HAPPY birthday

After making this birthday card yesterday with Papertrey Ink's Modern Cross Quilt cover plate die, I looked at the pieces removed from the die and told myself not to throw them away. Today I made a stencil from the Modern Cross cover plate, glued all the colorful smooshed pieces onto a PTI soft stone pattern paper panel, added two PTI word die cuts and a seam binding bow to complete it.

I've entered this in the January Time Out Challenge where the focus is birthday cards and an optional twist of adding sponging. The design team shared many beauties to inspire and you can look at all the entries by clicking here.