After working with this Pattern Party Designer Series Paper the other day, I left these two patterns out on my table because I knew they would make a cute card like this Pattern Party Hello Card. It’s one of the easiest card designs you can make and yet it always looks good and can be for almost any occasion. Just change the greeting.
This easy card begins with a card base of Basic White Cardstock. I just cut the two patterned papers from the Pattern Party Designer Series Paper the width I liked them and so they would overlap by about 1/2″. It would be easier if you cut another piece of Basic White Cardstock on which to adhere the two designer papers for that layer on the card front. It would be easier to line them up and tie the ribbon around.
This Whisper White Faux Linen Ribbon, part of the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, is rather sheer and I could see the paper seam underneath it. I didn’t like that look, so I use a scrap strip of Basic White Cardstock that was about the same width or narrower than the ribbon and adhered that over the seam of the two papers to the ribbon would look solid white without showing through to the paper. I just put the strip of ribbon across that white cardstock strip on the front and then adhered it to the back sides of the paper. This saves a couple of inches of ribbon if you were to tie ribbon all the way around the card. I tied the bow separately and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots. Now when you do that with a wide ribbon like this white one, you might want to tie a piece of twine around the ribbon right where you are going to adhere the bow. That narrows the ribbon at that point so it looks more real that the ribbon is tied onto that wide ribbon rather than just stuck on! But it’s not absolutely necessary.
You can add almost any greeting you want as long as it fits in the space. I stamped the “hello” from the Artistically Inked Stamp Set in Flirty Flamingo Ink. Then I die-cut it with the pretty scalloped circle die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. I added three 2021-23 In Color Jewels (155571) to the greeting for a little bling. These are out of stock at this moment but they will get more! They were obviously very popular! I know I have already used them a lot on cards!
Here is the other card I made with the striped pattern of the Pattern Party DSP. You can only get this paper with an order of $150 or more on which you would earn Stampin’ Rewards. Check pages 170-71 in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog to read about Stampin’ Rewards.
I really like this bright, happy card made with this Pattern Party Designer Paper! You can make a card like this with whatever two patterns of designer paper you have in your stash at the moment and add a ribbon and a greeting!