Paper Quilted Borders

Quilting is an old old art form, practiced by generations
of artistic women. It is not only an art form,
it has a practical side in that the quilts provide
warmth when used as originally intended,
on a bed as a bed spread.
It only stands to reason that paper crafters
would find a way to mimic the cloth version.

To ensure uniformity in the squares a punch was used.
The edges of the squares have been sponged
with dark brown ink. This adds depth and
makes each square stand out a bit more.
The squares were then glued to a
coordinating piece of card stock.
I would recommend a strip of low tack
masking tape or straight piece of paper
to be a gluing guide for the squares.
No matter how hard I tried, without this guide
my strip of squares had a slight curve.
(This made me crazy, OCD kicking in)

The first two cards have a card base that is covered
with texturized dark brown card stock.
The white border on the first card is a punch,
while the border on the second card is
a Spellbinders Borderabilities die cut.
The last card has been stamped and embossed
with fine line gold embossing powder, the stamp
is from Wordsworth.

The above card has scrapbook paper over the white
card base. On the left side of the card is a die cut from
Spellbinders. The Hero Arts phrase was also cut out with
a Spellbinders die. I used some of the leftover cut outs
from the die cut to decorate the phrase. It is fun to use
scraps to a a little finishing touch to a card design.

These three peach card are very similar. There is
a slight difference in the decorative scissors used on the
left side bar and the placement of the punched flowers.
I did use three white brads on the side bar.
My personal favorite is the first in the series.