Sunday, September 12, 2010

Paper Piecing, Give it a Whirl

What a week, I have been busy moving my scraproom from our spare bedroom to a new room in our almost finished basement. I will post pictures of my new space another day when I have finished setting it up. Right now I am making cards on my dining room table while the stairs to the basement are being varnished. It is about all I can do with limited supplies. Hopefully I can get some images coloured and they will be ready to turn into cards when I can get back downstairs.


I decided that I would try my hand at paper piecing today. I have chosen to colour this lovely Hangar image with my Copics and then I have paper pieced her hat and shirt with some of the paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush collection. I love the end result. The polka dotted paper had the shading variances that are typical of Basic Grey paper and worked out perfectly to give her some shading. I added a tiny bit more with my copics to ensure that it was all in the right places.


The card has been put together using more of the Sugar rush collection. I have based the layout on a sketch over at The Sweet Stop. I have not added a sentiment at the moment as I am unsure of what I will use this card for. I hope that you have enjoyed looking. Stop back soon.


7 comments:

Judi said...

GREAT card! Love the way you've used the paper piecing.

Judi xx

Jo Nevill said...

Great card, I love your paper piecing and the lovely Sugar Rush papers you have used.

Thank you for joining us at BasicGrey Challenges and for entering our DT call.

Jo xx

Nancy said...

Absolutely Gorgeous card. Love the colors you used and the paper piecing.
Thanks for playing with us at The Sweet Stop.

dstandard said...

Such a cute image and card! Thanks for playing at The Sweet Stop!

Marina said...

It's gorgeous!
I love the papers and the design and this image is just cute.

Thanks for joining us at "lovely hÄnglar only",

hugs,
Marina

Chris said...

A gorgeous card Carissa and such a sweet Hanglar image! Love your paper piecing and the papers you used. Thanks for joining us at BG challenges and entering our DT call. Chris :)

Cardmaking Galore said...

Lovely card and great colour combo