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Knit Happens! Yes m’am,  it does…and if you like to have some wine while you knit..well..it won’t be pretty. Just sayin’. Anyway, these are the colors for today’s Color Challenge (CC624) on Splitcoast. Daffodil, garden green & blackberry. And it seems I have a slight aversion to the blackberry. It’s an odd color, hard to work with & harder to match. The only think that came to mind was this cute little digi & I figured I’d delegate the troublesome color to the ground area. 
After printing it out, I colored it then die cut it. The dk purple bg (closest I could come to the blackberry color) was embossed w/ a knit pattern folder & it was pretty much done.

Here’s a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used. This is going to one of my knitty friends who also happens to like my cards 😛


Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

FTHS Birdbrain Winter Scarf digi	Kaspareks Knitting Needles AS-38	Kaspareks Yarn Unwinding AS-18	TPC Studio Yarn Crafts
Sizzix Holiday Knits 660034	Lil’ Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Core’Dinations Canvas Texture paper	Hammermill 100# Digital Copy card stock	Copic Sketch Markers

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A big congrats to Helen, the newest Featured Stamper (FS495) on Splitcoast! She has such a wonderful, colorful gallery. After much browsing, I chose THIS to case because I have the same dies. So I kept the Dresden quilt die background & layout, but I used different papers, different colors & made mine a Christmas card.

I die cut the quilt 3 times w/ 3 different pieces of paper then put my quilt all together. I also die cut the poinsettia layers and attached it in the center of my quilt. The greeting was added below & I used part of the Filigree Frames to accent the ends. 

Here’s a look at the inside.

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Supplies:

Let it Snow	Pinecones	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Filigree Frames dies	Double Stitched Squares dies
Squares dies	Dresden Quilt die	Merry Mosaics dies	Peaceful Poinsettias dies	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131
Cozy Quilt paper	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock	Rhinestones

Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs April release! Aren’t the Quilt images & dies fabulous? And the papers are beautiful!

For my quilty/sewy card, I’m featuring this cute, cute, cute little sewing machine & greeting (from A Time to Mend), Log Cabin Quilt die & some papers from the Americana Quilt & Old Glory collections. Since the greeting is 1 line repeated 3 times, I had the idea to add 3 sewing machines in 3 colors but to get the best impression on this solid image, I stamped it w/ the Memento inks onto a semi-glossy photo type paper. It helped tremendously to have it in my Misti so I could stamp it more than once to get full coverage. For the print version, I inked just the outline of it & stamped it onto the paper then stamped it again on the photo paper & paper pieced it. I will mention, after I fussy cut that tiny outline, I realized it would have been much easier to just fussy cut the inside & attach it over the the other image. Oh well..live & learn!

I die cut the Log Cabin Quilt 4 times..1 white, 1 blue & 2 different prints, then arranged them inside the solid blue version outline. A large square was die cut out of the white front & placed on top of the quilt w/ all the fussy cut sewing machines on top. I used the Misti again to stamp the greeting 1 line at a time using the blue & red Versafine inks. Some buttons (from the Matting Circle dies) were cut, stacked & attached.

Here’s a look at the inside.

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Please be sure to visit all the DT Blogs for more inspiration!

Dawn * Lori * Robin * Julie * Sandee * Cathy * 

Sabrina * Diana * Lisa * Melissa (Guest Designer)

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A Time to Mend	Log Cabin Quilt Stamp	Sew Special	Flourished Star Pattern Dies	Log Cabin Quilt die
Squares dies	Pennants Dies	Matting Circles dies	Old Glory paper	Americana Quilt paper
MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Memories inks