Stampin Up UK Demonstrator independent supplier paper craft scrapbooking tutorials lincolnshire: How to use Stampin' Up! patterned papers

Do you worry about punching a circle, square or heart out of a whole piece of your 12" x 12" Stampin' papers? Me too or at least I used to and they I worked out if I bought one pack to stroke and adore and another to use then I got over that sadness of punching and then thinking 'Oh no I didn't mean to do that'.

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Now the next issue is when do you use your patterned papers? Here's one simple idea that I found worked well and all you need to do is cut your sheets in to smaller squares.

I took a base card and a matting layer in whisper white. From the matting layer I used my layering circle dies to cut an aperture, but you could use a large circle punch too. If you then place the matting layer on the base card where you want it and use a pencil just to make a mark or two so that you can make sure when you stick a square of paper on the base card it is in the right place under the aperture. Add some stamped images, mine are stamped and die cut using Rooted in Nature and a sentiment which is layered over a scalloped oval. I've also added a leaf embellishment with glue dots. You can just about see in the picture that I've also added some new rose metallic thread that coordinates with the Blackberry Bliss, Petal Pink stamped images.

You can cut any shape for your aperture and use any colours or designs to add a little more. To keep it even simpler just add the patterned paper and a sentiment. Have fun using your papers. The more you use them the more confident you'll be with them.

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but here are a few to give you some ideas.