Spring Flowers Paper Piecing Scrapbook Layout

January 14, 2021

Hey there! It’s Kira and I am so excited to be sharing my first project as part of the Cardstock Warehouse team! To really challenge myself this month, I made an entire layout using only card stock. And to really go the extra mile, I tried a technique I’ve never done before: paper piecing!

Supplies:

Cardstock Warehouse Cardstock Papers

Lemon Drop
Gumdrop Green
Sour Apple
Madero Beach

Stamp and ink
Scissors (smaller ones work best for fussy cutting)
Liquid adhesive
Vellum

Honestly, I thought this technique would take forever, but overall, it came together fairly quickly, so I hope you decide to try it yourself! First, you’ll need a clear stamp, or a digital stamp could even work and of course, your choice of paper. I chose this gorgeous floral stamp from The Stamp Market and my papers are from the Island Breeze Cardstock collection.

Stamps with green and yellow papers

You will need to decide what colors you want each piece of your stamp prior to stamping. I wanted cream flowers with yellow centers, and wanted to mix up the greens for my leaves. Then you will stamp your image on each piece of paper. A clear image isn’t necessary here, but making sure your ink is dry and smear proof will help! Multiple stamped images may be necessary depending on your image.

Stamping image onto paper for paper piecing

Now, it’s time to fussy cut! Since you will be piecing the paper back together, cutting more of the image than necessary will help. And when you are cutting part of an image that is “behind” a different part, cut as if it's not covered (ie. if a flower petal is covered by another petal, cut as if you can see the entire petal. It will be covered by another piece of paper so perfection isn’t required, it just makes for ease of piercing the image back together).

Once you have all of your pieces cut out, add a little dimension to them by folding up and curling the edges.

Curling edges of petals

To piece everything back together, I first stamped the entire image on some vellum. Then you are going to flip the vellum over because your pieced image will be a mirror image of the original.

stamping image onto vellum to use paper piecing technique

Then start layering on your pieces and use your favorite adhesive to adhere everything together. Do not glue the pieces to the vellum, just glue them to each other to create your embellishment.