Expecting a Baby - The Paper Players #438

This week the challenge at The Paper Players is a Clean and Simple one using the Paper Piecing technique.

Clean and simple is not one of my strong points. Leaving my cards clean and simple actually create anxiety in me, so I fuss and fuss until I feel better.

Today I challenged myself to create something that is clean and simple - for me.  I hope it meets the criteria for the challenge at The Paper Players

It's a boy, so I paper pieced blue gingham DSP on mom-to-be's attire.  The rest of her was coloured with water colour pencils.

The art piece was die using a stitched rectangular die and matted with a larger Balmy blue stitched rectangular die cut.  This was added to a matching Balmy Blue gingham background leaving a large border of white.  This was added to a Whisper White card base.

The sentiment and corrugated mat are from the April, 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit.

Along the left side I added a double bow made from the Balmy Blue Organza ribbon (retired SAB)

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Wonderful Moments, Paper Pumpkin April 2019
Inks:  Black Memento, water colour pencils, Balmy Blue
Papers:  Balmy Blue, Whisper White, Balmy Blue Gingham DSP
Accessories:  Stitched rectangular dies, 1/4" Balmy Blue organza ribbon (retired SAB)

Hello Spring - Folded Paper Frame Card

I know this is wishful thinking.  I know Spring is months away still.  Yes I wish for Spring.

The Fable Friends stamp set is really about Easter, and Easter this year is in April - a month where Spring is just around the corner.  So I made this Folded Paper Frame  card below with my wish for Spring on it.  I used the tutorial with Splitcoaststampers here to make the folded frame.

The chipmunk holding a flower, from "Fable Friends", was stamped on a 2 3/4" piece of Whisper White and coloured with blendabilities. The dots on the background are stamped in Pool Party and are from "Waterfront".

This art piece is mounted on a 3 by 3" piece of Pacific Point card stock and set aside while I made the frame.

Using the score board, a 4 1/4 by 4 1/4" piece of Gingham card stock, was laid on the board with two of the corners on the 3" score point.  Each corner, in turn, was scored at 1" and 1 1/2", then folded into the center after which the tip was folded back to form the frame.

The frame was unfolded and the image piece was inserted and adhered in the center.   Dimensionals were placed on the inside folds closest to the edge before they were folded to the center to give the frame more volume. Each tip was then folded back and held back with a dimensional.

The completed frame was mounted on a 3 1/4 by 3 1/4" square of Pacific Point card stock and mounted on the embossed Whisper White layer of the 5" square card front.  The Whisper White layer was embossed with the dot to dot embossing folder before it was added to the Pacific Point card base.

A double bow made with the SAB blue organza ribbon was added with a glue dot on the left side of the frame.

The sentiment, from "Fable Friends", was stamped with Pacific Point ink, matted with Pacific Point card stock and adhered to the card front under the folded paper frame.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Fable Friends, Waterfront

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Daffodil Delight Light and Dark, Crumb Cake light and dark, Old Olive light and dark, Night of Navy light, Smokey Slate, Pool Party light)

Papers;  Pacific Point, Whisper White, Blue Gingham DSP

Accessories:  Blue Organza ribbon (SAB), Dot to Dot embossing folder, Dimensionals, Score Board