no place like home

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Designer: Lisa Truesdell

One of my favorite stamping techniques is to use them to create paper pieced accents for my pages and projects.  I stamp the image on multiple colors of paper, and then use my Fingertip Craft Knife to cut out details and attach them  to my main image. Depending on the size of the stamp, I sometimes use foam adhesive to lift some of the highlighted details or the whole image. This is a great way to bring color and dimension to your stamped projects!

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Desktop Rotary Trimmer
• Threading Water border punch
• fingertip craft knife
• stamp block set
• adhesive foam set
• Heidi Grace "little birds take" paper, stamps, and rub-ons
• other: white cardstock, 4x6 photo frame

Instructions (Print version)

1. Paint frame white.  Use Threading Water punch on Paisley patterned paper and cut into 1/2in strips.  Attach to the frame around the opening.
2. Trim white cardstock to 4x6in.
3. Stamp house on purple paper (2x), pink paper (2x), blue paper (2x), gray paper (1x) and green paper (1x).  Cut out one house from each color, using the fingertip craft knife.
4. Cut details from the remaining houses using the fingertip craft knife and attach to the green house.
5. Attach purple, blue and pink houses in a row on the white cardstock.  Attach green house using foam adhesive.
6. Add a rubon flourish above the chimney of the green house and flowers to either side.
7. Use rubon alphabet to add a quote under the houses.