Blue Heart Quilt Patterned Paper

Edit: Hello all, the direct link to the Men of Life paper does not open at the moment but it will be fixed today. In the meantime, check out THIS LINK and scroll down to view the paper. It coordinates with the new Men of Life stamp set released last month.

I was thinking of ideas for some quilt themed cards when I remembered the blue patterned paper from the Men of Life collection. Since I have quilting on the brain so much lately, this paper reminded me of cross stitch. I thought it would be fun to add in a quilt block pattern from Papertrey's Quilter's Sampler Additions set. Guess what? The quilt blocks fit into the open design of the patterned paper perfectly, like they were designed for a square image to fit! I was so excited about this fun find! To make my own customized quilt looking paper, I stamped the heart quilt block with Palette Noir black ink. Then I reached for a Copic sketch marker to color in the hearts to make them more prominent in the overall design. I finished the quilt squares off with a white dot using a white gel pen. Zoom in to get a closer look.

Above are my finished cards. I kept the overall design very simple so that I could show off the patterned paper.

I finished off the cards with a birthday sentiment from the Quilter's Sampler stamp set, two punched hearts from Spring Rain cardstock, and two dressed, vintage buttons. Ribbon is Topnotch Twill in Spring Rain. Very simple cards that I hope you will enjoy!!