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Super Easy Flat Bows

I was surfing the web last night when I couldn't sleep and I ran into this super easy flat bows tutorial. I love how she did this and just had to share with the rest of you. So go to this link http://sewflake.blogspot.com/2007/11/flat-bows.html and check it out. So simple yet looks so perfect and elegant.

Friendship Star & Wild Duck

Last one for a while, I am going to work on more cards and scrap book pages. So stay tune for that. This one is called Friendship, but goes by many names again. Most quilt blocks have many names to them all they really did was change the color or add a piece to them. If I remember correctly this is also called the Whirly Gig.

Supplies needed"

1 1/2 square punch.

Whisper White and Pretty in Pink Card stock

Designer Paper of choice.

Mauve Mist Ink Pad

Small background stamp

Stamp your PIP card stock with MM. Then cut your card stock at 5x10 and fold in half to get your 5x5 card.

Cut the WW at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4

Punch out 6 PIP squares and 3 designer paper squares.

Cut 2 of the PIP in the diagonal and 2 of the designer paper on the diagonal.

Start in upper left hand corner of your WW. Going in approx. 1/8 inch from top and side, lay your first piece PIP square. Then going across lay 1/2 diagonal piece of PIP then the designer one and then a square again.

Follow the sample when this is completed just mount to your main card and your done.

I also did a smaller one of the Wild Duck only this one I made smaller using the 1 1/4 punch and your end up with a card that is 4 1/4x 4 1/4. Hope you enjoy this one too. Remember you can always do different sizes all you need is a different sized punch.

I hope you are all having a wonderful warm weekend. Here in Central MN it is really cold. Last night we had temps. at -20 and wind chills in the -40 below. It was so cold, today has not been much better. Suppose to warm up next week and I can't wait to see those temps in the teens or higher again.

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Holly's Ribbon Star Quilt Card

Holly let me share her card with you too. Thanks Holly for sharing and for making the card. It is so pretty.

Ribbon Star Quilt Card

Love this one too. I have been trying to keep with some of the same colors so I can give a gift of so many quilt cards to a package. So hence the reason for the same colors in some of these cards.

My friend Holly made one of these too and added some ribbon to hers. I will see if I can find hers and share it too. Or better yet maybe I can talk her into putting it on her blog.

Supplies Needed:

Designer Paper - Pretty in Pink Card stock

Mauve Mist Ink

Any Little background stamp to match designer paper.

1 1/4 punch

Cut 3 squares at 1 6/8, Cut two of them on the diagonal (PIP)

Punch 4 PIP 1 1/4 squares

Designer Paper Punch out 6 squares and cut all on the diagonal.

Cut PIP at 5x10 fold in half and get the 5x5 card
Stamp your PIP card stock with background stamp in Mauve Mist.

Start in top corner of 5x5 card with a PIP square, next a designer paper triangle, a PIP triangle, designer paper triangle, and another PIP square.

From here on out follow sample.

This one is real easy to make and turns out so pretty.

Anyone making any of these quilt cards? Please share yours with me when you do. You can leave a comment to this posting and share them with me by leaving a link to the card.

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Maple Leaf Quilt Card

This one is my favorite. I love the Maple Leaf. One of these days I am going to dig out my sewing machine and material again and make a quilt like this.

Supplies Needed:

Pretty IN Pink, Whisper White Card stock

Designer Paper

1 1/2 inch Punch

Scissors

Xyron

Cut PIP card stock at 5x10 fold in half to make 5x5 card

Cut WW at 4 3/4

Punch 4 PIP squares and 5 of the Designer Paper squares

Cut on the diagonal 2 of the PIP and 2 of the Designer Paper squares on the diagonal.

Layer them on the WW card stock as shown on the sample card.

I also stamped my PIP card stock with Mauve Mist, it matched my designer paper real well and gave it more character. Also did one in reverse. Love how both of them turned out.

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Lilac's Sketch Challenge

Lilacs are so pretty and so Springy! I love them and have been doing a lot of dreaming about Spring coming.

I had promised this sketch challenge yesterday but fell asleep. I have been on a real strong dose of Sudafed and it has been keeping me from sleeping. Well yesterday I finally was tired enough that I could sleep. It felt so good to finally get a descents night sleep.

So this is your sketch challenge. I hope many of you do it. Some of the girls on the list did and they did such a beautiful job of it. Maybe they will let me share what they did with the sketch, I will ask them.

You will need the following:

Card stock cut at 8x9 then folded in half to make 4x9

Both SU Oval Punches

Scraps of card stock

This one is real easy and really needs no directions so just go by the sketch. I didn't work hard on mine cause as I said I haven't had much sleep and just did a quickly for sharing the sketch with the groups I am on.

Hope you enjoy and please share if you make the card. Angel Hugs

Ok I just went and checked and Chris has her card sketch done on her blog. Check it out at Chris's Blog

Valentine's Heart

Yes one more quilt block pattern. Tomorrow I will share a sketch challenge with you that I am doing on my groups again.

This one is made from the new Designer Paper Cerise. I love this paper it is so bright and pretty.

Here is what you need for this project.

Cerise Designer Paper

Real Red Card Stock

1 1/4 inch punch

Very Vanilla Ink Pad

Versamark

Cut a 5x10 piece of Real Red for basic card.

Punch out 10 Real Red pieces with the 1 1/4 punch. Cut 4 of those on the diagonal.

Punch out 6 Pieces of the Designer Paper Cerise. Cut 4 of those on the diagonal.

The RR card stock pieces you will stamp with your versamark and then again in Very Vanilla. Set aside to dry.

Row 1: Cerise 1/2 triangle in upper corner on the basic card. Then the RR stamped 1/2 triangle. RR then Cerise, Cerise then RR, RR and Cerise. In that order across the top.

Row 2: Is all 1 1/4 inch pieces so glue those four down under your top row.

Row3: With triangle pieces start with Cerise, RR, RR square piece, RR square piece, RR, Cerise.

Row 4: Square Cerise, Cerise, RR triangles, RR, Cerise triangles, last is another Cerise square.

You can follow the layout from my card sample.

This one makes such a pretty Valentine's card for you quilting friends.

Hope you enjoyed today's project.

Remember tomorrow will be a Sketch challenge. A Hint: it is going to be a long card cut at 8x9 and folded to be a 4x9 card. So check back tomorrow for the challenge card.

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Crazy Nice Patch Card

Very basic, I only used to colors on this one. Designer paper Sassy and WW. So if you are a beginner at this you can start with this one. Real easy to do. And the results are stunning. You can use these cards to give to a quilter or you can use this one for a Valentine's card.

Basic card is 5x5--Whisper White

Real Red cut at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4

Sassy Designer Paper (retired)

1 3/8 Punch

Real Red SU Marker

WW cut at 4 3/8

Punch out 6 squares with the 1 3/8 punch, cut 3 of those on the diagonal.

On your WW that is 4 3/8 start in the top corner.

See sample for placements of pieces.

Once done placing your pieces layer this on the Real Red piece that is 4 3/4 x 4 3/4. Then layer onto the 5 x 5 WW piece. And you card is finished.

Now how much easier can you get.

I will see if I can come up with another pattern tonight for tomorrows posting.

Angel Hugs

Blender Pen Refil Recipe

I found these in an email I got a long time ago and wanted to share them with you all.

2 teaspoons glycerin
4 teaspoons distilled water
1/4 teaspoon rubbing alcohol
It says you do not need to pull the blender tip out, just use an eye dropper.
This will go a long way so don't double it!