Paper Cuts

Wow, two posts in one day…that’s a first!  I had the last one planned, but then I really wanted to do the sketch challenge today at SCS.  (Trust me…the double posts will *not* become a habit. lol.) 

I’ve been trying to come up with something different for a workshop I’m having Friday night.  After a bit of a struggle with some coloring issues, I’m finally happy with the result. 

I thought this set, A Good Egg, was so cute!  The egg top swivels open and closed, hinged by the orange brad.  Here’s what I did…I stamped the egg twice, coloring the top and middle on one, and the bottom only on the second.  I cut out the pieces, leaving the black line at the base of the crack for the top piece and the black line at the base of the crack for the bottom.  I stamped the chicks twice on the white cardstock, omitting the bottom of the chick on the right.  I placed three pop dots on the bottom half of the egg and adhered that over the colored chick.   I placed pop dots on the back of the top part of the egg but did not expose the second side of adhesive.  Those pop dots serve only to pop up the piece.  I poked a needle through the left dot (and through the pop dot on the back of that first spot), positioned that piece over the chick and then poked the needle through the hole and through the white cardstock.  After inserting the brad, I used my scissors as a spacer before tightening the prongs of the brad.  That way the brad doesn’t squish down the pop dot and the top part of the egg is able to swivel smoothly.  (I hope all of that made sense.)

Here’s what the card looks like with the egg closed.

Thanks so much for stopping by…again.  Have a great day!!

Cardstock:  Taken with Teal, Only Orange, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White    Patterned Paper:  Dots and Dashes (retired)    Stamps:  A Good Egg, Karen Foster snap stamps (“peep”)   Ink:  Basic Black, Gable Green, Taken with Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Barely Banana   Accessories:  Tempting Turquoise and Only Orange markers, white gel pen, eyelet, Crop-a-dile, brads, ribbon, dimensionals, aquapainter.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.  All supplies Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.

How many times have I said that to my kids?  Many!  And now they’re saying it to me.  Ha!  At least I know they hear some of what I say!  I knew I had to use this sentiment from the new set, Serenity Now, by My Favorite Things.  

As usual, I paper-pieced the girl.  Now, I have a friend (I’m not mentioning any names…she knows who she is ) who thinks it’s kind of freaky how I cut up all these little arms and legs and put them back together.  It never really bothered me until I was working with this image.  I cut the arms and chest as one piece and I will admit, it DID look rather bizarre with the arms stretched out, no body.  But it was all good once her parts were in their proper places.  

After piecing everything together, I added some shading with a light gray marker.  Also, the arms are not attached to the paper to add a bit more interest to the card.

Don’t forget about the MFT New Release Cocktail Party at SCS tonight from 9-11 est.  The new sets will be released at 10:30.  Pop on over for some “twisted” fun and find out how you can be the next MFT Guest Designer.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Have a great day! 

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink white   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Pheobe Paper Pad   Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Serenity Now”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, ribbon, Queen & Company white sprinkle brads, white gel pen.  Card size 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.