is a semi-pro sleeper. He’s still young, so he’s still learning and has to practice daily. Which he does with enthusiasm. He’s already a Canine Good Citizen. But he craves even more accolades.
So….Today – a retrospective.
The Many Sleeping Places Of Finn. Or….How Finn is Training for his Champion Sleeper Title.
It takes grit. It takes determination. It takes single-minded focus on the goal.
You’re looking at a future Champion, y’all!.
TTFN
M
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Beautiful card! I love the non-traditional colors for Christmas and your layers are fantastic. 🙂 Finn is too funny…he does have all of the makings to be a champion for sure! 😉
LOL! Thanks much, Amy! 🙂
Love the stories of Finn…you both are so entertaining. Buck was a handsome dude too. Every time I look at this card, I am in love all over again. I’m going to try to make it with different colors BUT if it’s not love at first sight, I’m copying it EXACTLY 🙂
LOL!! Make it in all sorts of colors – I think it would be great! Buck was indeed a handsome fellow – and he was handsome on the inside, too. He was a very sweet boy. Thanks so much, Karen! 🙂
Mary, your card is fabulous, love the color combo. And Finn, looks like he could sleep just about anywhere. So cute.
Thanks much, Pat! He’s getting pretty skilled at anywhere-sleeping! 🙂
Funny Finn! Love the one in the cage.
Beautiful card. sorry I missed the live video, but did watch it later. Great Video.
Yep – he’s got it all hung out in that one! Thanks much, Julie! 🙂
Really like the card! Sorry to have disappointed with the blue/green lights…must have liked those too …😕
Finn is well on the way to his Canine Good Sleeper certificate.
Sweet ole Buckaboo.
They weren’t so much a disappointment as…not like all the others! I know it was pretty! Finn’s working on it. And yes. Buck was a sweet sweet soul. 🙂
Mary, your card is wonderful. Green and blue is my favorite combination – currently Lemon Lime Twist and Turquoise. In my opinion, Finn is already a Gold Medal Sleeper! – Ellie
LOL! He IS pretty good at it!! He’s still learning to sleep thru distractions… that’s a critical skill for a champion sleeper! Thanks so much, Ellie – and, try this card in that color combo – bet it would be beautiful! 🙂
Fun card inside and out!! So happy you joined us at CTD!
Thanks, Vickie! Appreciate you coming by to leave a comment! 🙂
Lovely non-traditional Christmas card! The quilt motif looks great in the throwdown colors! Thanks so much for joining us in the challenge this week!
Thanks much, Wanda – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Your blue-and-green quilted card is absolutely gorgeous! Festive and cozy! Thank you for sharing this gem in the FUSION gallery! Your Finn…oh my! Handsome!
~carol
Thanks so much!! Appreciate you stopping by to leave a comment! 🙂