CASE-ing Melissa

Melissa Phillips had the MOST adorable card at Make It Monday, and I couldn't wait to give her technique, which she calls "paper scrap pie charts", a try!

I pulled out my big bag of scraps and started sorting out some pinks and greens until I had enough to make up a pie-chart.  I don't have any triangle dies, but I do have a Hero Arts Christmas tree stamp that fit the bill, so I stamped it on the reverse of each of my scraps and cut them out.  I used my Nesties scalloped rectangles and scalloped hearts dies and a Doodlebug dp for my background, along with this pink button, and another of Winnie & Walter's big bold words from their The Big, the Bold & the Happy (can you tell I REALLY love these stamps?) and stamped it in Simon's Doll Pink ink.  Put everything together, and THEN I remembered that we are supposed to include something from PTI - NUTS!

So once I had the technique under my belt, I went back again, and used PTI aqua mist design papers and their Beautiful Blooms II #1 die to make this monochromatic version.  The sentiment this time is from a Lil Inker designs set called Darling Diamonds, inked in Hero Arts Mint Julep.  Again, I used a button (thanks, Clare!) to cover the center seams - to me it goes along with the quilted look that this technique gives.  This is lots of fun to do; give it a try yourself!