Patterned paper playtime

Happy 1st day of advent … and here is my final patterned paper playtime session of the year.

As with all the other months this year I used a sheet of dsp I cut apart and then put all the elements I had cut apart plus some more solid panels into a pouch ready to use when I was ready to play. It has certainly made it a lot easier to get the project done as the decision making was done already on what to use and the basic theme of the card.

Of course as it is December I have gone with a Christmas themed paper… Painted Christmas.

This paper gave me a mountain of little leaf images… perfect for surrounding a sentiment panel or making wreaths. I went for the former design choice.

I also had some panels I left uncut so I could use the gorgeous reverse of the paper too.

So this is actually a simple card using the paper, a ribbon, a diecut label with stamped sentiment, some gems and of course those fussy cut leaves and berries.

Of course it was simple mainly because all the work of fussy cutting was done in advance and so I only had to do a little bit like stamping and die cutting the sentiment and then it was just assembly time!

Inside a strip of leftover dsp …. all in all a sweet card! And I have lots of leaves and a few panels left for more cards if I want to… and the sheet of dsp …. this is the remains!

I have loved this patterned paper playtime I’ve been doing each month and the way it worked. I think planning ahead is a great way of then just sitting and having fun as almost all the elements are ready to play with. Not entirely sure what to do for next year’s challenge as I’ve kind of run out of the dsp that works well as a cut apart so may need to have a different think for next year… of course I have plenty of dsp left but it needs tackling differently I think.

Ah well will need to get the brain in gear to have a think.

My intention is to post everyday up to Christmas as I had a fair amount of November off due to lack of crafting time … so let’s see how I get on and how many times I go back to this stash of patterned papers.

Happy crafting!

Catherine