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Hello my fabulous friends!

Do you love creative with patterned paper?

I'll be honest, I find it a bit intimidating! I don't know why. My mom is a quilter, and she can mix and match patterns in her sleep, and it comes out fabulous...

I over think it... I worry about balancing, and matching, and if the the purple is the same in all the pieces,  and if it's too busy...

For today's card I challenged myself to really use patterned paper...
I started with the new LDRS Creative Daisy Delights paper pack to eliminate some of the stress..

Paper: Georgia Pacific black cardstock; LDRS Creative Daisy Delights

Stamps: LDRS Creative You're so Tweet

Ink: LDRS Creative Raven; Copic multiliner

Dies: LDRS Creative Sweet Village

I've found it helps me to use a mix of busy paper, and solids... this gives my eye calm places to rest amidst the energetic patterns.

The background paper for this card, is actually a patterned paper, but it's very subtle and reads more like a solid color. The black silhouetted houses give a strong calming contrast the the bright floral paper.

For my sentiment, I decided to create my own using another patterned paper...

 That's 4 patterned papers in total (that's impressive for me!)

To create the sentiment, I trimmed a piece of the patterned cardstock to fit into my label maker (1/4"), then gently rubbed the Raven ink over the raised letters. I also stamped the little heart from You're so Tweet to finish it off.

Do you love working with patterned papers, solid papers, or clean white?

See you soon!
~Kassi

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