Challenge 28 – Paper Piecing

Hey hey all, time for another BasicGrey Challenge :), Thanks so much to all of you who played along to the last challenge, it was lovely to see all of the different ways Fabric was incorporated into your creations :)

We really hope that you can join in with this fortnights challenge too, which is …

 

Paper Piecing

This week we would love to see some Paper Piecing used on your creations :)

for those of you not familiar with Paper Piecing here is a little run down,

“Paper Piecing is when you have patterned paper on parts of your image (or the whole image if you choose) instead of your normal colouring (of course you can still have normal colouring on parts of your image too if you wish, this is actually what most people do), and this is done by first stamping your image onto a piece of card (this will be your base image) and also stamping the same image onto the patterned paper or papers of your choice, next you cut the pieces that you wish you piece from your patterned papers and attach them to the base image using an adhesive of your choice, you can then continue this process with other patterned papers if you want more piecing on your image or simply leave it be and finish your image with normal colouring (of course you can always colour the image before you add the piecing, that's completely up to you) :)“

“You don't always have to Paper Piece an image though, you can always create a Paper Pieced element on your creation like Tara W has done for this challenge, she has created some beautiful Paper Pieced flowers using a flower design Rubber Stamp :) (head on over to her blog to find out more on how she did this :) ), as long as a Rubber Stamp is used to create the base design of your element then you are good to go :)”

So there we go, a quick little how to on Paper Piecing :), we do hope you were able to understand that little bit of rambling and that you are able to follow the directions clearly, if not (Blame Martine lol),then please do let us know and we will try our best to explain it a little better :)

Don't forget though, if you want to be eligible for this weeks prize you need to use at least one item of BasicGrey on your creation :)

 

The Prize

The fab prize for this challenge which has been very generously donated by our one and only sponsor Simon Says Stamp, is a fab $25 spending spree to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore :), Just think of the goodies you could get with that, you lucky ducks :)

This Challenge Closes on Friday the 17th of September at 11.00 pm (GMT)

Tara G

Heather

Tara W

Chris

Jo

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The BasicGrey Challenges Team

A little heads up

Hey hey all :)

Just a quick post to let you all know that the team and I have been busy working away behind the scenes and that there are some fab things in store for BG Challenges :), An upcoming Blog Hop and a brand new look among other things :), we also think its about time we added some new Design Team Members to our BG Challenges Family, don't you? :), which is the main reason for this post, it is just to give you a little heads up that the DT Call for our new family members will be posted along with the new challenge this Saturday on the 4th of September :), hope to see you there :)

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The BasicGrey Challenges Team

Challenge 26 Winner

The lucky winner of Challenge 26 chosen at random by a random generator is…

Janna

and here is her wonderful creation

 

 

Congratulations hun, if you could contact us via the Contact Button at the top of the blog we will let you know you how you can collect your $25 Spending Spree in the Simon Says Stamp Superstore :)

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The BasicGrey Challenges Team