I began scrapbooking in 2004, at that time there were not so many tools and products available like now, so one of the techniques I used to do a lot was paper piecing, specially for cards. I remember doing a card for some family members where I created a very cute doll, also some layouts. A few years later die cutting machines came available and I continued to do paper piecing but with the electronic die cutters, which makes them easier. Recently, I found Lisa Fonseca, who is a very talented woman, she creates cute paper piecing designs for her projects and she is amazing. After seeing her work I remembered those days when I started and decided I should do some hand paper piecing again, and here is the result.
I draw this doll to mimic my baby girl who loves tutu skirts and was wearing one during the day of the photos. After creating the doll, I hand stitched around it using embroidery thread, then embellish her with pearls, chipboard flowers and a heart puffy sticker. I used foam adhesive to adhere her to the layout. For an additional layer of texture I did a machine stitching border around the layout using yellow thread and added a foam title from American Crafts Beautiful Thicker set.
To embellish the page I used the 12x12 sticker sheet, chipboards, bits & pieces and puffy stickers from the Dream Big Collection. To enhance the cat and the ice cream cone I added a little bit of glam pink Stickle to them.
The papers I used for the layout are from Simple Stories Dream Big Collection. I used some stripes of paper that I tear and added them in the middle of the page, also used other papers to mat the photos and under the white cardstock to create a frame.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope you get inspired and try new techniques. Until soon!
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