Where Oh Where Has Jessica Gone???

Wow, it feels like forever since

I last was able to Craft!!!

My sunburn didn't allow me to lift my arms up 

even a few inches

....

But now I am back,

and very

determined to get the ball

rolling again.

In my best Ricky Ricardo voice...

"Jessica, you got a lot of catching up to do"

So tonight I made a list

to help get me back on track.

The list started with my personal

commitments and DT responsibilities!!!

The first project

I wanted to complete

was the

Fresh Brewed Designs

Facebook Challenge

Paper Piecing or Piercing

going on now until midnight on July 16th

during the Countdown to the HOT Hop Party

We were given this adorable image 

perkfect pair

to play with

The sentiment is

 a Unity Itty Bitty

which will soon be added

to my online collection

♥ ♥ ♥ My LOVE for UNITY ♥ ♥ ♥

above.

How I Paper Pieced my images:

I started by first resizing my image in a MS Word Document.

I then pasted 4 images upon the paper

all of equal size and played with

the placement a bit to be sure they 

were spread apart enough.

Then I chose my papers.  

I started with a basic 8 1/2" X 11"cream card stock by Recollections.

I then adhered 4.25" squares of Kraft card stock, teal dp and dark brown dp from Crate Paper Portrait Collection to the cream card stock.

It looked a bit like this before being loaded into the printer:

A little fussy cutting, my trusty Glu Glider Pro, some Zig glue,

a bit of detail with my Water Color markers,

a tad sprinkle of Martha Stewart Tinsel-Garnet

and

VOILA!!

A finished project!

Don't forget to Hop with 

Fresh Brewed Designs

this weekend!!!

It's gonna be HOT!!!

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica