Friday, August 27, 2010

Quilted Apple


Woo Hoo! I'm the Guest Designer at Inking It Up Crazy this week.....I'm sooooo excited to have this opportunity. For my project, I made a Quilted Apple card.


I come from a long line of quilters, and I love to make them in paper. To make the quilted background, you need nine 1 1/2" squares of cardstock. I chose to run them through the Cuttlebug to add some texture.....don't forget to ink the edges! (Everything looks better with inked edges - my favorite one is Cat's Eye Chestnut Roan) Attach the squares onto a 4 1/2" square piece of cardstock in rows of three. Now you need some stitchin'! I HATE sewing so I did mine with a Sharpie....but you could machine stich around it. I attached a 4 3/4" square of brown to my 5" gold cardstock card....and placed the quilt in the center. Added some more faux stitchin' with a white gel pen. Oh, and ink those edges!!!

The apple is from Doodlecharms, cut at 3". I cut the shadow in brown, the base layer in green and brown cardstock for structure, and cut the top layer in argyle. Inked all the edges before I attached them....and cut off the brown stem and attached it with pop dots. Doodled around it with the white Jelly Roll pen. The little worm is from Create a Critter, cut at 2". I cut the base in brown - the middle in the rusty red - and the top layer in green. I used a coordinating green paper rather than the cardstock as it cut cleaner and had a little more texture to it. Added details with my Sharpie....inked some cheeks...and little white gel pen accents. Finished it off with a big, sheer bow.

The sketch is from PaperCraft Star and this one fits the Cricut Cardz Challenge "Back to School"! All of that white pen faux stitchin' fits right in with Practical Scrappers this week too!

20 comments:

wherethey'llgo said...

Love this card Sherri! Great work, just love the patchwork feel. Thanks for joining us at Papercraft Star, so glad to have you joining us!

Regan said...

This card is absolutely adorable Sherri! The little worm with the apple is so cute. Excellent work! Thank you for playing along with us a Papercraft Star!

Regan

Audrey Frelx said...

Sherri, you should be a DT hit!!! I love your card!!!

mfc.melissamade2 said...

Sherri - this is probably one of my favorites! Adorable!
Melissa

GrannyCharlotte said...

What a great card. Love the quilt apple. The colors are so sweet. TFS.

Janis Lewis said...

This is so sweet! I love all the colors and layout! Thanks for playing with us this week at CCC! :) Janis

Tracy said...

Absolutely LOVE this Sherri! You put so much great texture and detail into this card. It's fantastic! Thanks so much for deciding to play along with us for this weeks challenge at Papercraft Star!

MoonDust Bath and Body said...

SO CUTE!!!!! I love the worm, and the colors, and the details in the back. and....and...and....

N2ScrapN4Fun said...

Your card is FABULOUS!!! Love the quilted theme. Thanks for playing along @ CCC

Ladybug said...

Tooooo stinkin' cute!!! TFS!

BTW, I became a follower! :-) Love your creations!! :-)

~* steph :) *~ said...

super cute! thanks for playing along with us at Papercraft Star! *hugs* steph :)

Monica Ward said...

This card is too cute!! I love the colors. Thanks for playing along with CCC #39!

Joy said...

Sherri...this is such a cute card !! I love anything that says...quilt and this card sure does!!
xoxo Joy

Liz said...

Great card, very cute. I love the quilting look and the stitching.

Jeri said...

Love your quilted card and the embossing you did to give it texture. Thanks for playing along at CCC.

Sharon said...

This is just great!!! Loooove the quilt and apple w/worm! :)

Suzy said...

Beautiful! I like how used different embossing folders on the quilt pieces. Super cute apple too with the argyle print! Thanks for playing at Papercraft Star!

Cricut Couple said...

We just love the design and the colors! So pretty!

Most Sincerely,
Bobby & Jill

Corinna said...

This is just the cutest thing ever! I love everything about this card! :)

Corinna
Practical Scrappers

Sabrina H. said...

I love the colors you used. I love the blog, I am now a follower and thanks for the chance to win.

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