Hello stamping friends. Today I am sharing a fun way to make your own patterned paper with stamps and ink.
The stamp set I am using to make this patterned paper is Popping Poppies from Scrappy Tails. After I make the paper I will be using it to make 3 cards, a Slimline Shadow Box card and two mini slimline cards.
You can watch the video right here:
If you can not see the video on this screen you can also view it right here.
Now that you have seen the patterned paper being made let's take a closer look at the three cards I made and see the changes I made to the last card after the video.
First I have to share the Slimline Shadow Box card! This die set is so super cool!
The front of this card is a window and inside the box are two bridges holding the sentiments and two flowers. The patterned paper I made is on the back, inside panel of the card.
The sides of the box also have the patterned paper, which was easy to add with the use of the dies from the Slimline Shadow Box die set. Which is also what I used to die cut the Happy Birthday sentiment and it's shadow.
All of the flowers, leaves, and the Popping By To Say sentiment are from the Popping Poppies set.
I used them for the patterned paper and the colored and die cut flowers that adorn the outside of this card.
This card folds flat and is 9" x 4" and will fit in a standard size business envelope.
With the left over patterned paper I made two cards, Mini Slimline Cards. A Mini Slimline card typically measures 6" x 3" when folded. It just so happens that of the 3 largest rectangle dies in the Slimline Shadow Box set, the smallest is 2-7/8" x 5-7/8" ( approximately) and so die cuts the perfect card front for a Mini Slimline Card!
Take a look at is on the front of this simple note card.
This card really showcases the patterned paper. Even thought it appears simple there is a lot of love and stamping technique in this card.
The last card uses another of the dies from the Slimline Shadow Box card, the large label, as I like to call it, was used to die cut the fun shape on the front of this card.
If you watched the video then you might be able to tell that this card is slightly different than the one I shared there. After making this card and video, I decided the Happy Birthday sentiment in gold just did not stand out enough from the background. So I added a second die cut sentiment to the top of the gold in black, off setting it to the right just slightly for a bit of a gold shadow.
I so enjoyed making my own patterned paper with this stamp set and then using it to make this pretty cards.
I hope that you enjoyed watching these cards being made and learning how to make patterned paper like this. I learned it years ago from a very special stamper who has since passed. It is still one of my favorite techniques and I will think of Suzy every time I make this kind of background. I hope you will give it a try as well.
You can shop the Spring Fling release at the Scrappy Tails shop right here.
Scrappy Tails Supplies used to make these cards:
Popping Poppies Stamp and Die Bundle
Other Supplies:
Fall Gnomes Stamp Set - Not 2 Shabby
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