A Study In: Quatrefoil (whole die)

Yep, it's more Quaterfoil! I've picked 4 different challenges and created 5 cards after trying out different ways to use the whole Papertrey Quatrefoil Cover Plate die, or sections of the whole die.

 I thought I'd do a simple design and try out the 10 minute Craft Dash challenge with their color scheme. This card took 8 minutes, 23 seconds. Ran it through the Big Shot, used an exacto knife to cut across the top and bottom of a pair of quaterfoils, glued the die to the card base, stamped the sentiment, grabbed a pink quatrefoil from my bag of leftovers, cut to make a flower, and added a rhinestone colored with a blue marker to the center. Super quick for me. I'm a sloooow card maker. Too many decisions. So, good thing the 20 minutes thinking about what to do does not count in this challenge! Or the 3 other cards that I wasn't happy with : ) 

Since it's such a simple card, I used a really thick, pearl-finished, cover sheet to die cut.

How about cutting strips of the die for a card? That's what came to mind when I looked at the CASE study inspiration card by guest Teri Anderson.

Looking to my scrap bag once again, I pulled out random, colorful quatrefoils and plugged them into the white frame. You could make some really neat patterns using this approach. The top strip on my card has a zig-zag pattern, the middle strip has a boxy pattern, and the bottom strip has a dotted pattern. Use any one of these patterns in multiples and I'm sure it will make for a fun background or design element.

 

Here's the small section I used to make the card above. In fact, there were even two strips leftover so I made another quick card:

Hard to see, but the "wow, that's fantastic!" is gold embossed. So surprised that I'm liking that trend.

Next is a card using Karolyn's versatile sketch at CAS(E) this sketch.

The quatrefoil is definitely playing a supportive role in this card. I've always thought the pattern looked "quilty," like on those fake quilts that just have an overall stitched pattern down the length of the quilt. So I ran it through to emboss instead of cut and made a bed out of it. The top of the quilt is folded over to show the solid side of the paper. Like the other box cards, this one folds flat for mailing and storage too. The matching sentiment is from the Hero Arts "Mi Casa" set.

I'm super happy with the wood flooring. The varied widths of wood paper are edged with a brown marker to give them more definition. The corners are snipped off, and brown dots are for the nail holes. 

This is the floor I'd love to have in my real bedroom!!

Here's a close up of the side of the bed and the wood planks. Too much glare, but you can get the idea.

One more card, this time focusing on the CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use silver on your card.

Hammered silver is used for the quatrefoil die, and then I wove 1/2" strips of paper through the frame. Unlike when I wove wider lace through the frame and ended up with a funky checkerboard pattern, this time I got a diagonal striped "x" pattern. Fun! No pressure stamping the sentiment on this card, because if you mess up you can just slide out the strip and do another one.

The flower is made from a quatrefoil too.

Just cut along the pencil lines until you are close to the center. The first couple I drew lines for, but after I made lots more of them (for a post later this week) I just eye-balled it to save time. You can actually get two different sizes from this shape, depending on which sections you cut off. For a large bloom (top row) cut the smaller, corner pieces out. For the smaller bloom, cut the larger, rounded pieces off, and then round the remaining corner pieces. To make the flower I colored the pieces with marker and stacked them.

Thanks so much for looking! Stay tuned for two more quatrefoil posts this week : )
-Kelly


Previous posts in this series:
 Die within a Die, 
Positive Shapes, 
More Positive Shapes,  
Negative Shapes 

Future posts in this series: 
Another Positive Shape
3D Shapes