Indigo Blu patterned paper challenge

Hi – how is it November already? I think I blinked and missed most of October! Well as it’s the first of the month it’s time to play with patterned paper so I grabbed old magazine papers – in this case old Indigo Blu papers that came in one of those kit magazines. I decided to make two cards using mainly papers – although I did add in a little stamping, embossing and some splatter!

I also went for a new technique I had been wanting to try that Jennifer McGuire had shown in a video where your focal point pops up but folds flat in the envelope – and it worked nicely for these focal image panels. You just score a panel big enough to go behind the thing you are popping up with two score lines on each side of the panel and then fold back and forth and this creates a hinge. Just need the score lines to be same distance apart – I did mine 1cm between each. You can see the mechanism in the side views of the cards here…

On the first card I added some inking in brown and then added some stamping which I embossed which gives some nice textural and shiny interest. I also splattered the card and elements with a gold paint.

The second card I inked with a teal around the edges to make it different and added just a little stamping in teal too.

Both cards I added paper to the inside of the cards – and a little element that I had fussy cut as embellishments on the front – I repeated on the inside too.

I added twine bows for a different texture to both cards and left them both without gems or pearls as I just didn’t think I needed to add them.

Love how these came out. Such fun to play with these papers. I have so many left though so I imagine I need to either be ruthless and get rid or have a real season of getting all shabby and grungy! For now they’ve gone back in the pouch and onto the shelf – but really need to find myself using them to justify keeping them in the stash!

Happy crafting!

Catherine