I have a stack of  "not quite finished" cards on my table.  I decided it was time to make some room for other things.  This was a quilt pattern I tried from a video I saw on the Facebook group "Quilts...and More".  Making quilts with paper on cards is so much fun and you don't even have to do any actual sewing.  To give the design a "quilted" look you run the piece through your machine with an embossing folder.

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The 3D embossing folder I used is from Spellbinders.  It is  "Four Petal Floral".  We have a wedding invitation for September and I wanted to get ahead of the game to have a card already made.  This makes such a simple card to put together.  The gold foil and gold embossing add a lot of elegance.  I also embossed the flap of the envelope.

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Two cards made from leftover pieces.

When you have pretty papers, it doesn't take much to quickly make cards.

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I like that the die cuts out a mat which really helps to set off the dsp.  These papers are so pretty.  Instead of adding a white piece for the sentiment, I chose one of the designs that would allow me to stamp the sentiment right on the dsp.

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In Love Arts designs has dies that make a fun card.  Rather than add a variety of papers to the open areas, I used just one of the papers from the paper collection.  I used a circle punch to cut out one of the flowers and added it below the sentiment.

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This is the same dsp as I used yesterday.  I had a piece of the floral design left so I cut a piece from a second design and put this simple layout together very quickly.

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When I am on Facebook, sometimes advertisements come up for "In Love Art"....I think I have that right.  I decided for the fun of it to check them out.  They had a great deal on some packages of 6 x 6 dsp.  The papers are only one sided but not very expensive so I ordered a couple of packages.  This was a sheet from one of them.  I love the "happy" design.  The paper was matted and added to the card base.  It didn't need anything more than a simple sentiment.

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