Tuesday, April 8, 2014

SOS146: pieces of april

this week at shopping our stash we are paper piecing, which i happen to love. i sort of only realized when i read the challenge that i haven't done it in a while, so it's really nice to have an excuse! i know the "normal" way is to stamp an image multiple times, but sometimes i don't have exactly the right stamp, or it's the wrong size; so i often use clip art, instead. and that's what i did this time. i printed out a few copies of this very fun camera image, divided it into layers and then cut the various bits out of coordinating paper scraps:

(line drawing of a camera clip art via google image search; patterned paper (mostly scraps): crate paper. my mind's eye, echo park, fancy pants, glitz design, melissa frances; glossy white cardstock: paper accents; foam thickers + large brad: american crafts; small metal brads: oriental trading co; ink: colorbox; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape)

i don't have very many rules in life, but one of them is: never cut out JUST ONE of ANYTHING, lol! especially when stapling a few layers together means you can get a lot more result for the same amount of work. plus it gives you a few choices as to which patterned papers you want to use where. in this case i did three layers of each "camera part" and actually wound up with three adorable cameras. want to see the "extras"?


for my finished card, i used seize the sketch #17 which is pretty fabulous, as you can see:


speaking of fabulous, be sure check out the other DT projects at SOS... they are bound to make you excited about making your own paper-pieced card with us this week! ♥

13 comments:

  1. I loooove the cameras! And you've even used brads - BONUS!

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  2. Cute little cameras and love your card! Precious.
    Lynn

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  3. Ohhhhhh this is so awesome!! Clip art...aren't you a smart cookie!!! Love the layers of the camera (all three cameras!) and the OH SNAP is perfect!

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  4. wow you took paper piecing to the ultimate. Awesome card, love the extras too.

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  5. Love this card! Your paper piecing is fantastic, and I really like the cloudy sky background.

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  6. Fantastic cameras & great card!
    Thanks for stopping by my blog & leaving some love!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  7. Fantastic cameras & great card!
    Thanks for stopping by my blog & leaving some love!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  8. Fantastic use of patterned paper, Lauren! Your camera(s) are just darling! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Seize the Sketch this week!

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  9. EEEK these are awesome! And you are definitely clever, doing multiples! Isn't it funny, I always think of paper piecing as a fave technique myself but again, took this challenge to realize I hadn't done it in a while. I love the brads you used to doll up the cameras!

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  10. Brilliant idea to use clip art for your paper pieced image! Love that! Your card rocks and WTG for cranking out a few of these gems!

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  11. Ooooo...those layered up patterned paper cameras are FABULOUS!! And I love your super cute card with the camera, polaroid frame and patterned clouds! SWEET!

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  12. Yum, yum, yummy! I love those cameras. Lauren...and the way you put this card together. Love this style of crafting. SO happy you joined us at Seize the Sketch!!

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  13. What a great collection of cameras. I have to say your rule is a good one as then you get extras to play with and you can't beat that with a stick.

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