Peridot Cards

One of my favorite card makers used the 6×6 paper pad version of this collection a few years ago.  When I saw the collection kit at a scrapbook show I had to pick it up.  For inspiration I watched the video for the 6×6 version and decided it would be fun to try using the same card sketches to see if they would work for the larger sized paper.  The kit included a 12 x 12 sheet of alphabet stickers and several sentiments.  I skipped the alphabet stickers but used all of the sentiments.

To get started I pulled out multiple colors of cardstock that I thought would work with the different prints.  Some of the cardstock was textured but for those that weren’t I used a few different embossing folders to add texture.  I used a diamond patterned embossing folder on some, but for others I used a swiss dot folder since some of the patterned paper was a diamond print.

I liked how the cards turned out and decided to use the sketch again.  A textured peach cardstock was used for the background and a simple stamped “thinking of you” for the sentiment.

For the next few cards I used kraft cardstock for the background panel.  Since it was smooth cardstock I used an embossing folder to add texture.  For something different I decided to flip the cardstock over and use the “back”.  The pattern is still visible but the dots are indented instead of raised.  I was surprised how just flipping the embossed paper over changed the look of the card.  I did need to use more adhesive than normal since there was less surface area touching the matting, but the kraft cardstock stayed in place.

So far I had been mainly using the larger printed papers and had several sheets of the tone-on-tone papers left.  So instead of cardstock for the background, I used the tone-on-tone papers.  A larger print paper was added as the focal panel and a few more of the stickers worked for the sentiments.

The kit included a few sheets of striped paper.  The stripes were on the larger size but by keeping the layout simple I think they worked well for a background panel.  I used the last of the sentiment stickers and added some dimension and sparkle with die-cut butterflies and rhinestones.

I ended up with several 1 to 1 1/2 inch wide strips of patterned paper.  I paired the strips with coordinating solid color cardstock.  To separate the pattern paper strips I added Love from Lizi peel-offs.  And to keep the cards from being too flat I added paper flowers with a gold brad as the center.

This batch of cards used a lot of pink and floral patterns.  For the next batch I think I’ll go with something completely different.  Also since I’ve used several collection kits and paper pads recently I think I’ll just pull out some random paper.