Paper Pieced Embossed Background Card!

Hi friends! Are you looking for a way to use up your scraps and create a pretty background? Try this!

You can see how I made these cards start to finish in today’s video!

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Supplies:

• Peg Stamp Sets: Sunny Daisy, Wisteria frame, Summers End

• Dye Ink (Memento)

• Gelly Roll Glaze Pens (for sentiment)

• Pattern paper scraps (I chose pastel yellow, pink and greens)

• Cardstock scraps in similar colors as pattern paper

• 5″x7″ Kraft card base ad envelope

• Black/white.cream Washi tapes

• Burlap ribbon

• Die Cut Felt (Quees & Co.)

• Buttons

• Twine

• Adhesive: ATG tape and Zip Dry liquid glue

• Silk flower

• Hexagon Punch (Fiskars) 1 1/2″

• White sketching paper or thin cardstock for making background

• Embossing folder

Directions: 1. Punch a bunch of hexagons from several pattern paper scraps.

2. Stamp small images on colored cardstock with a darker shade of in of the same color and punch out.

3. Arrange the paper pieces on white paper and glue down.

4. Trim paper to fit card based (4 1/2″ x6 1/2″) and emboss with an embossing folder if desired and adhere to card.

5. Embellish with ribbons, twine, buttons and flowers.

6. Write your sentiment slowly with a glaze gel pen, let dry, trim and adhere to project.

This is a great project to use up scraps, I hope you give it a try and til next time happy crafting!