Hi ladies, it's me, Erica! I love getting to post on Tuesdays as it's all about Tips and Techniques. My new favorite stamping technique is paper piecing. I'd seen it around the web but never really tried it before. Well, the Gizmos and Gears stamp set I picked from Lizzie Annie Designs was just screaming for paper piercing so I jumped in and did it!
I gotta say, it was pretty dang awesome! (Anyone else using words like dude and awesome a lot more since the I Love the '80's crop?)
Here's how I did it. First, I stamped my image on white paper and set it aside. This is going to be your base image for assembling your piecing. Next, I stamped that cute little guy on two different sheets of patterned paper from Bella Blvd. Then, I grabbed my handy, dandy craft knife and went to work cutting on the stamped lines around the pieces I wanted in each color. I just love fussy cutting so this was my favorite part.
Finally, grab your base image and start glueing down the pieces. I used a glue pen for the smaller pieces and my regular adhesive for the larger ones. Once you've got your piece assembled, you're done!
Here's my little guy on a card.
Cardstock-Bazzill, Ink-Colorbox, Patterned Paper-Bella Blvd, Die Cutting Machine-Slice, Stamps-Lizzie Anne Designs
The really nice thing about this technique is that I can take the leftover pieces and use them to make another robot. Sweet!
Super cute card and i'm so going to have to try this! Thanks for the tips girly :)
Posted by: Stacy Rodriguez | March 16, 2010 at 07:46 PM
Fun tip Erica!!! I love to fussy cut too! Your card is so adorable!!! I just love robots!
Posted by: scarlett | March 17, 2010 at 05:20 PM