Patterned paper playtime

Well that is half of 2023 already passed. How can that be? Time really does seem to disappear so quickly.

I’ve been playing with Patterned paper again as I usually do at the start of the month.

Those who have popped by my blog before will know that I am doing a similar exercise all year (I got organised last year to sort it out and make my life easier!) and using one sheet of 12×12 dsp and cutting it apart to provide the main elements for my cards. So far this is working well and I’ve been pleased with the results.

This time the dsp is actually Christmas paper so I think in fitting with the Christmas in July challenge which I’ve decided to play along with this month. Especially given the change in weather the last few days to rain and wind!

Here is what I made ….

A lovely earthy coloured card using the Crumb Cake base and some die cuts in different colours of green from the Pinecones dies. Of course there are the dsp pine cones elements on the top plus the piece of dsp reversed as the base.

I chose to die cut a panel of white for the sentiment and stamped the sentiment from Merriest Moments.

I then finished off the outside with the gems from the stash.

I also added a strip of the dsp inside with a cut apart element.

I have lots of the cut apart elements left so suspect there will be more cards to come using these bits… think I will just leave the pouch with them in on the desk and see what happens.

Happy crafting!

Catherine