My Time to Craft DT #253 'Paper Piecing.'

Good morning, all! I hope you're enjoying your weekend! My house is full of people - my daughter is over from Ireland, and my son, daughter-in-law and baby granddaughter are here from Shropshire. We have a family wedding tomorrow, my niece is getting married!

It's time for another Challenge at My Time To Craft! and it's a technique that is very popular: Paper Piecing!


My card is very simple because I wanted the Penny Black image 'Love Blush' to stand out. (Sadly, it looks as though the stamp is discontinued, at any rate, I can't find it online.) It is very fiddly to cut out all the petals!

I used Lotv Bonnets and Bowties papers. I stamped the image on 3 pink papers and 1 green one, and then I stamped the image in the middle of my card blank. Then it was a matter of finding my scissors and snipping away - it took quite a while! i did cheat a bit and coloured the very narrowest sections with felt-tips!

The banner is the Bannerific set by Lawn Fawn. I love these banners, the stamps come with matching dies! i added it on foam pads to give a bit of dimension.

Go and see the wonderful paper piecing done by my teamies at My Time to Craft you will be inspired! :)

Thanks for looking!

love Mags B x

Comments

aussie aNNie said…
Beautiful card and lovely image used and coloured beautifully...
♥aNNie The Journey is the Start
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Shell Shearer Swinscoe said…
Fabulous creation hun, love the clean & simples feel to it!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend
Hugs Shell xx
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said…
SO very pretty Mags, love the idea of using different papers on the flower.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
coldwaters2 said…
Hi Mags, this is so simple yet so beautiful, love the paper piecing, superb card.
hugs
lorraine x
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Sharon said…
These are gorgeous paper pieced flowers Mags and love the design.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Hugs Sharon. x
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Mrs A. said…
May have been time consuming but you card is perfect. Love the roses. Hugs Mrs a.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Annmaree of Oz said…
Love this simple card, great paper piecing, and love the sentiment shape too!
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Lynne in NI said…
Ohhh your roses are gorgeous! Well done on cutting out those fiddly bits :)
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Danielle Vincent said…
This is absolutely lovely Mags! Hugs D
Monday, July 14, 2014
Hazel (Didos) said…
Oh this is so pretty, what a great idea using the flowers for the paper piecing, Im so behind with comments, Silly School Holidays!! Love Hazel(Didos) xx
Monday, July 14, 2014
mags said…
This is beautiful Mags. Well done on all the cutting out.
Mags
x
Monday, July 14, 2014
Pat said…
Gorgeous card Mags, such a beautiful image, great paper piecing making a really elegant classy card.

Pat xx
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Kim. said…
Well done Mags for cutting that image out as it really does look fiddly yet you made it into a beauty.
Sorry I haven't been by before now and I hope you had some lovely family time at the weekend.
Kim x
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Jo said…
Love the simplicity of this mags. Awesome :)
Saturday, July 26, 2014
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