Double Woven Star Birthday Card(s)

I was inspired to try this woven quilting technique by Johanna who shared her version after watching Maymay’s video HERE. I had never made a book card before either, so I learned two new things today! Thanks Johanna!

The patterned card stock I used to create the star, the “piano key” border, and the mats all came in the Crafty Parcel (a mystery box full of great craft supplies) I received when I participated in the Simon Says Stamp HDSA Fundraiser last October. (The pack contained only the card stock and no product information.) I used “Velvet” card stock from American Craft for my base.

When cutting the strips, I cut two sets and was able to create a second card.

For this one, I embossed the quilt square with the Cuttlebug 5×7 Honeycomb Embossing Folder and created a top fold A2 card. I used my Bow-Easy to create the mini double bow in the center.

The greetings on both were computer generated.

A few notes:

• Maymay’s instructions are always excellent, but this video is a “live” with a lot of silly chit chat while she is explaining the technique. I didn’t want to mess up the patterned card stock before I was sure I understood what to do so I practiced first with scraps of white card stock. The second and third attempts (with the patterned card stock) went more smoothly after that. You can see I kept getting better with more practice as my star strips are much tighter on the embossed/third attempt above.
• All the measurements for the strips are in the description under the video, but I included them here for quick reference. You need 4 @ 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ with angles cut 1/2″ down on each end and 4 @ 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ with angles cut 1/4″ down on each end (see below; click to enlarge). I created a “master” strip in each size to help me position/cut the angles without having to measure each one.

• Once the strips are cut, Maymay explains “how to weave” the strips with a lot of unders and overs and overs and unders. Just weave them – lol!
• To create the “book card” base, start with a 4 1/2″ x 11 ” piece of card stock and score it on the long side at 5 1/2″ and 6 3/4″. Glue the 1 1/2″ section on the front to the inside of the card to create the “binding” strip.
• And finally, I modified my piano key border to include a mat panel; my strips are 1/2″ x 3/4″ (instead of 1″ long). As a result of these changes, I could only fit 7 instead of 8 (with a tiny space between each one).

Thanks for checking out my card projects!