Pinterest Inspired Challenge: Sunchaser Layout by Mendi

Hello Doodlebugs!  It's Mendi here today with a layout inspired by another project found on Pinterest.  

I based my design on this amazing pillow and quilt pinned HERE.  I really wish I liked sewing on fabric more because I think it's truly amazing.  Instead I decided to re-create the cathedral style quilt using some of my favorite Doodlebug supplies and THIS Silhouette cutting file.

Here's an close up look at the 4-petal design.  To fill my background with the fun Doodlebug papers from their Dragon Tails, Anchors Away & Polar Pals collections, I duplicated the overall background shape.  I then broke apart the design to isolate one of the diamond shapes and created a small offset to have a shadow for the shape.  I discarded the original diamond and used the "shadow" to cut out my different prints.  By doing this, it gave me a small margin to adhere the pieces to the back of my die-cut background with a glue pen. For my stitching, I discovered I could save quite a bit of time by sewing in a wavy line down each row, rather than trying to stitch around the 8 sides of the petals one by one.  When all of my stitching was complete, I pulled my threads to the back of my page and taped them down before adhering the whole layout to another piece of royal blue cardstock.

I then temporarily adhered my buttons with a little liquid adhesive and stitched on my buttons with embroidery floss.  To complete my page, I cut my title out using a purchased font cut from black vinyl and mounted on a shadow cut from white cardstock.  I popped it up, along with my journaling strips with a bit of foam tape so they wouldn't blend in with the white die-cut design below.

This is a wonderful design for using up your scraps of paper or making use of your 6x6 paper pads!  I hope I've inspired you to take a look at some of your Pinterest boards and see them in a new light.  I know this little challenge has really inspired me to do this more often.  It's a great way to get your mojo flowing!