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Technique Tuesday ~ Paper Piecing

 Hello there crafty friend!
Crystal here from Tawny Owl Paperie back with another Technique Tuesday! On the 2nd Tuesday of each month I’ll be sharing a bit of inspiration and a video featuring a fun technique. I hope that you’ll be inspired to get inky and play along with some of the techniques that I share.

 

This time I thought I’d play with pretty pattern papers and do some Paper Piecing. What is Paper Piecing? Well, basically it’s like playing with paper dolls. Stamping on pretty pattern paper and cutting out the pieces you want to adhere to the image. I always think of it as paper dolls because I use it most for dressing up the beautiful Angie Girls.

 

Bailey Girl Card

Bailey Girl is perfect for paper piecing because she is a big stamp. I mean she’s as big as my hand! If your no fan of fussy cutting little pieces… Bailey Girl is the stamp to paper piece.

 

 I stamped Bailey Girl on a piece of white card stock using Black Amalgam ink from Gina K. Designs. And I colored up her hair and skin. Here’s a quick list of the Copic markers I used to color up Bailey Girl:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04
Hair: YR31, E43, E44
Mug: B0000, B000, B02
Finger Nails: RV0000, RV93

 

I paper pieced Bailey Girl using the beautiful Cozy Textiles 6×6 paper pad. Love these cozy papers! They are a favorite of mine! I also used these papers for my background on the card front.

 

Video Link

You can check out my process video here for my card… Paper Piecing | Technique Tuesday | Unity Stamp Co.

 

More Inspiration

Time has not been on my side lately so the other cards I had hoped to share with you will have to wait for another day. Instead, I found a few on my blog to share using this fun technique. I hope you like them.

 

Sharing a fun twist on this technique on a card that I created a few years ago. I paper pieced the polka dots on the cow… so fun!! This card features Sassy Bessie. You can check out the details for this card here… Cow Bday Card.

 

A fun CAS-ish design for this beautiful Angie Girl card using Peyton Girl. I had fun using colorful papers with this one. You can check out the details here… Peyton Card.

 

Surprise! My last card is a holiday card! Anyone really surprised by that?! Hahaha… this one features the gorgeous Elsa Girl and only has a touch of paper piecing on her sweater. I used the same papers on my background which makes the sweater really pop. You can check out the details for this card here… ‘Tis the Season Card.

 

Another fun technique! I sure hope you’re inspired to pull out your stamps and give Paper Piecing a try. If you give this fun technique a try, I’d love to see what you create so please share your cards in the Unity Show & Tell group and tag me. Have an ink-tastic day!

 

Inky Hugs,
Crystal

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Cards Sprinkled with Holiday Cheer

Happy Friday, Unies! This is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules and today I’m sharing a sugary sweet holiday card that holds gift cards!  This is a great way to package your gift cards for loved ones. So let’s sprinkle some Christmas crafty fun!

Okay, I’ll be honest… I used a lot different Unity stamps to make this, but that’s part of the fun!  I started with paper-piecing the coffee cup from the Spring Coffee stamp set.  This cup is sooooo perfect for all those coffee/tea lovers, and it’s not just for Spring as you can see.  I loved the soft winter colors from the Winter White paper pack.  I stamped the cup on the patterned paper and cut it out whole (including the top).  I then stamped the top of the cup on white card stock and colored it using Cool Grey Copics.  I fussy cut the top and glued it over the patterned paper to create this cozy coffee cup to go.

I wanted to use create the full coffee cup look, so I found some red scrap paper and used my scoreboard to score lines to give that rippled look of a coffee cup sleeve.  Then I used the seal in the Spring Coffee stamp set with a round vintage stamp from the Christmas Express stamp set.  Using a red Copic, I colored in the snowflake to coordinate with the sleeve.

Now onto the Sweet Sprinkled Donut!!

You might not think of this donut as something for a Christmas/Holiday card, but you can make almost anything into a holiday theme.  Using greens, reds and a white look, this donut because perfectly sprinkled with holiday cheer.  I started by coloring the image with Copics and fussy cutting it out.  After fussy cutting it out, I used a Momento marker in Tuxedo Black to color the edges.

To create the sprinkled look, I laid down a thin layer of glue and sprinkled Diamond Dust over it.  You can also use Stickles or a translucent glitter or embossing powder, but I wanted to give this a more textured look with these sprinkles.  This took a long time to dry, so this might not be the way to go if you’ve got a time limit.  While I waited for that to dry, I used an embossing ink to stamp the Merry Christmas from the Heart of Christmas stamp set on another green card stock from the Winter White paper pack and heat embossed white embossing powder.  Using this green card stock gave a pop of color to balance out the card.

Now, here’s the fun part.  I used a fun die to create this latch that opens up where I put some gift cards.  I die cut another light piece patterned paper from the Winter White paper pack and using foam tape, adhered it to a green card base.  No need to wrap this gift up, just put it in the envelope and you’re all set!

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Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you found some inspiration. Until next time…

Happy Crafting!