Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - January 2026

Hello friends, welcome back to my little blog.  I'm here 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 'chilly', which is something fun and should be a popular twist, so grab your patterned papers and join in the fun. I only used a tiny bit of patterned paper but I think it packs a punch.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and ran it through my die cutting machine with a snow flurry cover plate (it gives a fantastic stitched swirly detail and looks so cool).  I found a small piece of the blue snowflake paper and decided to die cut some letters to spell the word brr; I also cut 2 more words from white card so that I could layer them up using liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  I added the letters in the lower half of the panel using liquid glue.  I stamped a thin sentiment and die cut it out using the coordinating die.  I added some slivers of white card behind it and adhered it over the brr word with liquid glue.  I finished off with some white snowflake embellishments.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the snow flurry background to the bottom and added a thin strip of the snowflake paper above it with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  A really clean and simple card but one with a lot of impact I think.

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist snow people

AAA Cards challenge - follow my lead

ABC Christmas challenge - A is for anything Christmas

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line B - Christmas/non traditional colours/free (although my card would also fit Line N and Line O)!

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round challenge - B is for Brr and Blue

Colorful Options challenge - blue & white

Crafty Calendar challenge - happy new year (my cover plate is new) entry 3 of 3

Creative Knockouts challenge - something to say

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Jingle Belles challenge - something old, something new (paper is old, cover plate is new)

Make My Monday challenge - use paper with pattern

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - die cut the letters from patterned paper

Pearly Sparkles challenge - use patterned paper

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme use something new (cover plate is new)

The Four Seasons challenge - winter season

Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card

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 pageor use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopjanuary2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Craft Addiction UK - bold alphabet dies

Time for Tea Designs - snow flurry cover plate die

*Gina K Designs - all at once - holiday season stamp & coordinating die

Gina K Designs - holiday wreath builder stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Trinity Stamps - vanilla sugar snowflake embellishment mix

Craft ID paper pad bought from TKMaxx a few years ago

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #772 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok.  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; and as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am our hostess. Another card to add to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I used a few polymer stamps from Lili of the Valley on my card and I was sad to read recently that they are no longer going to be making them.  I understand the reasons why, and they will be continuing with their digital images, but you know how much I love my clear stamps.  Never mind I will continue to use them as they are timeless images and super cute to boot.  I went with a fairly clean and simple layout for my card but there are a few layers going on too!  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the adorable image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my white panel using a stitched rectangle die and cut a mat layer from blue glitter card with a plain rectangle die.  I adhered them together with liquid glue.  I stamped a simple sentiment in black ink in the lower right corner.  I cut a thin strip of snowflake patterned card, which I cut with the stitched rectangle and again matted it onto the blue glitter card with liquid glue.  I adhered it to my panel with liquid glue.  I found the images already stamped out so coloured them with my Promarkers and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I cut out the penguin for the front of my card with a circle die and also used a larger circle die to cut out a mat layer from the blue glitter card.  I didn't like how big the gap was between the circles so trimmed the blue layer down with scissors (it's a little wonky but I think it looks ok).  I added the circle over the patterned panel with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel for stability and dimension and adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I loved the clean look as it was.  For the inside I cut another white stitched panel and blue glitter panel and adhered them with liquid glue.  I cut another strip of the snowflake card with the stitched die and again matted it onto the blue glitter card.  I added this to the panel with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and added the second image (which I coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut) to the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I adhered the panel with double sided tape.  I'm really happy with this card and the images are so super cute aren't they?  

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG optional twist one or 2 layers

Allsorts challenge - what makes you happy (super cute critters)

As You Like It challenge - add a sentiment or not (I always add a sentiment to the front as I don't think it looks finished without one)

Colorful Options challenge - inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colours)

CRAFT challenge - cute/ATG

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG but must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - add a sentiment

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - use your die cuts

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG or summertime

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - anything CAS goes optional theme pretty pinks

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - monochrome

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - fur, feathers and/or flowers

The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything Christmas goes

We Love Stamping challenge - nature

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Lili of the Valley - penguins & reindeer polymer stamp - no longer available

Lili of the Valley - Christmas Greetings polymer stamp - no longer available

Lili of the Valley - verses polymer stamp - no longer available 

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14 (for stitched rectangle die)

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1 (for plain rectangle die)

Spellbinders - standard circles large dies

Craft ID - Christmas paper pad (bought from TK Maxx a few years ago)

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here