Saturday, January 17, 2009

Quilter's Sampler

As I had mentioned a few days ago, I recently purchased the Quilter's Sampler set (and the Quilter's Sampler Sentiments too) from PTI. I have had my little eye on these sets since Nichole first released them, so I should get a medal for waiting this long to buy:), lol. I have always been drawn to it because my mom used to be a quilter, and I myself made a small 4-square quilt, back in my early days as a young married woman. So, I'm so happy I finally got it!

This was the first card I made when I found a spare minute to create earlier this week. I wanted to start simply, which is definitely what I did with this card. I just had to color a few quilt squares and the scissors. I wanted to somehow get the thread and the scissors working together, so this is what I came up with. Sewing around the small quilt squares and leaving just one thread lose that I could weave through the scissors so it appears the scissors are cutting the thread. I'm sure you're just thinking right now...."how clever is that?" And guess what? I thought of this all by myself...I didn't case it from anyone:)!

Here's a little close up for you of the scissors and thread....I secured the end of the thread to the card under a little star from the quilt and a piece of dimensional tape....

The scissors and quilt squares were colored with Copics.

I can't wait to play with this set some more. It's such a blast!

Well ladies, I've got to run. I have to work again. No rest for the weary they say. Oh, and BTW, we're having a heat wave today...it's above ZERO for the first time in days! Woo-hoo!!

Hugs,

Amy

12 comments:

  1. Very cute! I love the idea of the thread going through the scissors. I may have to copy that.

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  2. Love this Amy! Fantastic idea with the scissors and thread! So cute!

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  3. How cute is this?! That's a great idea & I'm so impressed that you thought of it yourself. I must get this stamp set - can't believe I haven't yet!

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  4. Amy, this is so pretty! Love those colors!

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  5. What a great card!! I don't know if I would of thought of making it look like the thread was being cut by the scissors. Great job and also love the color combo.

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  6. Anonymous5:45 PM

    Lovely card. Clever thread use, too.

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  7. This is SO clever! Great job...you've sold me on these sets!

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  8. That is SUPER clever and SUPER pretty! :) Love it!

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  9. You are such a clever gal!!! This is just such an awesome card! I LOVE it!!!! : )

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  10. GORGEOUS!It is WAY too clever!!! Beautiful and in perfect Amy-style!!! Which I love! :)
    Have a super day!!

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  11. This is just darling! Love your stitching and details!

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  12. I love this stamp set. (And your card is pretty cute too.) Can you tell me how I could buy this stamp set?

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