TE Blast from the Past Blog Hop

Welcome to the Blast from the Past blog hop sponsored by Taylored Expressions! I'm super excited to see what everyone created using their much loved stamp sets that were released in either 2008 or 2009. I used Doctor's Orders for my card which I made for one of the neighbourhood girls who had an unexpected stay in the hospital. This set is one of my fave go-to sets for get well cards because really, who could resist sweet Cuppie? He makes me smile every time I look at him!

I did plenty of paper piecing and I thought I'd share a photo tutorial at the end of just how I like to paper piece in order to keep the proper perspective of an image. Everything is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream then I coloured Cuppie, the book and the headboard with copics. The rest is paper pieced with fun patterns from My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary.

The image is cut out with rectangle Nestabilities and I layered it onto a big scallop rectangle of Prism suede brown dark. For interest I added plenty of stitching and some Crystal Twinkles along the intense pink scallop border.

Now here's the tutorial showing the way I like to paper piece......it's a little labour intensive but definitely worth the end result.

This shows all the layers cut out and ready to be adhered together...

I cut away the headboard on the green layer...

I cut away the bottom fitted sheet on this pink layer...

I cut away the pillows and coloured Cuppie and the wood feet on the bed on this Buttercream layer...

I cut away Cuppie and the feet on the bed on this pink layer...

For the last layer I added the green flat sheet and the coloured book...

There's plenty more eye candy along the hop so be sure to visit everyone's blog, and have a Blast while you're hopping!!!


Thanks for stopping by!
Karen