Inlaid/Inset Embossing and Paper Piecing
Punch a bunch of shapes. I chose circles for this card using the same colors that Mary had on her card. I punched some solid shapes and for others I double-punched to make outlines. Choose two punches where one is slightly larger than the other (1/4" and 1/2" or 1/4" and 3/8" etc) and punch the smaller shape first. Then, line up your punch around the space left behind on your piece of paper then punch again. |
I also punch a few with straight edges to put along the sides. After punching just run the shapes over your glue stick and paste them down onto whatever size strip/shape you want to use. |
Mix up the sizes, colors and solid or outlines all over the strip. |
If you end up with pieces that are larger than your strip simply cut the edges off. |
Here's the strip before embossing. It looks pretty cool, but you can see the raised edges of the shapes over the strip. |
Put your piece into your embossing folder. If you want the raised parts to be toward the back of your strip put in in facing this way. If you want to see the raised areas on your strip put it in with the strip facing the other side of the embossing folder. |
Here's what the strip looks like now! |
To paper piece the hot air balloon. I stamped it again on a piece of polka dot dp and cut out the part I wanted to piece onto my stamped balloon. |
Here's the piece glued in place and some Crystal Effects added on. |
Here it is with a punched heart covering my Crystal Effects smear! |
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Those are some nice bright colors - like how you have broken down how you made and assembled your card. Welcome to blog land!
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