Quick and easy - Fabric corner bookmarks

 I have fnished off the last of the book marks I prepared before our trip.  I have used my sewing machine to quilt the two layers and then stitched the together. Here is a link to the ones that I hand stitched. After a bit of a review of my prototype it would seem that they don't really require any extra quilting which makes them a very quick and easy project.  All this is required are two squares of fabric.  I used a 4" and 3" but they could be made a bit larger if you wish.  Simply iron the smaller one point to point and then iron the bottom point of the larger one to be the same size which will leave you with a margin your two sides.  Just turn that margin over twice, iron and stitch in place tucking in the ends where necessary.  I think these would be very special made up with fabrics that relate to the person you are giving them to.  These can easily be included in a card for any occasion as a little gift for no reason at all.   Therese

Christmas card with a double stamped vellum with a holly theme, coordinating background and fussy cut holly embellishment

I had made one Christmas card when I was playing with double stamped vellum and so decided to make one more so I can send them to my card exchange partners for our December exchange!!

I used a holly stamp which I white embossed on the front and stamped in green on the back.  I backed the vellum with a piece of white cardstock so it would be shown to best advantage.  I layered these two behind an embossed frame. I chose a coordinating Christmas background, tore in two and mounted the two pieces to a large green card.  I mounted my vellum element to my card using 3D foam tape and then added my two fussy cut holly leaves as my embellishment.  I stamped them in green on light green cardstock, fussy cut them and painted the berries with red nail polish.  Once they were dry I layered them and then mounted them to my card overlapping the frame.  These will be off to my partners in today's mail.    Therese
 

All Occasion Card featuring a lighthouse, embossed strip and decorative paper background

For this all occasion card I adhered my colour printed decorative paper (SU) to a coordinating card front.  I layered a small strip of gray cardstock over a wider orange one and embossed them (CB).  I added a single rectangle of coordinating blue to the back of the light house after adding some paper piercing.  It was enough!!  I did not colour the image as it worked quite well with the gray in the paper!!

Therese