Thursday 9 May 2013

Down on the farm

You've probably heard me mention how much I love paper-piecing as a technique - I love getting my sharp scissors out and even holding tiny bits of paper with tweezers to allow for all that fussy cutting - so naturally, I had to piece one of my There She Goes stamps this week to join in their paper piecing challenge http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/tsg206-paper-piecing.html



I selected the lovely farmer's wife from Oh Crop and decided to try and use the pretty colours from this week's ColourQ to direct my piecing choices.  http://colourq.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/colourq-challenge-188.html   For the layout I went with this week's Freshly Made Sketch  http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/freshly-made-sketches-85-sketch-by.html


I picked some papers that matched 3 of the colours and then stamped my sentiment in the paler pink colour.  I used a background from the same stamp set to add some interest behind the main focal element using the top line of it as my straight line on the sketch.  I left that as an outline - can't decide if I like it or not really but hey ho.


7 comments:

  1. Your little girl is as sweet as can be - and pieced together perfectly! Very cute card! Thanks for joining us at FMS!

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  2. Adorable card Tara! I like how the farmer lady seems spotlighted with the outlined farm background. Thanks for playing along with us at TSG!

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  3. What a cute creation...I love the simple background and the coloring! Thanks for playing with the CQC colors this week!

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  4. Great card! I love that farmer's wife! She is so sweet! Fun background! Love the paper piecing! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  5. Kudos for the awesome paper piecing! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  6. That's extreme paper piecing!!! Well done on all that snipping, love her pretty dress :0)
    Great idea to leave the background uncoloured... I quite like it :0)

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  7. What a fun card, Tara, love the paper piecing! Thanks for playing with us at the colourQ.

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