The Crafty Den: Patterned Paper Party IG Hop

Monday, 20 October 2025

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - October

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great start to your week. 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 Halloween' so grab your patterned papers and have fun. I grabbed this really old paper pad from Authentique that's been in my stash for at least 13 years which I love and tried to use as many of the different papers that I could. The layout is fairly simple but I think the papers against the black card base really packs a punch. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the gorgeous papers:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I choose 4 of the papers and used a rounded stitched rectangle die to cut them out. I made my card blnck originally to US A6 size (4 1/2" x 6 1/4") but eventually trimmed it down to 6" long as it suited the layout better. I added the papers with double sided tape making sure the brighter orange papers were opposite each other as I felt it was more pleasing to the eye. I found the pumpkin image already coloured and die cut (it also had the sentiment attached) so I simply adhered that to the centre of the card with double sided tape. I didn't add any embellishments as I loved it as it was. For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 3/4" and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink. I also stamped the spider web in the top right corner. I used a leftover strip of one of the papers at the bottom of the panel and adhered another cute image in the left corner with liquid glue. The panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape. A super cute and fun card.

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopoctober2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love