Today's card is the result of a challenge on the PW wishes blog. We were to make a patchwork background. The examples were like those of a beautifully planned quilt, but I decided I wanted to just use the scraps I had on my desk from completing these recent projects -
Most of these were narrow strips leftover from trimming things to the size I wanted them, but I hadn't managed to throw them away yet because they were so pretty!
- I looked at my scraps and realized some were pretty short. Measuring the various short ones, I decided to cut my pieces 1 1/2" tall - leaving them in varying widths as I found them.
- After cutting my pieces, I decided I needed an easy way to glue them together. I cut a piece of white card stock (4 3/4" x 6 1/4") for my base, covered it with double-sided adhesive and went to work.
- After I got my first 1 1/2" row completed, I realized I better see how many rows would fit on my base. I realized I could do 2 more rows, but would have 1/4" or so not covered. So, I found a couple more scraps that just happened to be about 1/8" wide and placed one between each row - fit just about perfectly. (See first picture below.)
- You see the completed card front at the top of this post. Focal & sentiment were from Heartfelt Creations Woodsy Wonderland. Dark purple mats were purple glimmer paper embossed with an embossing folder. I used some foam tape to add some of the pieces to give the card some dimension.
INSIDE:
As you can see, I did another row of "patchwork" on the inside. These ones were only 1" tall because that was all the taller some of the remaining pieces were. I added another of the blue glimmer paper leftover strips and finished with a purple one trimmed from one of the mat pieces. I matted the tag (also Heartfelt Creations) on purple glimmer paper and fussy cut around it leaving a narrow mat.
I'm quite happy with the finished product. Not only does it look pretty, but I didn't waste all my pretty scraps! :)
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