Paper Piecing #2

Supplies

• The Arts rubber stamp set(1x1, 2x4 acrylic handles)
• Catelyn Fly With It™ cardstock kit
• Wine cardstock
• White cardstock
• Brown ink
• Black ink
• Mini File Tab punch
• Black marker
• Gray marker
• Scissors
• Dry adhesive
  
• Paper trimmer
• Scratch pad

Instructions

1. Ink the edges of the 5.25" x 4" large floral print panel with brown ink and let dry.
2. Ink the edges of the 1" x 5.5" striped strip of cardstock and let dry.
3. Stamp the geisha image several times in black ink: first on a 1.75" x 3.25" white cardstock panel, then several partial scraps (she doesn’t need to fit on all the scraps, since you’ll be cutting out pieces of her outfit in a moment). Let these pieces dry.
4. Adhere the large floral print background to the wine card base (8.5" x 5.5").
5. Adhere the striped strip to the floral print base as shown.
6. Begin cutting out pieces of the geisha’s kimono, cutting on the stamped line. Don’t worry about getting it exact--the pieces will fit together perfectly if you cut on that line.
7. Adhere each piece to the white stamped image, being careful to line up the images as you go.
8. Keep cutting out pieces and adding them in layers to the white stamped image as shown. I left the geisha’s hands bare.
9. If you have white edges showing through from scissor cuts, fill them in with black marker. I also colored the geisha’s hair in with black marker.
10. Next, using the broad, brush side of the gray marker, go around the entire image. This gives the image a softer look, and blends the pieces together.
11. Ink the edges of this panel in brown ink, and adhere it to main card as shown.
12. Stamp the “beauty” sentiment in black to the punched tab, ink the edges in brown, and adhere to the card as shown.