Quilted Fabric Photo Ornament

If you've been reading my blog, then you know that I design for UStamp with Dawn and Friends.  I Heart the Holidays kicked off last Friday and the projects so far are FABULOUS!  Today, I get to share with you my first project. 

I've seen these quilted ornaments around for awhile and always thought they were gorgeous but must be very difficult to make.  Boy was I ever wrong!  This was so much fun to make.  I was really surprised at how quickly and easily it went together.  The picture of my kids makes this a perfect keepsake gift to give to their grandparents, don't you think? 

As usual, with every project you get the instructions to make a coordinating card and envelope.  I really wanted to make my card unique to the ornament and I think I managed to pull it off.  What do you think? 

I hope you enjoy!

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Another Quilted Card

I loved my first quilted card I just had to make another!  I had a swap coming up and I decided to use this card.  I wanted to utilize my Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack, Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon & Button Pack and So Happy for You stamp set!  Don't forget, you can still get these amazing products until March 31.  After that, these will never be seen again!

Supplies:
Peach Parfait Card Stock (119794)
Old Olive Card Stock (100702)
Melon Mambo Card Stock (115320)
Pacific Point Card Stock (111350)
Pacific Point Classic Ink Pad (111837)
Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack (122242)
Ice Cream Parlor Ribbon & Button Pack (123529)
So Happy for You stamp set (wood mount - 121853; clear mount - 123220)
Lattice Square Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976)
Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Grecian Square Quilt Card

I saw a fabulous card at Dannie's Designs.  She got the tutorial for the fabulous quilted card here, so I quickly went directly to the tutorial and had a look!  My mother-in-law is an avid quilter and I thought this would be the perfect type of card for her!  And can I just say, Oh My Goodness!!!  This was so easy to make and I love the final look!  I did want to try a different variation on the card in the tutorial so I headed off to search the World Wide Web for quilt block patterns.  I found some great instructions for a Grecian Square quilt block and went from there!  I really like how this card turned out.  I imagine I can kick it up a notch or two by adding some embellishments, but I think to do that I would need to turn it into a standard size card (this one is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4") because I don't want to cover up the quilted pattern.  I may try that next!  I would LOVE to hear what you think about this card!

Supplies:
Pretty in Pink Card Stock (100459)
Concord Crush Card Stock (119792)
Very Vanilla Card Stock (101650)
Lap of Luxury Designer Series Paper (120436)
1 3/8" Square Extra-Large Punch (119877)
3/4" Square Punch (Retired)
Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (115963)