Bits and pieces...

Paper piecing is not something I do very often but it is a fun technique! It's also the challenge for week two of the CHF Summer Stamping Star contest so I thought I'd show you a recent paper pieced card. Of course, the patterned paper phobia struck again and I basically created my own! In my head paper piecing goes hand in hand with the Clean and Simple look for some reason, so it's a CAS card today... I stamped the tree top twice on green paper from the Scrapblock pack then cut out three of the clusters and pressed them onto the Fine Houndstooth Scrapblock. I left tabs on the base of the two higher pieces when I cut them out and cut corresponding slots in the base tree so the tops of the patterned piece are free of the base for a bit of dimension. The trunk was cut separately from a piece of brown cardstock and stamped with the Wood Grain backgrounder. I used my home made stamp positioner (a handful of Lego bricks made into a right angle and a piece of clear card sheet) to split the sentiment over two lines to suit the shape of the card better. Stamps: Summer Trees (Kim Hughes Collection) Fine Houndstooth Scrapblock Woodgrain backgrounder Friend Centers (Mona Lisa Moments line) Paper: Scrapblock Layers (CHF) Smooth white Scrap of unknown brown Ink: Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Espresso) Tim Holtz Distress by Ranger (Shabby Shutters and Weathered Wood) Other: Stamp positioner Craft knife Detail scissors If you played along, thanks for joining us in week one of the contest - we've had some wonderful coloured creations! Hope to see you again this week (check out the details by clicking on the Will It Be You logo over on the right if you'd like them). Thanks for dropping by!