Paper Piecing (CASEing Coast to Coast)

It’s time for another CASEing Coast to Coast! Each month Rosanne Mulhern and I take turns CASEing (Copy And Selectively Edit) each other. Our theme this month is a technique. I’ve selected paper piecing for our challenge. So first up, here is my cute California couple. Read about them, then head east to Pennsylvania and see what Rosanne has pieced together for you!

I have a couple of friends I’d like you to meet! Please welcome Ruthie and Warren to my blog ~

Ruthie and Warren are all dressed up in their Fall Finery. Ruthie, I do believe you’ve been shopping at Chico’s again, haven’t you?! Looking dapper, you two!

Ruthie looks especially proud of the garden pumpkin she carved, doesn’t she?

Paper Piecing Process

• Stamp the Senior Years images onto Basic White Cardstock with a dark die ink, such as Memento Tuxedo Black.
• Stamp the images again onto Designer Series Paper that you want to use for their clothes. I used Beauty of the Earth for Ruthie’s ensemble and for Warren’s pants and vest. For his shirt, I used Cinnamon Cider 6″x 6″ In Color DSP stack.
• Carefully snip out the clothing pieces. Dab small drops of glue onto the Basic White with the original stamp in the areas you want to add DSP pieces, then line up the edges of the clothing to the original stamping lines.

Color With Blends

• Choose Stampin’ Blends to color the rest of the images. I used Light Petal Pink for their skin, Dark Petal Pink for the cheek highlights, Dark and Light Smoky Slate for their hair, Soft Suede for Warren’s shoes and belt, and Cherry Cobbler for Ruthie’s shoes and glasses. I also added drops of Fine Tip Glue Pen in her glasses for that glassy shine!

• For Ruthie’s necklace and earrings and Warren’s belt buckle, I used a Gold Metallic Sharpie Marker.

Assemble the Card

• Fussy cut Ruthie and Warren out with Paper Snips. Add Dimensionals to their backs.
• Cut a sky background using Beauty of the Earth DSP at 4-7/8″x 3-5/8″ and glue it to a Misty Moonlight layer cut to 5″x 3-3/4″.
• Stamp a sentiment toward the top center of the DSP sky with Misty Moonlight ink. If desired, stamp again with Versamark and heat emboss the sentiment with Clear Emboss Powder. My sentiment came from last year’s set called Harvest Hellos.
• Add some grass cut from Mossy Meadow and glue it to the bottom of the DSP layer.
• Stamp the large pumpkin with Pumpkin Pie ink and cut out using the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle. Glue the pumpkin in the center under one layer of “grass.”
• Remove the backing from the Dimensionals and place Ruthie and Warren on either side of the pumpkin.

Like dressing paper dolls! Do kids do that anymore?

Paper piecing is one of those fun techniques that can take many different forms. Here’s a different type of paper piecing, a design I took from Linda Heller, using cut background shapes.

And here is yet another type of paper piecing, where I die cut a shape from Basic White Cardstock and several different papers, then puzzle-pieced them back into the die-cut white layer. You can see that post here.

I’m anxious to see what Rosanne has made, aren’t you? Let’s head over to Heartfelt Stamping and see her wonderful creation!

Thanks for joining us today! We would love to hear your comments! Have you tried paper piecing? Do you have any different ways to piece paper together? I’d love to hear about them.

Product List

Senior Years Cling Stamp Set (English) [152630] $20.00	Pretty Pumpkins Bundle [156478] $45.75	Beauty Of The Earth 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155841] $11.50
Misty Moonlight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [153081] $8.75	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad [147086] $7.50	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad [153118] $7.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $18.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154904] $9.00
Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154880] $9.00	Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154893] $9.00	Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154906] $9.00
Paper Snips [103579] $10.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $60.00