Wednesday, June 27, 2012

June 2012 Stamp of the Month

One of my customers asked me a question recently about "paper piecing".  She didn't know what the term meant, so in looking at the June Stamp of the Month, I had an "aha!" moment.  For me it was a perfect opportunity to showcase what paper piecing was all about.  As such I created the following card:


If you don't know what paper piecing is, it's a way of stamping and cutting paper such that you can get multiple layers and colors of paper on one image.  So for the sample I created above, I stamped the bird on the green Lucy B&T paper and cut him out (yes, legs too, for my consultant sisters who I went to Shrine Mont with :) ).  Then I stamped him again on the pink Lucy B&T paper and just cut the wing out.  I then adhered the wing to the green cutout bird.  The idea is that you are piecing bits of paper together to get a dimensional and beautifully colored affect.  OK, I know I went a little crazy with the paper piecing as I even did the feet, beak and eye!  Anyway, it was fun to do and now that I've posted the picture, I can give this to my customer and sister, Peggy!


Monday, June 25, 2012

Welcome!

Although I'm late to the game, I finally decided I needed to bite the bullet and finally set up a blog.  Being in the IT business, I spend so much of my life in front of the computer and really fought spending more.  But I also recognize that I want to keep an ongoing dialog with people who are passionate about the same things I am.

So welcome one and all who find themselves here!