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Monday 25 June 2012

Less is More - Week 73 - Recipe

Hello everyone - the new challenge over at Less is More is:
Our recipe this week will give you the opportunity to dig out some of those scraps of Designer paper that have been lurking around in your craft space, as our challenge is
'Paper Piecing'

I gave a quiet hip hip hooray as I love doing this with stamps and it's a great method if you're not the best at colouring in!!!  lol  The stamp I've used is from a Creative Expressions set with loads of glam ladies.  I've stamped her using Versafine black ink onto white card, light green bazzil  card and also onto two different patterned cards.  The hat, coat and shoes are from one patterned paper, the skirt and top from another patterned paper and the lining of the coat from the bazzil card.  As I had stamped her onto a fairly small piece of white card I didn't have enough room to die cut the image but what I did use was my new Stampin Up Edgelits Adorning Accents die on the left hand side of the image and then straight cut the other three sides - I then mirrored this with a piece of patterned paper and a piece of bazzil card.  I took a 6" card blank and used the same die to cut the edge and then used the matching embossing folder to emboss the edge.  The sentiment is Stampin Up Vintage Labels.

Thanks for dropping by.

23 comments:

  1. Love the shaped and embossed edges of your card Karen - gorgeous - Jacqueline xx

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  2. This is just fabulous love the image and paper choices:)

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  3. Love the shaped edge with this stamp! Very luxurious feel!

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  4. Super card and a smashing image to paper piece too

    Kathyk

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  5. Hola Karen, very beautiful and chic lady, perfect colours and fantastic paper piecing card, well done Karen!
    A hug from Palma

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  6. Your card design is great and so love the coat and dress, that ribbon just finishes if of perfectly.

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  7. Lovely lady Karen such soft colours. The vintage label sentiment is gorgeous. BTW Jim was up every morning and he and Keir have done very well!! Charlie was in great form gurgling and miling at us all:) Thanks for the SU package I'm hoping to play this evening:)
    Val x

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  8. This is a great card and I see you've been using some of your new goodies. Paper piecing seems to be making a comeback so a good way to use up odd pieces of pretty papers. Lovely soft colour scheme

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  9. fabulous image looks great in this style, so classy and love the colour choice
    Hugs Kate xx

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  10. Lovely card Karen paper piecing is great and a lovely technique

    Anne

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  11. Lovely card Karen
    Super piecing
    Thanks so much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  12. Love the shaped card, and a fabulous image
    Avril

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  13. Hola Karen, i think i post in your blog the manufacturer of stamps i used in my card...i put all suplies down my first photo always.
    I make my card with:
    ARTEMIO Ref:10001197 i bought Artemio Stamps in Palma in my habitualcraft shop.
    and the flourish up to the heart is by: Technique tuesday:Renaissance Remmants CODE:Renai. i bought this stamp in an on-line shop.
    I hope can help you this information.
    A hug from the melted island :D

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  14. Great shapes and lovely colours on the card. I should try paper piecing - I think I might have a bit of spare paper somewhere, lol!!

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  15. Love your paper pieced lady, Karen. Such soft colours and very feminine.

    I eventually managed to follow you...Blogger can be such a pain at times x

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  16. This is so chic, Karen! Your pie-cing in so well done, no one would ever know that it wasn't a computer generated image! It is quite a fun technique, isn't it? I also think your mirrored use of the edgelits is inspired!

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  17. Very elegant. I lreally like the green. Classy card!

    Marrigje

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  18. she looks pretty "classy" lol Great job paper piecing...I love to do it too! :)

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  19. Awesome image for paper piecing! Well done~

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  20. This technique really suits the image you've used - fabulous dahling!

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  21. I love the paper you've used for piecing Karen, it's a super card :) Sarah x

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  22. I love the image you've chosen to paper piece Karen and the decorative edges on your card are fabulous! Vicky x

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  23. I have this stamp and you've made it look beautiful. Gorgeous card. xxx

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