Hand Stamped Sentiments #124 - Quilts

It's time to 'get your stitch on' over at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week, with our Quilt Inspiration Challenge. And if you're not a sewer, like me, paper does the trick pretty well when you want to lay a blanket of color on your card!

As soon as I saw the inspiration photos, I knew I wanted to do some sort of a block look and needed a Get Well card for my friend, who's child was in the hospital. (She's out now, hooray!) My friend and I share an addiction for IPhone cases (a little something for Mama too), which is where I snagged my color scheme from.

I didn't do any stitching on the card but love how the Postage Stamp Punch makes it look like it has been stitched. I added a bit of dimension with an EF and then broke out the sweet silhouette stamp as well as the perfect sentiment from Delightful Dozen. I popped up just the two corner pieces and didn't emboss them like the rest. I think they both make quite the statement on their own.

We'd love to see what quilts your fancy, head on over to the HSS Blog to view beautiful inspiration from our design team and link up your own creation to play along this week!

SU! products used:

Stamp Sets - Hostess Priority Mail, Delightful Dozen

Ink - Craft White, Perfect Plum

Paper - Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White

Punch - Postage Stamp

Other - White Embossing Powder

Challenge #93 at Hand Stamped Sentiments - Bargello Technique

 This week at Hand Stamped Sentiments, we are featuring the Bargello Technique, I'd never heard of it before...not gonna lie, I had to google it and after watching this fab tutorial HERE, I knew I could give it a whirl (or a shimmy). It was so fun and easy, this may just be my new signature background, haha!

I did however NOT cut my paper at different sizes, only at 1/2" width...ooops!

Can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations, don't let this technique scare you, seriously it's sooo much easier than it looks and what a WOW you get from your DSP! Just cut your strips to the desired width, and then stick them down to a sheet of scrap paper. Cut your paper into the same width of strips but with your stripes going the other direction, so it'll look like you have little squares on your strips. Then just place your strips down, in whatever pattern you choose on another piece of scrap paper. I ran mine through my Big Shot with the Top Note die for a nice and simple finished edge but this would also look great as the entire background. (hope this makes perfect sense, if not, check out the video linked above) and then head on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments to link up your creations and check out all the other fab Bargello works of art the DT has in store for you!

SU! products used:

Stamps - Hostess Warmest of Wishes

Ink/Embossing - Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler EPowder

Paper - Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Red Glimmer, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP (holiday mini)

Punches/Dies - Bigz Top Note, XL Circle

Accessories - Winter Wishes Stitched Felt, Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon (both from holiday mini)