Hello stampers! Kathy, The Crafty Nurse here. It’s my turn for The House that Stamps Built project of the week! I hope you’ll find some helpful information in my post today that moves you forward on your crafting journey.
Have you ever seen paper pieced or fuss cut images that look as if they are just plopped on a card as an afterthought? Do you feel like you can’t cut out your images because you don’t have a steady hand and you always get a white edge? Do you know why? Your images aren’t grounded. You don’t have to be a perfect fussy cutter if you follow some of the tips below for both fussing cutting and paper piecing.
Lets get started!
For this project the supplies you’ll need are:
Sharp, precision tip scissors, I use Honey Bee by EK Success.
A permanent black brush tipped pen such as a Sharpie, or Faber Castell Pitt Pen.
Paper Pack
Coloring Medium - I used Copics
Card Stock - I used Copic X-Press It but you can use your favorite.
Repeat Impressions Stamps of your choice, I used: 9008-N, Cool Treats, and 9113-D, Chill Out
Stamp-a-ma-jig - optional
The first step for paper piecing is to chose your pattern paper and stamp the portion of the image you want to be patterned. I’ve used the top of the ice cream cone of “Cool Treats” from Repeat Impressions Stamps.
One of the best tips to fussy cutting is to hold your scissors straight and move your paper as you cut. That allows for better control when you are cutting around curves.
Next, take your black permanent pen and begin lining the edge of your fussy cut piece. The best way to avoid accidentally slipping and marking the top of your image is to start away from you and pull toward you slowly. Do this around the entire image.
This technique works for colored images as well. If you notice in the picture below, you can have a rather large white edge as you cut and don’t have to worry about it because the the marker will cover it up.
Before you add your paper pieced section onto the stamped base, you’ll want to also edge around the base of your project. Again, remember to start away from you and pull towards you. If your pen slips, it will glide on the back of the project instead of the front.
Now, apply some adhesive to the back of your paper pieced project and apply on top of your colored image.
Another trick some crafters use once they apply their paper pieced element down on their card is to come back with a light grey marker and edge the entire image, this time on the actual card base to give it further depth with shading. Or, if you’d like, instead of going around the entire image you can take the grey marker and apply it only to the transition between the paper pieced element (the ice cream) and the base (the cone). This also helps blend the two together so they don’t look pieced together.
Here’s a top view of my completed project so you can see the nice shading around the image which helps it look integrated into the card instead of laying right on top of it.
Well, I hope you’ve gotten a few tips and tricks this week at The House That Stamps Built and we look forward to seeing your cards in our current Heat Embossing challenge that I am also hosting this week. I hope you’ll give this technique a whirl. I’ll leave you with my final project and wish you a wonderful rest of the week!
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