Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 - use six patterned papers to make 15 cards (Apr 2022)

Warning: This is a long blog post!

This post which includes a video shows how I make 15 cards(!) for Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 which runs for a quarter from 1st April to 30th June 2022. [You can officially enter up to 3 times (once per month)]. It is a really cool challenge which requires you to pick six 6” by 6” patterned paper and make 15 cards following the 15 card sketches that Kendra provides. The sketches include measurements to cut your patterned paper, which is amazing. For someone who does not use much patterned paper in my cards, but loves accumulating patterned paper (don’t ask me why as it’s one of life’s mysteries) this is a great way to start using my patterned paper. All measurements are for A2 cards which measure 4.25” by 5.5”.

So the trick is to choose your six pieces of patterned paper carefully so they will coordinate and thus it’s best to choose all six patterned papers from the same paper pad. Also try not to choose patterned paper that has patterns that requires to be orientated in a certain way, e.g. three of the six patterned papers I chose had hot air balloons and buildings that cannot be upside down on the card. I managed to get it orientated the right way for all the cards except one. Can you guess which one? Well if you can’t, I may have got away with it:)

So the paper pad that I chose is from First Edition Paper Man Made 6” by 6” paper pad - the colours of the patterned papers (dark orange, teal, light grey, dark grey, multi-coloured matching colours) complemented each other which made putting the cards easier. Once I had chosen the patterned paper, I rifled through my plain coloured card stock for colours that would match the patterned papers for matts, strips etc.

The sentiments used are faith and encouragement based and come from: PENNY BLACK Faith, STAMPENDOUS Bible Verses, STAMPENDOUS From My Heart, SWEET N SASSY Faith, SWEET N SASSY Friendship is a Blessing, SWEET N SASSY Be Encouraged, SWEET N SASSY Be Encouraged 2

Check out the video below.

Details of FREE sketches and cutting guides

**Cutting guide for the six 6” by 6” patterned paper**

As I cut the six patterned paper using the cutting guide above, I put the cut patterned paper into a separate plastic pouch for each of the 15 card sketches, so as to not mix them up. Then I followed the card sketches (see below) and cut out matts and strips as well as embellishments using complementary card colours.

Gallery of Cards Created

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Card Sketch #1

I turned the sketch on it’s side and made a landscape card. The sentiment is from PENNY BLACK Faith and stamped with VERSAFINE CLAIR Warm Breeze and ALTENEW Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing Powder.