Purple Pumpkin

Last night I was in a scrappy mood so I had a little play with the Purple Pumpkin sketch challenge. It called for layers of patterned paper and it felt like ages since I'd done a LO using any pp. I rifled through my random pieces of paper for a patterned base and then flicked through my scraps folder for some other bits and strips.

Years ago, when I first discovered Kim Archer, one of the things she did regularly on her LOs was to use a strip of paper that had a shape punched out of it. I still love that look and revisited it on my LO. I also added a bit of printed transparency (so last year lol). I was undecided about what the title should be and what alphas to use and then I dug these ones out. They came in a kit long ago and I have no idea who made them but they worked! To finish things off, and because it was Purple Pumpkin challenge after all, I added an extra-large tree button and that gorgeous silk flower (which I got in the vintage lucky dip). Then because it still needed just a little more I added some barb wire chippy (a packet of which I discovered, unopened, languishing in my stash) and stitched on a button. Stitching, that's something else I haven't done in a while. Love how it makes the button look complete :)

Have a fabulous long weekend and if you're into that sort of thing, may the best team win!