ThePowerOfACard: Scrappy Strips - A Quilter's Perspective

Monday, June 15, 2020

Scrappy Strips - A Quilter's Perspective

Have you noticed that scrappy cards are very trendy right now? I've been a quilter for for over 40 years and I know a little about scraps! I love piecing scraps together to make my quilts and I have hundreds of fabric scraps just for that purpose. I love to quilt by hand and whether I'm piecing or appliquéing a quilt, having just a little scrap can add the perfect finishing touch. Here are some pics of one of my pieced together quilts:

Fall Leaves Wall Hanging

I decided to make some cards using the scrappy strips technique. I started with the card I demonstrate on the video and had plenty of scraps left when I was finished. I kept using those pieces and ended up with enough panels for three more cards!

Gather your supplies for the first card:

Whisper White: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", folded and creased

Just Jade: 4" x 5-1/4", 3-3/4" x 5"

Flowers for Every Season DSP: Seven designs, 1" x 6", cut into two pieces each

Bumblebee: Scrap for label

Cinnamon Cider Ink Pad

Flowers for Every Season white ribbon

As I show on the video, cut each of the DSP strips into two pieces, changing the angle a bit with each paper. Start adhering a strip on the smaller pieces of jade paper, keeping this piece right along the edge and bottom. Continue adding strips, leaving a little gap between them. Keep the ends of each strip as close to either the top or bottom in order to have as many leftover strips as possible. Repeat until you reach the end of the jade piece (it's ok if it hangs over the side). Trim the pieces flush with the jade piece.

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Mount this piece to the larger jade piece and adhere to the card base with dimensionals. Stamp your sentiment onto the label and adhere with more dimensionals. Finish off the card with a bow adhered with a mini glue dot. A nice touch is to add an additional strip of the DSP to the inside of your card as well as the flap of your envelope.

Now with the leftover pieces, you should have enough to decorate two 1-3/8" x 5-1/2" strips of white and one 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of white. Here are the additional cards I made using those three pieces:

Additional supplies used:

Whisper White: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", folded and creased (two of these), 4-1/4" x 5-1/2", cut diagonally, 1/2" strip for sentient

Bumblebee: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", folded and creased

Just Jade: 1-1/2" x 3-1/2", embossed; tiny strip approximately 1/16" x 5-1/2"

Cinnamon Cider: 1-1/2" x 3-1/2", embossed; tiny strip approximately 1/16" x 5-1/2"

Just Jade Ink Pad

Bumblebee Ink Pad

2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dots

Forever Fern Stamp Set

Many Mates Stamp Set

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder

Lovely Labels Pick a Punch

At the end of the video, I show you two more cards using different papers. For one, I just used solid colors (these are the brand new In Colors released this month!). After I made my scrappy piece, I embossed this panel, matted it in white, and then mounted it onto my card with dimensionals. For the second one, I kept the scraps the same color, but embossed them in different patterns before adhering them to my card. There are so many possibilities! Playing with the paper pieces makes me want to get out my quilting fabric again and use it for quilting (not for making face masks - LOL).

Watch my video here: Scrappy Strips - A Quilter's Perspective

Until next time,

Karen

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