Good Morning Everyone,
Happy Monday, I hope you all had a great weekend. As it's a Monday - we have a brand new colour combo to play with over on Creative Colour Challenges so I thought I'd share with you what I have created.
Now, I am not going to lie, I found this HARD - and yes, you may say 'well, you make the challenges' - Yes I do, but I do use a name wheel to pick the colours and I have stuck to the choices exactly - well it wouldn't be a challenge otherwise, right?
I decided to do some paper piecing with the Batik dies, and I absolutely love how it turned out.
Measurements
Black Berry Bliss Card Stock
1pc - 5 7/8" x 8 1/4", scored at 4 1/8"
scraps
Flirty Flamingo Card Stock
1pc - 3 1/2" x 5 1/4"
scraps
Cherry Cobbler Card Stock
scraps
Basic White Card Stock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
1pc - 3 3/8" x 5 1/8"
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Take the plain solid flourish shape and cut out one in Blackberry Bliss, then cut out the detailed flourish shape in all the colours - Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo and Cherry Cobbler. Make sure you save ALL the bits that you cut. I found it easier if I sat them in little piles on my desk - and this is probably the only time you want all the bits to hold together - so if the do, leave then until you need that piece - you will see why later.
Now, take the solid shape and add the Blakberry Bliss outline to the top of it. Now, just fill in the spaces with either Cherry Cobbler or Flirty Flamingo - depending on the deisgn you are after. I found that the Take Your Pick was useful here for the larger pieces but I also used some thin tweezers for the smaller bits. When you get to filling in the small dots and if they have stayed inside the outer shape - Carefully place this where it belongs exactly over the top of those holes, then gently push the shapes out and into the holes below. This really helped me speed up the process and get less glue on the front of my piece. Once it has all been filled in pop it to one side to dry.
Fold the Blackberry Bliss card stcok along the score line to create your card base. Add the larger of the basic white pieces to the inside.
On the remaining piece of Basic White, stamp the sentiments from Biggest Wish stamp set along the bottom.
Laer this onto the Flirty Flamingo piece and add to the centre of the card front.
Finally, add some dimensionals onto the back of your flourish and place onto the card front above the sentiment.
It's a very simple card but that 3D paper pieced flourish really does make it special. And this would look awesome in sooooo many different colourways.
Here's a list of the supplies I used in today's card. Click on the images to head over to my online store.
Product List
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See you soon
Vickie
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