A LITTLE WHITE LIE…..

Oh my WORD,,,,I have NEVER been so FRUSTRATED posting a blog post in my LIFE!!!!! I had this all done, and my friend Ilina sent me an email telling me step by step how to make it post when I am on a business trip the day it’s supposed to post……(it involved changing settings, etc.) and I did all that and then went ahead and posted it by accident so had to delete and start over!! arghhhh…….. ANYWAY……..back to the subject at hand…..would YOU believe I cut out all those cute little quilt squares by hand, 3/4″ x 3/4″??? I didn’t think so…..so I’m not gonna lie to ya, I did not realize that SU had discontinued that punch until one of my friends pointed it out to me….and my card was all loaded on the Yahoo site and ready to go for Tuesday…..so if YOU want to make this same exact card, you may just have to hand cut them all!! (LOL, harhar) If not, you can always use the smallest square punch we have now and have your quilt squares a bit larger. Here’s how. Take some graph paper, I use SU’s big graph pad and glue the squares down completely and securely on all edges. The graph paper will give your quilt more body and also help you to keep the design straight which tends to be the hardest part! Then use the Big Shot and cut the quilt out using the Top Note Die. Then put the entire piece through the Big Shot again using your favorite embossing folder. I love to use Petals a Plenty for a worn quilt look, but any embossing folder will give it a quilted look. That’s pretty much it!! I used SU’s new Deck the Walls designer paper and their brand new SEAM BINDING to make my bow. LOVE that stuff!!!! NEED MORE!!!!! I also used the Bells and Boughs Stamp set for the words and a Tags embosslit for the tag. Add their great new pearl bling and there you have it, a Christmas Quilt!! Hope you like it!! Now if this thing actually posts on the morning it is supposed to, you can thank my sweet young and beautiful friend Ilina….and if it doesn’t, well, it just means I didn’t follow the directions correctly, and if that happens, what else is new?? Happy Stamping everyone! See you next time!!