Sunday 10 November 2019

Begin with a 8" x 8" piece of patterned paper...........

Lest we forget


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I joined in a challenge recently to make as many card designs as possible using one 8" x 8" piece of patterned paper.   We were in our caravan last week and looking at the weather forecast, I thought this would be the perfect time to make cards for the challenge.  I had a few ideas in mind, but used a 8" x 8" piece of scrap paper divided into 1" squares to draw a sketch of all the different shapes I needed to cut, using up the whole sheet.

I took the sheet of 8" x 8" patterned paper with me to the caravan, together lot of green and yellow snippets. I couldn't believe how many shades of yellow and green snippets I had!   It took a while to make sure I had all the same shade of each colour, but I wanted to avoid using whole sheets.  These are the seventeen cards I managed to make.  I used the coloured card for matting and layering, a few dies and punches and some Nuvo drops and tiny pearls.  The sentiments were stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black' and all the cards were 4" x 4" or 5" x 5".

The patterned paper is from an old Papermania paper pad.  It had tiny flowers on and the paper could be used in any direction.

This is the sketch I drew to make sure there were no pieces of patterned paper left over which I couldn't use.  I numbered the shapes so I knew which ones were for which card and made a few notes on the sketch of how I thought I could use them.

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38 comments:

  1. I'm very impressed Liz - what an amazing number of cards from one sheet of paper.
    Kath x

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  2. Brilliant makes, well done.

    Kath x

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  3. Brilliant selection of cards Liz it's amazing how far an 8x8 sheet can go with planning some great shapes of paper there love the shade of green

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  4. That's pretty impressive Liz!! So many beautiful cards, the planning must have taken ages! Who would have guessed how far your 8 inch square would go! You have a very organised mind...!
    xx

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  5. WOW!! I'm impressed not only by the number of cards, but especially by your sketch, such amazing and accurate plan!!! Very well done!

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  6. Wow, well done on making so many cards from that one piece of paper Liz.

    Sue xx

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  7. Wow, just amazing. Every card a masterpiece in snippets. Hugs Mrs A.

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  8. You must be a mathematician to work all this out! You certainly made good use of your 8x8 piece of paper. Well done, all very pretty and fresh looking cards.

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  9. WOW didnt you do well, what a beautiful selection of cards so fresh and clean looking, hope you enjoyed your time away.
    Babs x

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  10. Lovely memorial and great selection of fab cards.x

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    1. The memorial stone on the left is for my great uncle who died aged 19, just before the end of the First World War. x

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  11. What an interesting challenge. I love your approach and the end results are amazing - well done for using the whole piece and lots of your matching snippets as well.

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  12. Oh my goodness, what a brilliant use of one sheet of paper. Fantastic display of cards!

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  13. Wow, you did really well creating all those lovely and different designs Liz, what a fab challenge.
    Lorraine

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  14. You are really a wonderful paper engineer Liz to work this out and have ideas of all the designs of the cards to make utilising the different shapes, and love the yellow and green plain card which coordinates beautifully with the patterned paper and who would have guessed you could make that many cards. Sad about your great uncle Liz, and its not until you visit that part of France and see all the cemetaries that you get an idea of just how many died. We visited the big memorial at Thiepval in Picardy several years ago. x

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  15. What a beautiful tribute that is. I am overwhelmed with this post. Your sketch is truly awe inspiring and those cards blew me away. This is so very intricate and clever. You did a wonderful job with that challenge.

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  16. Wow, Liz! What an awesome set of cards you made! What a great project to take with you in the caravan! I think maybe you won the challenge? Could anyone make more than this?

    Thank you for sharing the memorial photo. We just had our moment of silence here a few minutes ago.

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    1. I came second, Kitty. The winner used a piece of patterned paper with 56 houses on, fussy cut them and put two or three on each card and made 19 cards. If she had put one one each card, she could have made 56 cards! 😉 Now why didn't I think of that?! 🤔 xx

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  17. Well, I have a bit of arthritis in my knees, but I'm kneeling at your feet over this effort, Liz! It's like magic what you've done! This is why you're so good with the Twofer Challenge! I should have you do a seminar on the concept as well as the mathematics of using snippets on cards! Wait til Di sees this post!! I am in awe!! Hugs, Darnell

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    1. She saw it ans is stunned! Well done Liz!

      Di xx

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  18. You are so organized to get so many wonderful cards using that pattern paper. I would never have thought of that. And, the cards you made are so beautiful too. I enlarged the photo to see them all better.

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  19. Absolutely amazing and so well thought out. Very creative and very clever Liz x

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  20. I wouldn't know where to start Liz, what a wonderful selection of cards and beautiful too.
    Faith x

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  21. Wow, how fabulous are these cards and such lovely fresh colours. I can't believe you managed to make them all from one piece of paper.... so clever xx

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  22. Wow Liz! So well qand organised work. And so super creative to get out soo many beauties! Hugs, Gerrina

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  23. I have no idea how you did that! What a gorgeous array of cards!

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  24. Wow, I'm super impressed Liz! I don't know how you figured that out, but what a fabulous job you did with your sketch, paper and cards! I love them all and will have to give this a try. All your cards came out so beautiful! Hugs, Brenda

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  25. I'm so impressed with this Liz - not one for me as I don't have the patience but you did a wonderful job. Shabneez x

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  26. Wow Liz - what a stunning array of cards! I love how you got all those cards using just one sheet of 8" x 8" patterned paper in the designs. BRILLIANT work!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  27. WOW!! You did all those with an 8" by 8" pattern paper piece? WOW WOW WOW!! Fabulous design!

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  28. Brilliant set of cards, great idea. Emmax

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  29. It's a WOW from me too Liz! Fabulous array of cards. Well done you

    June x

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  30. A fabulous selection of cards Liz, amazing you made them from one sheet of paper!
    Janice x

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  31. Wow I am amazed at how many cards you got out of it! Awesome set and such a fun idea!

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  32. Hi Liz .. .. it is totally amazing that you managed to get so many cards from a single 8 x 8 sheet of paper. You have done really well. How clever to be able to plan it all out first in sketch form too. I wouldn't know where to start.

    Love Jules xx

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  33. Unbelievable, Liz. Fantastic!

    Lovely memorial. [Bunny]

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  34. That is brilliant. I have lots of paper I can't bear to cut but I'm sure I could if I was going to use it like this. Your cards are very fresh and pretty in those colours and such a good idea to keep the colours tight. X

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  35. Wonderful one sheet wonder! I have been using them more often lately. I pinned this!

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