By My Side

At the end of May I shared on Facebook Live a paper piecing technique that's been around for ever & a day, as my lovely Mum used to say.

Here's that video

A very easy technique, you stamp the image once where it will be ending up, unless you are planning to die cut of fussy cut. By My Side does not have dies, so I chose to place them on basic white card and decided later which shape to cut.

You will have to also stamp onto pattern paper to 'dress' them in this case, although you can construct a scene using this technique. Clothes were all I used for these images, the remainder is coloured using Stampin' Blends, our alcohol markers.

By My Side is on page 52 of the Annual catalogue, tucked away in the kids & babies section.

It has been a long weekend here in Victoria, celebrating Queens Birthday. Of course the days are chilly, but I've filled them by baking biscuits and making pumpkin soup from my own home-grown pumpkin.

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In The Moment With You

These two images from In The Moment had not been receiving the attention they deserved, so when I was sharing a paper-piecing technique on Facebook, I chose these two as my models.

You can check out my video here.

Paper-piecing is not difficult, and it can be a lot of fun - just like paper dolls were when I was young.

For the first card, her top and trousers have been stamped and cut from Abstract Beauty SDSP, which is on special in the Last Chance Sale. The SDSP on the card base is also from Abstract Beauty. There are a diverse range of patterns and colours in there.

This paper measures 6" x 4", so there is no need to trim the short side, and the piece taken from the longer side is ideal for trimming the inside of the card.

 On this card, the blanket and her jeans are paper-pieced. The sentiments have been brought in from another couple of stamp sets I was playing with at the same time. By My Side had the one used on this card above , while Happy Birthday is from Lovely & Lasting.

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