One of my plans for last year was to get published more often and participate in some design teams. I achieved that wish so I wanted to aim a bit higher this year and participate in a few more challenges and design team calls, I figured I have nothing to lose but a bit of time.
Here is an entry I finished yesterday for a guest designer call for My Favorite Things. I love these cute images, they are so easy to colour with my Copics and with a bit of cutting they become really versatile to use on cards. The company also makes a wonderful range of dies.
The theme of the guest designer call was to use the technique of paper piecing. If you have never tried the technique it might seem a little daunting but the finished result is well worth the effort. Essentially you replace parts of your stamped image with paper instead of colouring. This is done by selecting the papers to be used and stamp each ‘part’ onto the paper and cut out. Then each part is layered over the corresponding spot of the stamped, coloured image.
Like this:
I then cut out each piece, including the girl (I coloured her first):
The finished result:
The stamp used was Pure Innocence – Calendula from My Favorite Things. You can buy them from Stamp Art Studio if you have to have them!
