Patterned paper – February

Back to that pouch of patterned papers from old magazine kits and this time only managed to make use of two pieces – but those mandala papers are just so beautiful!

This time I went cover plate mad for the cards to add some different interest and texture to the backgrounds. I used a rust coloured cardstock and cut out the two Altenew cover plates – I did have to make a little adjustment to one to make it fit the 5×7 card blank with a snip down the middle which the patterned paper element covered up!

Both cards I chose some very old Lily of the Valley digital stamps that I must have coloured several years ago (I’m guessing around 8 years ago) and they’ve been sitting in the stash waiting for their moment to shine!

I fussy cut them out and the colors of the peach and creams were perfect for the patterned paper element.

For this one I chose an anniversary sentiment with the die cut from Crafters Companion. Again I’ve owned this for many years and occasionally I grab it to play with as it makes a lovely fancy element for the sentiment!

I did raise the sentiment up a little with some strips of scrap cardstock behind them and then inlay the anniversary with white so it stood out on the patterned paper.

The second card I thought made a nice thank you card. I used a pre stamped and die cut Waffleflower sentiment.

I really love the mandala papers but they aren’t the easiest to use as they are such a focal feature in themselves but I think with the addition of that rust coloured cardstock it helped to tone them down a bit more.