Thursday, June 7, 2012

The Love of Pattern Paper

     In creating time  with friends and doing  some easy or some times not so easy challenges,  I totally enjoyed  making these cards.
The use of  not even a half of a 12 x 12 sheet of simply beautiful  pattern paper was the secret . From super simple  fast cards  to  a little  more  fun,  they were all extremely EASY,  yet  a couple I thought were pretty too ...
First  a  fast   Thinking of you   card using some scraps of that  Pattern paper .  I cut a small strip off of the  front of the card  and them added  a strip of paper inside   to balance the outside , I matted the sentiment that was stamped directly onto the pretty  paper... this is  3 3/4 x 7 1/2

Second , is another fast  card, I used  wide  sheer ribbon  over a wide strip of the  pattern paper,  then added a strip of sahara sand  cardstock,by SU, stamped the sentiment in  brown, paper pierced a bit and added  flowers  from  my  stash 

Third  is a bit more fun, using a home made  tulle flower  made by  a super creative friend  : )    and one  of my  awesome  butterflies with some bling... The pattern paper  is just so pretty  and really fun to work with, pretty enough that  just one or two  fun things is plenty ...I did mount this on a melon mambo card base, it is such a  fun  summer color to work with   : )














And fourth is my personal favorite.I again stamped right on the pretty paper that I mounted on Crumb Cake as my card base.  Then  I used markers and a blender pen to color and coordinate  my image  to  the paper. I matted the image on dark brown to set it up and off and used a piece of  neutral ribbon to dress it up  a bit. Last I rounded  a couple of corners  to  make a change of style.I really  love how this  card turned out ..It just shows that ...

















Sometimes  just a  half of a sheet of pretty  paper is  what it takes  to  jump start   my creativity ,  So  I hope this  sends you looking at your stash of paper  to see what  you can  create too...


    Thanks for stopping by,  And I hope  to see you here again real soon.
Until then, Smile, Craft, and enjoy your day .

13 comments:

  1. All that pretty paper looks great! Yes, I will have to take a look at my "pretty paper" and see what new things I can come up with! Love the cards, Soni!

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  2. What great cards, Sonja!! You did a wonderful job on each and every one of them. I do think the last one is my fav, though! :)

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  3. Great job using your patterned paper, I love to find fun and creative ways to use it!

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  4. These are all so pretty Soni. You did a fabulous job with your pretty paper. I love that tulle flower.

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  5. Soni, All the cards are so pretty & nice! I will start looking at my patterned paper differently. I hope your day was good!

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  6. Don't every sell yourself short on creativity, my friend! These are all lovely! You make me want to create!

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    1. I know some of these were simple, but I still thought they were ok,
      that was just one great piece of DP : )

      I dream of that next step or level... Someday maybe, until then, I still enjoy all I do , so that to me is important... hugs

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  7. All great cards! My favorite is the last one. I like how nice the stamping came out on top of the DP. I like the handmade tulle flower too.

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    1. Thank you, I forgot to mention that I stamped in Versa Mark , then the chocolate chip ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to help the sentiment stand out nicely...

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  8. Wow you got a lot out of one piece of PP. they are all wonderful and inspiring.

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    1. and I still have a half of a sheet left : )

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  9. Fabulous cards! Way to get the most of your paper! Love this idea and can't wait to challenge myself to do the same! Thank you for stopping by my blog during The Outlawz celebration! I hope to see you in some of the challenges ;)

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  10. Just popping by with a big hello! Hope you are having a great day!

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