The art of paper layering | VIDEO | Natalie Elphinstone

I come from a scrapbooking background, and have patterned paper stashed up for days (actually, to be honest, it will be years!) and rather than just sit back and admire them all I have this ongoing desire to try and actually use them! Shock!!

I feel like sometimes in the cardmaking arena we focus on lots of stamping and colouring and fancy ink techniques ... all of which I love.... but it doesn't whittle away my giant pile of paper!! So you may have noticed that I've been trying lots of ideas lately to achieve the best of both worlds - incorporate lots of patterned paper, but still highlight the cute stamped images.

Not satisfied to simply use a single piece of patterned paper as my background (that wouldn't use up nearly enough of my stash!) I am perfecting the art of paper layering. It's a technique I use with abandon when I'm making my tags, but one I rarely turn to when making cards. But no reason why I can't try a similar thing here, and so I followed my own made-up rules to success and I think it's turned out quite lovely.

In my video today I share the process of how this card was made, and I let you in on all my keys to success when it comes to choosing which papers to use and how to layer them. I hope you enjoy it!

            

Supplies Used:
Neat and Tangled Later Alligator Stamp Set
Neat and Tangled Later Alligator Die Set
Neat and Tangled Ride With Me Stamp Set
Neat and Tangled Classic Tag 2 Die Set