Paper-Piecing -Cut Bunny - Paperbabe Stamps

Hiya and Welcome to my Blog today - Other the last few days in Harlow we have been enjoying some lovely Sunshine which is a sign that spring is here! - Today though we have Rain and a lot of it but that's ok because 'April Showers, bring May Flowers' so It's all good!

Today over at Paperbabe Stamps Blog is the start of a New Challenge

the theme is Anything Goes 

We would love to see your gorgeous Makes so please do enter - the prize is Amazing

For my Design Team example I chose to use a sometimes forgotten (by me at least) technique

'Paper-Piecing' 

I love this Techinique as you can use up all your off-cuts when using stamps

I picked a pretty Floral Backing Paper which I teamed up with another piece of Backing Paper in a co-ordinating colourway. I then created a layered up background for the 6x6 cardfront adding in some Silver Mirror Board

For the Bunny I used the 'DesignA Adorimals' set and the 'Kawaii Faces' set. I stamped her first onto a pre trimmed pice of stamping cardstock and then stamped her again in separate pieces onto the offcut of Floral backing paper saved from when creating the cardfront. I cut out all the patterned paper pieces using scissors and a craft knife.

I decided to stamp the 'Ribbed Background' stamp but to keep the bunny clear of the stamped texture I stamped the bunny pieces again onto post-it notes and layered them over the stamped image to mask her. I then inked up the Ribbed Background using pink ink and stamped it over the whole image, when I removed the post-it notes the Bunny was still white. I then fixed the patterened paper pieces onto the Bunny using glue-stick. I then coloured in her features

I layered up this Topper using Silver Mirror Board to tie in with the Background and fixed this topper to the cardfront using foam tape.

I stamped some Sentiments from the 'DesignA Knit' set (on Special Offer 50% off) onto offcut pieces of stamping card then cut them using a paper trimmer and layered them up using offcuts of the Floral Paper from before and Silver Mirror Board. I fixed them to the Cardfront using my Glue Gun.

I finished off the Card using rose gold paperclips and mini flat back gems.

I have made a similar card using the Paper-Piecing Technique before and I wanted to show you this one again to show how different backing papers can change the Bunny completely

Thank You so much for visiting my Blog today - I hope I have inspired you to give Paper-Piecing a try. Do please visit the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see the Gorgeous Projects by the Amazing Design Team (there is a link to their own Blogs under each picture)

Krafty Hugs xx

You Quotes - Comfort Zone - Paperbabe Stamps

Its time for another Challenge to begin over at Paperbabe Stamps Blog

You can make any project you like for a chance to win amazing prizes if using your own stamps you could win £10 to spend in the Paperbabe Store or if using Paperbabe Stamps you could £20 to spend in the Paperbabe Store

The theme is a 'Picture Inspiration' you can make anything you like based around the picture below...

I was inspired by all the beautiful colours and the way they are all swooshed around the pallete

Here is my Design Team Make for the Challenge...

I have stepped out of my own Comfort Zone this week to create this card, I have been pushing myself to try new things lately and bringing out more of my older art supplies to test them in my crafting

For this project I trimmed a piece of watercolour card to fit the front of my A5 cardblank which i also made using an A4 sheet of pearlescent cardstock that I score and folded in half to create the card blank. For the background I first sprayed the watercoloure card all over using a water spray and then using a soft paintbrush I randomly painted Twinkling h2o  watercolours watered down to create a wash effect, I love how the mica in the paints sparkles. I then sprinkled table salt over the background to create the random speckle, pitted look, I dried the whole background using a heatgun and it was really fun to watch the salt bubbling under the heat. Once dry I brushed off the salt.

I added some extra spoltches and textured look using the 'Spritz & Speckles' clear stamp set, I used a blending mat to paint the h2o's onto and dabbed the stamps into the paints to stamp them onto the background.

I randomly stamped over the edges of the back ground using the 'Knitted Background' and 'A Lot Like Christmas' stamps I had roughly dapped with an Archival inkpad to give the miss-stamped look, the script from the Christmas stamp when stamped randomly looks just like old script and you cant really tell its a christmas stamp

I added a few random Spots & Circles using Blue ink using a few stamps from the 'Doll Face' set

The dandelion looking flowers were made using elements from the 'DesignA Knit' stamp set 

Of course because this was out of my Comfort Zone what better sentiment to use but the 'Comfort Zone' stamp from the New 'You Quotes' collection

Thank you for visiting today - I hope you enjoyed seeing my Project and I would love to see all your entries over at the Paperbabe Challenge

Krafty Hugs xx

Paperbabe Inspiration - Using Offcuts

Hiya and welcome to my Blog

I hope you are all well and enjoying some lovely weather its quite warm and sunning here is Harlow today

Today I am sharing 2 quick makes I made yesterday for Paperbabe Stamps

My first project I used 'Mayleedee' I coloured her using Copic Markers and paper-pieced her dress

Copics Used:

Hair: E79, E74, E71

Skin: E11, E02, E02 Blush: E93 Lips: E04

Collar, Bow, Eyes, Underskirt & Boots: BG18, BG13, BG10, N3

Card Recipe:

Card blank made from an offcut of pearlescent white cardstock scored and folded in half

Background - Ash Brown Mirror Board embossed using a Floral 6x6 Embossing Folder (magazine freebie)

Paper-Piecing, Matting and Diecut - Paper browns & aquas floral - from a pad from Studio Light

Bunting Die - from Joycrafts

'Hello' sentiment stamp from the 'Mayleedee' set

Aqua flat back pearls from my stash

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My second project I have gone for a natural knitted feel using the 'DesignA Knit' stamp set

 

First I stamped the pompom flower head, curved the stem and used two stitches as the leaves using brown Memento Inkpad

Card Recipe:

Cardblank made using an offcut of pearlescent cardstock scored and folded in half

Offcut of Ivory Pearlescent cardstock trimmed to fit cardfront and embossed using an 8x8 knitted embossing folder

Matting Dark Brown Mirror Board

Layering - Offcuts of Kraft Card and Vellum

'Cozy Snuggles' sentiment stamp from the 'DesignA Knit' set

Twine and Gems from my stash

I hope you like my cards and that I have inspired you to use up your offcuts? I do this a lot as I dont like to waste anything

I would love it if you joined the Paperbabe Facebook Group for updates on new products and peeks at the Design Team and Kim's Projects xx

Thank you for visiting today and I hope you will come back soon

Krafty Hugs xx

Sketch Challenge with Paperbabe xx

Hiya it's Friday which is really exciting but today more so as it's the start of a New Challenge over at the Paperbabe Stamps and the Theme this Fortnight is a Sketch

Do go and visit the Paperbabe Stamps BLOG to see the Design Team inspirational Makes and to see all the Challenge Info

For your entries you will need to use at least one Paperbabe Stamp/Digi and follow the Sketch above, you can flip or rotate the sketch but the layout need to be visible

The stamps I chose to use are 'Mayleedee' the 'Ribbed Background' and the 'DesignA Knit' set.

I have followed the sketch using a few papers and pieces of mirror board from my stash.

Onto an Ivory 6x6 scalloped edge card blank I layered up with brown mirror board and a blue floral backing paper I rounded the corners. I then stamped the Ribbed Background onto Ivory cardstock using Distress Ink and then washed over with a wet paintbrush to drag out the colour. Then matted using brown mirror board and rounded the corners. I attached this panel to the card front using 1mm foam tape.

I stamped Mayleedee onto an off-cut of Ivory cardstock and die-cut using a circle die. I coloured Mayleedee using coloursoft pencils and then stamped the Large & Small PomPoms from the DesignA Knit set around the edge of the circle. I die-cut a scalloped die from brown mirror board and fixed Mayleedee to it. I fixed this circular topper to the Ribbed Background panel using 2mm foam tape.

I cut a thin strip from an off-cut of Ivory cardstock which I matted with brown cardstock and rounde the corners. I stamped the 'Cozy Snuggles' sentiment from DesignA Knit' into the middle of the strip and 2 Small PomPoms onto each side. I fixed this strip to the card front using glue gel.

I hope you like my card today and that you will visit the Paperbabe BLOG and enter the Challenge 

Hugs Kerrie xxx

Paperbabe DT