PTI anniversary, day 6: sketch challenge.

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I can't resist a sketch challenge, even on days where I have a playdate scheduled :)  In between slicing strawberries and running a quick vaccuum for my mommy-buddy, I managed to create a little something for today's festivities...

I used the sketch as an excuse to break out my "banner builder" set... it's been sorely neglected...

Sorry for the photos - they don't show off my stamped background, and the overall color is a bit off...

 But everything comes together more quickly with a sketch challenge :)

Happy friday, all!

MIM #31

Hi peeps!  I'm just warning you ahead of time... I went a little crazy on the sewing machine.

This weeks' PTI Make-it-Monday challenge was to create a background using non-background stamps.  I took the triangle banners from "banner builder" and created a baby quilt:

I haven't decided yet if the crazy machine stitching works or not.  You can be the judge :)

The sweetie-pie cupcake image is from PTI's "baby button bits".  I paper-pieced the leaves, cupcake, and cupcake liner using different colors of cardstock that were stamped with subtle patterns.

Since the background is so crazy (or cozy... not sure yet, right?) I kept the focal panel super simple.

Hope you like it!

Flowers.

It's PTI blog-hop time!  I'm so excited to see what everyone's come up with - there are so many ways to use flowers in our work.  Since I'm desperately longing for a real spring (the kind that comes with sunshine and some warmth) I decided to go all "birds and blooms" with this one.

For each flower, I cut 6 flower-fusion #1 shapes.  Each layer was folded, folded again and then stitched in place.  I love the frayed edges, and that each flower looks a bit different.  I also die-cut the banners from an old t-shirt and stamped on them with text-style II.  I did the same thing on the leaf die-cut after stamping it with vintage cream.

I think I'm a little obsessed with banners lately.  Love making them, love looking at them.  There are a few that haven't been taken down in the house from the kids' parties...I even whipped up a cute banner for my kids to hold up during our family photoshoot this morning.  Speaking of which - time to put on some makeup and get everyone going!  I can't wait to sit down with a tea later this afternoon and make my blog-rounds!  Have a great day and thanks for looking.