Today I watched a paper piecing video over at Stamp Nation. Catherine Pooler used a stamp that almost looked like a paper doll and the outcome was gorgeous. Well, I have no paper doll looking stamps so I grabbed one of my Paula Best stamps with a lot of paper piecing possibility and I went to work. Thank God I do not do video's showing my work. Time spent on this... about nine hours. Well, slight exaggeration, I think?
I stamped the image on seven pieces of printed paper. Then I sat and cut and cut these ridiculously tiny turns this way and that. When done I glued it all down to a white stamped image. I didn't want it to float so I tore a piece of the paper I made with alcohol inks and I am hoping that solves the floating issue!
Turned it into a Happy Birthday card as I always think that the saying on the stamp matches a birthday. "Nothing is more important than this day."
Add some bling and an arrow that points to the sentiment on the pieced image and I was done.
Of course I wasn't happy so I used a tiny squiggle stamp and used it on the background paper. Walk away!!! Seriously Mary, walk away from the table!
Thank you so much, Mary, for visiting my blog and leaving such a sweet comment! I love using the AI Girlfriends because they remind me so much of the bunch I hang with!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful birthday card you have created here! Sensational job with all that paper piecing and fussy cutting!
I also love that picture of you and your sister in the car because I have one that looks just like it of my sister and I in a 53 Chevy!
Thanks again for the visit!