We all love how pretty patterned paper is! Which makes it hard sometime to cut it up and use it on our projects. Am I right?! This was me for the longest time. I’ve been working at getting better at using my patterned paper for a little while now. So I thought I’d share about how to use patterned paper for your projects.
My first tip to help you use your patterned paper is to have it somewhere where you’re going to see it. It’s happened to all of us that we forget what we have in our craft stash because we don’t see it… myself included. Now that you’ve got your patterned paper at your finger tips it’ll be easier to match it up with your cardstock!
Next up some design ideas to help you use your patterned paper…
Once of the easiest designs is to use your patterned paper as a background. Then all you have to do is add it to a card base, add a sentiment and en embellishment or two. With this design you want to keep things simple. You’ll also want to keep things simple if you have a busier piece of patterned paper. Like this…
Another way is to use a smaller piece as an accent on your card. A little strip off to one side or on the bottom of your cardstock. Here’s an example I made using the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack.
And don’t forget, you can always add a small strip on the inside of your card. Or even on the envelope you put the card in. Goodness knows we all have enough little strips lying around!
Or you can do something totally different like I did here using the Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper pack.
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