Papertrey Ink May 2015 Blog Hop

 

It's time again for another Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. 

When I first saw this inspiration photo I kept wondering 

how to translate square coloured blocks into a card.

I kept coming back to the idea of a rainbow quilt - 

blocks of colourful squares assembled into a "paper quilt"!

I stamped one of the quilt blocks from Quilter's Sampler 
onto Stamper's Select White card stock with 
Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I hand cut each one 
so that I could remove some of the stitching lines 
and then glued them onto graph paper. 
This allowed me to keep everything aligned.

Using a variety of copic markers, I coloured 
30 squares in a rainbow colour scheme. 
The finished quilt was mounted onto another piece 
of white card stock to create a border. 
This was mounted onto a 4" x 4 3/4" Soft Stone card base.

After all of the work involved in making the quilt, 
I didn't want to cover it up, so I stamped the main 
sentiment (Purls of Wisdom) onto a vellum banner 
using Versamark, then embossing with black EP. 
A yellow star button from my stash was accented 
with black embroidery floss and then added 
to the banner over one of the yellow quilt blocks.

Supplies (PTI, unless noted)

Stamps - Quilter's Sampler, Purls of Wisdom

Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Papers - Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone, Vellum, graph paper

Dies - Double-ended Banner die

Other - Yellow Star button; Black embroidery floss; Canvas Impression Plate; 

copic markers; Stampendous Detail Black Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting today. Enjoy the Blog Hop.
Karen C.