• Category Archives Paper Piecing
  • Tea Time


    Perfect card for a tea lover or friend you haven’t seen in a while. The floral teapot stands out against the black & white lattice background. Just a few days, a bit of pretty paper & whatever other two colors you pick & you have yourself a card.

    It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge & we are visiting MacKenzie-Childs & their Pinterest Board where I found THIS picture. I liked the pink flowers against the black & white check. Since I didn’t have anything w/ black & white checks, I used a lattice die with some black & white inserts to give the impression of the pattern. The tea cup & teapot were die cut out of floral paper & also a pink paint chip. I wanted a couple of shades of pink & paint chips are great for this. I pieced the parts of the tea cup & teapot together, then popped them up to add some dimension.

    They were attached to a fancy die cut oval & the greeting was cut out using one of the suitcase parts that happened to be the exact size I needed. Lastly, a little pearlized jewel was added to the teapot lid.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!

    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Cuckoo for You set
    Paper:  Staples 110# white,  black, dp (Rubbernecker Stamps: Modern Floral paper pad), pink paint chip
    Ink:   Versaclair nocturne
    Accessories:  Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps:  Diamond w/ Stitch Cover, Teapots & Cups, Decorative Rectangle #2, Suitcase dies, Crossover II, Misti, jewel



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  • Love Heart One


    A sweet Valentine or wedding/anniversary card made with the opposite (left over) pieces of Love Heart Two. I used the same die cuts plus a piercing, quilted look die on the white topper.  Some added pearls give it a little extra elegance.

    Even though the Love Heart Two posted first, this is the actual first card. Since I die cut all the pieces twice, once out of white & another out of the sweet designer paper, I found I could make two cards at once. Related, but not identical; sort of like fraternal twins. Don’t you love it when you can make a two-for-one?

    This is also for my Inspiration Challenge (IC948) on Splitcoast & THIS is my inspiration.

    Like my other card, I die cut the heart, birds out of white & the designer paper, then pieced them together. The white top panel was die cut w/ a quilted look piercing die. I attached flat back pearls in places where the diamonds came together. A tiny heart punch was used to add the pink heart in the center of the O in Love.

    Thanks
    so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: None
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, dk pink, dp Brass & Bliss (Heart Strings)
    Ink: None
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss:  Quilted  Stitch Pierced Cover, Rectangle Stitch, Birds in Love, Love w/ Shadow dies,  half pearls



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  • Dog is Fave


    A snarky fun Valentine featuring a cute mixed Dalmatian puppy, dog house, lots of stitched hearts & some pretty black and white paper to back it all up.

    It’s my turn to host the Featured Stamper Challenge (FS885) so a big congrats to Cindy! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the Dalmatian & red, white, black colors, but used dies instead of images, turned mine vertical & made it a somewhat snarky Valentine.

    After die cutting the dog, hearts & dog house, I colored the white dog to look like a Dalmatian mix which resembles one of my dogs. I die cut the designer paper & a white polaroid frame & stamped the greeting in the lower left corner.  Then I attached the dog house, dog & the white frame & added some various sizes of stitched hearts.

    The dog, doghouse & frame are all popped up a bit for dimension.

    Thanks so much for stopping by!


    Supplies:

    Stamps: Brass & Bliss: I Adore You set
     Paper:  Staples 110# white, red, dp Brass & Bliss (Floral Monochrome )
    Ink: Memento tuxedo black
    Accessories:  Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss:  Stitched Rectangles, Polaroid Frame, Dog set, Dog House, Stacked Hearts dies, C9 & C2 Copic Markers



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