"Use It" Challenges at Papertrey Playhouse/Use It Tuesday and Freshly Made Sketches

I volunteered to fill up a month-long gap between challenges we had over at Papertrey Playhouse. I decided that I wanted to use this opportunity to give my uninked Papertrey Ink stamp sets some love! So...

Weeks 1 & 2: Create a project that uses a stamp from a stamp set that has never seen any ink!

(The beaks and legs don't look green IRL!)

I used two previously unloved stamp sets here: Bundle of Love and Mini Scrapbook Series: Tabs. As this is the first multiples card I've had the pleasure of creating, this sentiment has never seen ink either.

I set the scene with a whole lot of paper-piecing! My favorite little feature is the "bow" I stamped on baby girl's head using the tiny hearts from Bundle of Love. It's difficult to tell in the photograph, but there is the teeniest pink rhinestone I've ever worked with at the junction! And check out those cute little rosy cheeks peeking out! I'm gushing like an idiot...  ;)

After laying the focal point on the card base (sometimes I remember not to stick everything together right away!), I decided I didn't like all that white space. Too much white just didn't work with this card! The problem was that I couldn't find a substitute card base color that I cared for. So as a Papertrey fanatic, what did I do? Stamped it, of course! The tab image worked absolutely perfectly around the square focal point! It looks like whimsical lace or something.

I may go back and round the corners... Anyone for? Against? Love feedback!

The interior of the card (not pictured) uses Fillable Frames #5, another stamp set that hadn't been used.

This sketch also works wonderfully for this week's Freshly Made Sketches: 

Thanks so much for stopping by... I hope you'll make sure your crafting money hasn't been wasted along with me!

Incidentally, if you're not a PTI owner, this challenge is still a terrific idea! Head on over to Use It Tuesday where they have the same challenge on a more general level. I've certainly entered into it!

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Lemon Tart
• Patterned Paper: Bitty Box Basics, Pretty Pastels, Polka Dot Parade
• Stamps: Bundle of Love, Mini Scrapbook Series: Tabs, Bitty Baby Blessings, Up, Up & Away
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Mango Madness and Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid (all Tsukineko), Fresh Snow
• Copics: E000 & R30 (baby faces), B0000 (not noticeable on the baby wraps), W1 (birds), T1 (shading on baby carrier blankets--will probably darken with T3)
• Other Tools: sewing machine/thread, grass punch (Fiskars), iRock/rhinestone (Imaginisce)