Paper Piecing ft. Polkadoodles

 

Hello everyone!  Flowers are the epitome of Spring!  So

today I'm bringing you a card using products from

Polkadoodles

Alcea Hollyhock Flowers

I love paper piecing - especially with flower images.  There

are many others to choose from this collection as well!  Let

me show you how I made my card.

I started by printing out my white card stock which would be

my focal piece.  Then, I printed it out onto copy paper and then

printed it out 2 more times by taping patterned paper over the

design.

I also computer journaled the sentiment onto the light pink paper.

Time to start the coloring.  I used my Copic markers for this project

and felt that it would be best to do the coloring first.  I started

with the green leaves, buds and stems.

I started lightly and then went darker.

I wanted my coloring to be a bit dramatic so I kept going darker

and darker with the greens.

Next I fussy cut each of the flowers on the pink papers.  I started

with the light pink first.  

I also went around the edges with a black marker.

I went around the design and finished cutting out the flowers using

the dark or light pink.  I adhered these to the white panel when they

had all been cut out and edged with the black marker.

At this point I decided to add a touch of shading coming out of the

center of each flower.  I then die cut the panel to give a more fancy

edge.  Once the panel was die cut and I adhered a piece of green

card stock to my white card base, I used a metallic gold pen and

filled in the stamen bits in each flower.

I then die cut my sentiment and trimmed off the edges to fit where I

wanted it to go.

As a final embellishment I adhered some tiny gemstones around the

flower cluster and that finished my card!

I hope you enjoyed todays tutorial.  I love paper piecing and actually

this was how I made my very first card using digital stamps!  It

brings an interest that otherwise would be there!  You can find this

flower digital stamp as well as many others at

Polkadoodles

Supplies used:

Alcea Hollyhock Digital Stamp

White A2 size card base

White and green card stock

Fancy rectangle die

Gold metallic pen

Thin foam tape strip

Tiny Gemstones

Copic colors:  R81, R83, R85,

YG11, YG23, YG63, YG67, RV34

Til next time...

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Polkadoodles, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.