Floral Patchwork Card

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I am participating in Kylie Bertucci's Demonstrator Training Program Monthly Blog Hop. We are sharing our creations with people from all around the world.

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Have you seen the Stitched Triangle Dies and the Right Triangle Stamp Set? Today I am sharing with you a card that I have been designing in my mind ever since I saw the new 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue (which was way back in May). 
As soon as I saw the Stitched Triangle Dies, I knew I wanted to make a patchwork card. It just took me a little time to have to think about the design and order the products I needed.
You see, patchwork quilting has a very special place in the heart of our family. My Mum was a patchworker and made beautiful quilts, some of which I have inherited and some which she had made for the grandchildren when they were young. I had always loved her quilts and loved watching how she made them, though I never made one myself. 
However years ago I dabbled in a bit of patchwork design in my scrapbooking, so I feel like it has come full circle. I even hunted down my old patterns last night which I had stashed away in a safe place.
So here I am again enjoying my kind of patchwork...in papercrafting. I hope you enjoy my card which I have designed especially for todays Blog Hop.

The total finished card measures 14.5cm x 14.5cm, so unfortunately I had to trim off some of the outside edges as the design was 2 cm too big to fit on a folded piece of cardstock. However the full size would've made a great decor piece in a shadow box. 
Perhaps I will do that next or perhaps somebody else will beat me to it. Haha. (Be sure to send me a photo if you do. I would love to see it)

I played with a few different Designer Series Paper designs and coloured cardstock combinations until I got exactly what I was after.

Once I had decided on my colour scheme I chose the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper and Misty Moonlight Cardstock. 

I then worked out how many of each triangle I would need and I die cut them all and stacked them in piles. 

I then measured and marked the centre of my Whisper White card base to help with alignment. (I ended up drawing a horizontal and vertical central line right across the card).

Following the patchwork pattern, I started to lay all the pieces on the card front.

Then I added the Misty Moonlight corner pieces, which made the Patchwork design really pop and finished off afterwards with a Whisper White triangle in each corner. 

You can see in this photo how much too big the design was for the card base.

Once I had all the pieces laid out, I look a photo and dismantled the design. 

Using my photo as a guide, I glued each triangle into place using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow), which allowed me some wiggle-room to get them in the best position.

I finished off my card by adding a lovely sentiment label with Stampin' Dimensionals to lift it off the patchwork design, then a bow and a few pearls.

I just love this patchwork design and the Designer Series Paper really looks like fabric.

If you would like to try a patchwork card like mine, you will find the product list down below.
Here is the list of the other Demonstrators in the Blog Hop. Check out their creations too.

Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $37.00	Flowers For Every Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152486] $20.00	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

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Have a great day and Happy Craftin’. 

Mandy Witherby 

Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, Australia 

Email: mandyspapercraftcreations@gmail.com 

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