~ Friends of Unity July 2020 Blog Hop ~

Hello there crafty friend!

First of all, Happy 4th of July!!! I hope that you all have a wonderful celebration!!

Now, let's get to some crafty fun with the Friends of Unity hop!! Today we are doing something fun and we're sharing inspiration using the Paper Piecing Technique!!!

Usually when I hear the words paper piecing I think of paper dolls... basically it's the same thing as paper dolls. We're dressing them up in cute patterned paper! But for this hop, I wanted to do something a little different!

What do you think? Hee hee!! 

I love these cute cow with polka dots! This sweet cow is from the Sassy Bessie kit and I used two paper packs for this one... the red bandanna paper is from the Down on the Farm paper pack and the black with white polka dots is from the Kraft in Color - Color paper pack, both by Doodlebug Design. 

I colored up the scene with the following Copic markers:

Cow ~ C00, C1, E0000, E000, E01, N0, N2, N4, R00, R20

Flowers ~ R0000, R14, G24, YG23, Y000, Y13, Y15

Background ~ YG0000, YG06, YG11, YG17, B0000, B000, B00

I adhered all of my layers to a True Black card front and then adhered the entire panel to a white top-fold A2 card base. I just love how this card turned out!

I decided to paper piece an entire scene for this one using dies for the background and the sweet birds from the I'm Obsessed Birdies kit. In retrospect, I think it needs a sun... or maybe clouds. I may still add those but I was running out of time and just had to call it done.

All of the papers for this one are from the Hoppy Easter paper pad by Doodlebug Design.

I did add a bit of Copic coloring to the birds with the following markers ~ YR15, YR16, R21, R32, V15, V25. I adhered all of the paper layers together and then adhered them to a white top-fold A2 card base. The tips of the grass are not glued down to I can give the card a little dimension.

And my last card is a Christmas card!! Yes, one Christmas card done for the stash! Whoohoo!!

I've been waiting very patiently for Gina Marie Design to come out with her slimline dies and they are in and mine came just in time for me to make this card!! I used the No Frills Plain Slim Line die for my base piece. I die cut that from Kraft card stock. I then adhered the grey snowflake and green with white polka dots paper to the Kraft card stock and distressed the edges. I wrapped the panel with two pieces of  May Arts Burlap Natural String and tied a double bow. 

I then die cut a Scalloped Stitched Slim Line from white card stock and adhered it to a Kraft slim line card base measuring 3-1/2 x 8-1/2". I then popped up the focal panel with foam tape and set it aside. 

I stamped the beautiful Arianna Girl kit with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored her up with the following Copic markers:

Skin ~ E0000, E000, E01, E11

Hair ~ E50, E51, E53, E55

Halo ~ YG11, G24, G46

Flowers ~ YG11, G24, R0000, R14, R46

The paper I used to paper piece Arianna Girl is The Holiday Collection by Avery Elle. There's an assortment of Holiday themed papers in this pack but I decided to go with the softer palette of colors. It looks so beautiful with the kraft! To finish off this card, I added a few sequins that I received with my KOM last month. I'm so excited to have a Christmas card done for my stash!

Be sure to hop along and check out all the creations we have to share with you... I'll be picking a winner from the comments for a fun grab bag prize!

As always, thank you SO MUCH for hopping along with us and commenting! 

I appreciate it so very much!

Let's get hopping...

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Kim

Eileen

Robyn

Dawn F.

Jeanie

Alaine

Joyce

Thanks so much for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal