Use Fussy Cutting with Heartfelt Blooms

I just love this stamp set. When I first saw it I thought it was nice, but that it was limited. Then, the more I played with it the more I realized it was quite versatile. You can see the other projects I created with it here and here. The main technique I used to create this card is called fussy cutting. It is called that because instead of using a die to cut it out you use scissors and just cut around the edges of the image. Typically you leave a thin edge of white around the image, but I thought that rather than enhancing the image it would take away from it. I am quite happy with how it turned out. You can see an example of fussy cutting here where I left a thin edge of white around the image.

 The Color Palette

Recipe: Paper. Images. Embellishments.

Paper: Whisper White, Thick Whisper White & Garden Green card stock & Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

Images: Heartfelt Blooms & Berry Burst, Sweet Sugarplum & Garden Green Classic Ink Pads

Embellishments: Clear Faceted Gems

Extras: Stampin’ Trimmer, Paper Snips, Dimensionals & SNAIL

 The Project:

Step 1:

Cut your pieces.

• Card Base: Cut the Thick Whisper White card stock to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼”.
• Mat: Cut the Garden Green card stock to 5 ¼” x 4”.
• DSP: Cut a piece of Wood Textures DSP to 4 ¾” x 3 ½”.
• Cut a piece of Whisper White card stock to 4” x 3”.
• Find 2 pieces of scrap Whisper White card stock measuring about 3” x 3”.

Step 2:

Stamp your images.

• 4” x 3” Whisper White card stock: Stamp the image in Garden Green on the .
• 2 scrap pieces of Whisper White card stock: Stamp the image on the  using Sweet Sugarplum and Berry Burst.

Step 3:

Fussy Cutting.

• Using my card for reference cut a straight line into the Garden Green image where the leaves on the right begin. Then fussy cut around the leaves. You are only partially cutting out the image.
• Fussy cut the Sweet Sugarplum image. Here I cut around the flowers and cut off the leaves.
• Fussy cut the Berry Burst image. I just cut out the 3 small round flowers in the top left of the image.

Step 4:

Putting it all together.

• Use SNAIL to adhere the Garden Green card stock to the Thick Whisper White card base.
• Then, adhere the Wood Textures DSP on top of the Garden Green layer.
• Use Dimensionals to adhere the Garden Green image on top of the Wood Textures DSP.
• Adhere the Sweet Sugarplum image, by lining it up with the image below, using dimensionals.
• Using Dimensional adhere the Berry Burst Image, by lining it up with the image below.
• Place a Clear Faceted Gem in the center of the main flower in Sweet Sugarplum.

 I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to fussy cut.

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Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [140272] $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [102584] $8.00
Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $10.00	Heartfelt Blooms Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147197] $0.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad [126973] $6.50
Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad [144083] $6.50	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin’ Pad [141395] $6.50	Clear Faceted Gems [144142] $5.00
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $10.00
Stampin’ Trimmer [126889] $30.00	Medium Whisper White Envelopes [107301] $6.50

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