Kendra’s Card Challenge 7 - use six patterned papers to make 15 cards (Sep 2022)

Written By Angela Brennan

Warning: This is a long blog post!

This post which includes a video shows how I make 15 cards(!) for Kendra’s Card Challenge 7 which runs for a quarter from 1st July to 30th September 2022. [You can officially enter up to 3 times (once per month)]. In my September 2022 submission, I use Melissa Lowry’s Midnight Flight Premium Collections patterned paper from Craft Consortium. I thought I’d give it a go with flowery and foliage patterns with most of the patterns having no right way for the pattern to face!

This 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”.

The trick is to choose six pieces of patterned paper carefully so they will coordinate in colour, pattern, and orientation - thus it’s best to choose all six patterned papers from the same paper pad.

The paper pad that I chose for these 15 cards is from Craft Consortium Melissa Lowry’s Midnight Flight Premium Collections - the colours of the patterned papers complemented each other which made putting the cards easier. Once I choose the patterned paper, I go through my plain coloured card stock, Papermania A5 Premium Textured Cardstock Assorted, for colours that would match the patterned papers for matts, strips etc.

See below for embellishments, accents, and sentiments used for each of the 15 cards.

Check out the video below.

Details of FREE sketches and cutting guides

Cutting guide for the six 6” by 6” patterned paper, A and B

Cutting guide for the six 6” by 6” patterned paper, C and D

Cutting guide for the six 6” by 6” patterned paper, E and F

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

Products Used:

Spellbinders Mini Sincere Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Set

Charming Foliage Die Set

Ranger Distress Ink – Wild Honey, Crackling Campfire, Rusty Hinge

Card Sketch #8

Products Used:

Ranger Distress Ink – Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire (background); Pastel Sunrise, Vanilla Cream (flowers); Sweet Leaf, Just Green (leaves)

Timeless Tulips Stamp Set

Timeless Tulips Die Set

Timeless Tulips Simple Coloring Stencil Set (3 in 1)

Tulip Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder

Timeless Tulips Stamp & Die Bundle

Timeless Tulips Stamp & Die & Stencil Bundle

Timeless Tulips Complete Product Bundle

PinkFresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

PinkFresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Die

Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Roll - Silver

Thank you for stopping by and do leave a comment if you have a query or if you just want to say hi. Have a lovely day.

Angela Brennan
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