The arts, being the creative medium they are, often overlap with one another as concepts in one form are adapted to suit another. Such was the case in a recent greeting card class taught in Scrapbooking, Papercrafts & More club.

Taking a cue from traditional fabric quilting, member Judy Stacey recently taught fellow members how to make the Quilted Star design for cards. The pattern, which resembles the Ohio Star block in fabric quilting, was recreated using paper strips cut from varying colors and patterns of designer paper.

Much like quilting, the card makers had to pay close attention to the placement and order of each color coordinated strip while forming the central quilted star design. As in quilting, each paper star possessed a unique appeal due to the different colors and patterns of coordinating papers used to create the star; one card in shades of yellow and black featured tiny bumblebees while another card in purple tones featured delicate floral and lilac prints.

In addition to a stamped or die cut sentiment, small, embossed paper squares and framing layers were added to the focal star so that it resembled a single quilt block.

Learn how to make greeting cards, scrapbooks (traditional or digital) and other paper crafts by joining SPAM in the Beardsley center’s Agave Room on Thursdays (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), Fridays (10 a.m.-3 p.m.) and Saturdays (10 a.m.-5 p.m.).

Call club president Lynne Marion at 440-666-6386 for more information.