i’m so inspired by the color & pattern combination of handmade quilts.  & i’ve seen around the web that April is quilting month,   so there have been many amazing quilters posting their gorgeous handiwork, including loads of tips & tutorials.  it has been inspiration heaven around the crafting/quilting blog world lately.   i LOVE it!  & it has come at a perfect time for me b/c i’ve got major quilting envy and have been squirreling away fabric for the past few month cutting squares trying to get over the fear of starting my very first quilt.  hopefully i’ll get the nerve to sew my first 2 squares together soon…

but in the meantime, i’ve been doing lots of quilting with patterned paper.

i used a square punch to create a quilted look on my “she jumps” layout in this month’s gallery

and then yesterday i created a little journal to keep all of my quilting dreams, ideas for color combination & pages i’ve been ripping out of magazines.  for the covers i chose to try out one of those freestyle log cabin patterns & it was so fun.  i love how it turned out.  now i really can’t wait try this with fabric!

i LOVE that purple combined with the other colors in this month’s kits….

hope you have a great weekend!  & happy creating!!

xoxo

gi

Who can resist those amazing Pink Paislee letters from the main kit? I used them over & over again on my layouts, sprayed over them, combined them with other alphas. I was working on one last layout, and noticed that what I had left on my letter sheet was lots of punctuation. Those little checkered squares (a.k.a. periods and parts of exclamation points and  question marks) gave me an idea. I could use those as a decorative element! There were enough left to scatter them throughout the layout to create flow, rhythm, and balance. Fun! I love using every bit of my supplies and making them stretch.

Have you used your alphabets in creative ways? Tell us about it! Happy KR scrapping!

sorry for the delay everyone!

the winner of the little pretty things giveaway is : patty b
send me an email patty by thusday 4..22.10 and we’ll get this out to you asap!

Patty B Says:
April 13th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
What an awesome collection! Pick me…pretty please!!! and thanks for the chance to win!

Leave a comment here before midnight on Thursday, April 15th and we’ll pick a winner to receive the entire collection of Pretty Little Studio products seen above. Winner will be announced here, on Friday, April 16th. Please note due to recent prizes not being claimed the winner must notify us within 48 hours or we will be forced to pick a new winner. Int’l entries are of course welcome.

Good Luck and don’t forget to join us tomorrow night at 8pm pacific for our reveal night chat where we’ll be giving some more prizes away as we count down to the reveal of the April kits.

Happy Tuesday!

if you’re like me, you instantly fell in love with the new hambly doily transparency that came in last month’s “brittany meadows” kit.

i knew it was just too pretty too keep in a hidden book somewhere & i wanted it to be the center focus.

1. let’s start by completely cutting out the doily shape (middle, too).

2. now, let’s punch holes (your crop-a-dile works perfectly for this), at even intervals (mine are about 1 inch apart) , about 1/2 an inch from inner circle.

3. cut a length of thick gauge wire (about 28″ long) , loosely form (do not connect) into a circle. weave in & out of holes, connect the ends together by bending & twisting.

this is what the circle should look like from the back:

easy peasy, right?

now, let’s flip our circle over & start decorating!

4. i first wrapped & wove a length of seam binding (stamped with the cute kr birdie stamp, you can also use ribbon) in & out of the front of the wreath to hide the wire. tie ends together.

5. let’s make our cute little rosette flowers for the front the wreath.

there are many variations to the paper flower…these little rolled roses are my favorite. i learned to make them here, by dozi ;)

here is a side view of the wreath so you can see how they’re attached:

and here are some close-ups:

i know this was kind of a quick walk-through, so if you have any questions please post them in the comments section & i will answer them as soon as i can!

happy creating!!