Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - September 26

Hello friends, I'm back again 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 'layer it up' which I'm sure will be very popular. I used an old paper pack from LOTV/Nitwit collection of pretty flowers, plaids and solid colours and a great sketch from The Paper Funday challenge. I think it turned out so pretty and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting my black mat layers and then the patterned paper layers were all a 1/8" smaller. The large layer was 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", the long strip layer was 1 1/2" x 5" and the rectangle layer was 3" x 4".  I adhered all the mats and layers with liquid glue.  I added the larger layer directly onto my card base and then layered the other panels on top using liquid glue.  I die cut some flowers from white card and again used liquid glue to adhere them together.  I blended some pink ink in the centres before adding the centre piece cut from bright pink card.  I die cut the stems from black card and added them directly onto the floral paper with liquid glue, I then added the flowers with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment onto white card using black ink and used a circle die to cut it out. I also cut a slight larger circle from black and adhered them with liquid glue.  I added the circle to the bottom right of the rectangle using a foam square.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4".  I cut a piece of the floral paper 1 1/4" x 4" and added a black mat layer with liquid glue and adhered this to the bottom of the panel using liquid glue.  I die cut another white flower and black stem and added them to the bottom right corner with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel and then adhered it to my card base with double sided tape.    

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

Allsorts challenge - sympathy/thinking of you/get well

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional inspiration photo

Crafter's Cafe challenge - ATG optional lots and lots of colours

Double D challenge - pretty in pink

Dream Valley challenge - add a sentiment 

Everybody Art challenge - think pink

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist: sketch

Try It On Tuesday challenge - pretty papers 

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopSeptember2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

card supplies:

LOTV/Nitwit - bonnets and bowties collection 8" x 8" paper pack (available only as digital download now on the Nitwit site)

Spellbinders/Lisa Horton - layered anemone die set

Uniko - simply said clear stamp (for both sentiments)

Waffle Flower - nesting circle dies (for slightly larger circle die)

Spellbinders - standard circles large (for smaller circle die)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - August 26

Hello friends, I'm back again 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 'black and white' which I'm sure will be very popular. I found a really old A5 block of black & white papers and paired them with some hot pink flowers for a pop of colour and a great sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  I think it turned out so pretty and I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the dotty paper using a stitched rectangle die and also a black mat layer using a plain rectangle die, I used a stitched die to cut the flower paper and again a plain die to cut the mat layer and cut the stitched circle from white card and a fancy circle to cut the black layer and used liquid glue to adhere them together.  I die cut some small flowers from bright pink card so that I could have a pop of colour and assembled them using liquid glue; I also cut some leaves from green card.  I stamped the sentiment onto white card using black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out (I also cut 3 plain white ones so that I could layer them).  It was now time to assemble my card.  I added the flower paper panel onto the dotty panel using double sided tape and added the circle with foam tape.  The flowers, leaves and sentiment were added with liquid glue.  I finished off with some white pearls.  The panel was added to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel using the stitched rectangle and a black mat layer using the plain rectangle and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I used some of the left over paper to create a border at the bottom and also added a thin strip of black card along the top.  I added one flower and one leaf to the bottom right corner with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink.  The panel was then adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  I really like the pop of pink against the black and white.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - any occasion

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge - sketch #695

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist use die cuts

Creative Knockouts challenge - use your fave embellies (pearls)

Inkspirational challenge - garden

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - must use designer/patterned paper optional look to the skies

Unicorn challenge - layer it up

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopjune2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care. 

Lots of love,

card supplies:

black & white paper block ? Joanna Sheen (but her store closed years ago)

John Next Door - daisy circle and leaves die set 

Gina K Designs - master layouts 01 (for plain rectangle)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 14 (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 13 (for tall plain & stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 15 (for circle dies)

Gina K Designs - sketched roses stamp & die set (for outside sentiment) ? retired

Gina K Designs - perfect posy stamp (for inside sentiment) *Bumbleberry Crafts

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for my card base)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - soft snowball mix pearls (store closed)

pink and green card from my scraps bin

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

Thank you x

Patterned Paper IG Hop - June 26

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 'chevrons' which are so fun, especially for masculine cards. I made a Father's Day card for my FIL and it's 5" x 7" in size.  Surprisingly I didn't use chevron patterned paper but instead die cut some chevrons from patterned paper for my background.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker card, coloured it with Promarkers and fussy cut it out.  I did add some white highlights with a gelly roll pen too.  I found this fun paper pad from DCWV and although it's hard to tell in the photo but the orange/bronze stripe has some foiling detail.  All the papers are from the pad including the brown mat layers and the chevrons were cut from it too.  I cut the main panel 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" and matted it onto the brown layer with double sided tape.  I cut a white panel 3 1/2" x 2 7/8" and again matted it onto a brown layer; I also added some thin cream strips of paper to the top and bottom of the white panel with liquid glue.  I added the image onto the white panel with foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment onto the cream paper with brown ink and die cut the DAD letters from the brown paper and stacked them x3 with liquid glue; the letters were then adhered to a cream piece with liquid glue.  I cut 4 x chevrons for my background and adhered them with liquid glue.  The image panel was added to the centre of the panel with double sided tape and the sentiments were added to the top right and bottom left with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4 3/8" x 6 3/8" and stamped the sentiment in the centre with brown ink.  I cut some of the papers and layered them together with double sided tape and also cut another chevron and placed that across the centre with liquid glue.  the panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape (oops I forgot my brown layer but it still looks ok I think). 

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

* to be updated *

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopjune2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

LOTV - vintage boys - mr fixit A5 polymer stamps (available in digi only now)

MFT - stepped up chevon die

MFT - little letters die set

Woodware - one for the boys stamp (for inside sentiment although I did some stamp surgery to remove the happy birthday)

DCWV - the natural stack 8" x 8" pad

Promarkers

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

*Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad

*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

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - May 26

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 'distressed edges' which I know was really popular quite a few years ago but it can look really fun, especially for mixed media or masculine cards. I made a card for my sons to give to their uncle for his birthday and it's 5" square for a change.  Unbelievably no dies and only sentiment stamps were used on my card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by choosing my papers (all from the same paper pad) and tore thin strips, leaving the raw edges on show and I used what was left on my blending brushes to ink the edges.  I used one of the strips to stamp my greeting in black ink.  I was going to put the strips directly onto my card blank but I thought it looked 'too clean' so choose another paper from the paper that looked quite grungy and distressed and added that to the card base with double sided tape.  I added my strips, adding foam squares behind the outer and middle strips and double sided tape to the two inner strips.  Before I added the sentiment I curled up some black twine for some extra interest and placed it behind.  The sentiment was then laid across the strips using a combination of foam squares and liquid glue.  I didn't add any embellishments as I thought it looked ok as it was.  A fairly simple layout but perfect for my brother in law.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4 3/4" square and as I had some leftover torn strips I added them to the bottom with double sided tape.  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist anniversary or birthday

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - vintage (I hope my distressed papers are ok, if not delete me)

Creative Moments challenge - make it masculine

Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps challenge - ATG must use your papers

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - ATG must use your papers optional theme fancy folds

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use papers and/or scissors

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopmay2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

My Minds Eye - now & then 'Izzy' 6x6 paper pad

Uniko - everyday family stamp (for uncle part of sentiment)

Uniko - floral vines stamp (for happy birthday)

Uniko - birthday wishes stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

black twine from my stash

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - April 26

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 'Easter, which I know was a little while ago, but you can get ahead for next year if you follow the twist, so grab your patterned papers and join in the fun.  I needed a last minute Easter card for my in-laws so I'm sharing that today plus I have a bonus birthday card which I made with some leftover paper after making my hubby's birthday card (I'll be sharing that on Thursday).  I hope you like them.

Firstly here is the Easter card:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the inside:

Here is the bonus birthday card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

For the Easter card I stamped the floral cross image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with Promarkers, adding a few white gelly roll pen highlights.  I cut it out with a stitched rectangle and matted it onto some yellowy/peach patterned paper. I then cut a piece of wood grain paper to cover the front of my card base (4 1/14" x 5 1/2") and adhered it with double sided tape. I added some scrap white card behind the smaller panel and added that to the background with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and used a sentiments strip die to cut it out before adhering it to the centre of the image with foam squares.  I finished off with some gold pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the wood grain paper to the bottom with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

For the birthday card I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" (but I will cut it down later) and used some leftover strips of patterned paper to create my background which I adhered with liquid glue.  Once dry I used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out and added a black mat layer behind with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and used a stitched circle die to cut it out.  I added the sentiment to the lower left side of the panel with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel before adhering it to the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with some black pearls around the sentiment.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4 " x 5 1/4" and added a strip of pink card to the bottom with double sided tape.  I stamped two presents onto the pink strip with black ink and added some details with a white gelly roll pen.  I then stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I added a black mat layer before adhering the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

Two very different cards but both using up some of my vast collection of patterned paper.  Do you have a favourite?  I like them both; the Easter card is elegant and beautiful and the birthday card is just bright and fun.  

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

Easter card:

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut optional twist pastels

Aud Sentiments challenge - watercolour and/or spring + sentiment

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional inspiration photo

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional spring

Creative Inspirations challenge - Easter/spring

Creative Moments challenge - gone but not forgotten (Studio Katia is no more)

Girlz Rebel challenge - flowers

Moving Along With The Times challenge - anything spring

Pick 3 challenge - rustic (paper), feminine, pastels

Stamping Sensations challenge - inspired by nature

The Four Seasons challenge - anything spring optional mood board

We Love Stamping challenge - spring 

Birthday card:

AAA Colourful challenge - colour board #27

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils

As You Like It challenge - brights or pastels (I like both but I am drawn more to bright colours; they make me happy)

Colourful Options challenge - yellow or use rainbow colours (I went with rainbow)

Creative Knockouts challenge - 2 or more papers

The Dream Factory challenge - use at least 3 colours (I used all the colours of the rainbow)

Unicorn challenge - use dies

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopapril2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

Easter card supplies:

Studio Katia - floral cross stamp

Promarkers

Lawn Fawn - 6x6 petite paper pack 'spiffy speckles'

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*Gina K Designs - friendly wishes mini stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - black, gold & silver metallic pearl mix

birthday card supplies:

Spellbinders - color block slices die set

echo park - summer dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad

echo park - metropolitan dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*Gina K Designs - master layouts 02 die set (for stitched rectangle)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 03 (for stitched circle)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer mini stamp (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sketched wreath builder stamp (for outside sentiment)

*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

Patterned Paper IG Hop - March 26

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 'flowers', which is such an easy theme, so grab your patterned papers and join in the fun.  I have this gorgeous paper pad from Gina K Designs that I wanted to use but I was torn which papers to use so I picked out a few to try and ending up loving them all so to solve my problem I made two cards lol!  I used a postage die and filled the spaces with the patterned paper and I think they turned out so pretty.  I hope you like them too.

Here are my cards:

Here is Card 1:

and here is Card 2:

A closer look at the gorgeous paper on card 1:

Plus I decorated the insides:

I began by die cutting two of the postage dies from white card.  Also in the same die set there is a window frame die that cuts out the frame but also the rectangles and these fit perfectly in the postage die so I used the frame to cut my patterned paper plus an extra white layer for each piece to give them a bit more stability.  I adhered the rectangles to the postage piece with liquid glue.  For the lighter papers and die cut a mat layer from a peachy coloured card and for the darker papers I cut a mat layer from green paper (that also came from the paper pad) and I adhered them together with liquid glue.  I didn't want to hide too much of the papers so I just grabbed two sentiment stamps/dies and gold heat embossed the sentiment onto white card for the lighter papers and white heat embossed onto the green paper for the darker papers.  I cut both sentiments out with the coordinating dies.  I also cut an extra 3 layers for the sentiment so that I could stack them out.  I adhered the sentiments with liquid glue.  I finished off with some gold pearls on the lighter card and pink pearls on the darker card.  I added some scrap white card behind each panel and adhered them to the card bases with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a stitched rectangle from white card and the mat layer was cut with the peach card for card 1 and the green paper for card 2.  I added a strip of the paper to the bottom of each panel with liquid glue and stamped a sentiment (using a similar colour ink pad) to the centre of each panel.  The panels were then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  Do you have a favourite card?  I love them both but I think the peachy coloured one just pips it for me.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Daisy Chain challenge - flowers

Girlz Creative Crafts challenge - flowers

Girlz Rebel challenge - pearls

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use your patterned papers optional theme circles

Paper Rocks Scissors - use papers and/or scissors 

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 #patternedpaperpartyhopmarch2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Gina K Designs supplies:

watercolour floral paper pad

master layouts 11

master layouts 2

elegant thoughts stamp & die (for card 2)

graceful greetings stamp & die (for card 1)

birthday cheer stamp (for inside sentiments)

sandy beach & fresh asparagus ink pads

warm glow card stock (came in an old kit, don't think it's available now)

black, gold & silver pearl mix

rainbow pearl mix

other supplies used:

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder

WOW! - super fine opaque bright white embossing powder

Versamark - embossing and watermark ink pad

*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