The Crafty Den: Patterned Paper Party IG Hop

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great weekend so far, although it's definitely weather for cosying up and watching a movie as it's very wet here! I'm back today to share my card for this month's Patterned Paper Party Instagram Hop. Do you love patterned paper? Do you have a huge stash that needs using? Well so do we and it's time to get it used! We will be hopping on the 20th of each month to share our ideas. We will definitely be creating cards, but maybe sometimes tags, ATCs, gift bags, boxes, mini albums and scrapbook pages too. We want our patterned paper to be used.

The theme is always 'anything goes' but each month we will have an optional twist that can be used if you like; this month the twist is 'autumn' so grab your patterned papers and have fun. I love this paper pad from Gina K Designs and pull it out each year lol! I recently purchased a new Master Layouts die set which cuts layers for US A6 sized cards (4 1/2 x 6 1/4") which is a fab size so that was used for this card also. The layout is fairly simple but I wanted to show off as much of the paper as I could. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting a white stitched panel and brown mat layer using the ML die set; I also used the stitched layer to cut my patterned papers. There is a smaller strip stitched die and mat in the die set so cut a white stitched and brown mat layer to go across the middle of my card. I used a leaf embossing folder (another favourite) to add some interest to the white stitched strip. I adhered all the layers together with liquid glue. I die cut the thanks word from white card 4 times and the shadow from brown card and adhered them together with liquid glue. I stamped the sub-sentiment in brown ink onto white card and cut a brown mat layer; again they were adhered with liquid glue. I added the white embossed layer onto the patterned papers with foam squares and the thanks die was also adhered with foam squares. The sub-sentiment was added below the thanks with liquid glue. I added some scrap white card behind the panel with double sided tape for some stability and dimension and this was adhered to the card base with double sided tape. I finished off with some gold pearls. For the inside I cut another white stitched and brown mat layer and added a strip of each of the papers to the top and bottom with liquid glue. I adhered the panels together with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment in the centre with brown ink. The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

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We hope you will be inspired by our Patterned Paper Party IG Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous creations along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopseptember2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love