This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge gave me an opportunity to highlight one of the gorgeous new papers from the Lights of Aurora DSP set from Stampin’ Up!
When I was thinking about what I wanted to create with this sketch, I didn’t notice that all the rectangles were different lengths. When I cut my paper, I loved how it looked when I pieced it back together, so I just forged ahead without checking the sketch before assembling my card.
I used the back of a piece of the Aurora paper on top of my Blackberry Bliss card base because I loved the color and how it coordinated with the spectacular pattern on the front of the paper. This is one of the things I love about using double sided paper…you have two options of how to use it!
I cut my strips at 1 x 3.5″ and added a strip of Blackberry Bliss cut at 1-1/8 x 3.5/8″ under each. Then I stacked them so they overlapped, but I kept the layers the same length as opposed to gradually shortening them. I wanted my pattern to line up and I didn’t want to cut off any of this pretty paper!
I added the Hello ephemera sentiment from the Say Something ephemera set. A couple of coordinating embellishments from the Lights of Aurora suite of products completed my card.
It wasn’t until I added my card to the design team linky that I realized the strips were supposed to be progressively shorter outward from the center. I decided to leave my card as is, since it would really affect the pattern if I shortened the outer ones. I really like the effect I ended up with even though I didn’t follow the sketch perfectly!
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