12x12 Template #2 featuring Echo Park

 

Hello crafty friends! Today's post/video are much requested and I hope will be well received. I have been asked for ideas for using 12x12 paper for awhile and I recently picked up an Echo Park Warehouse Box that had a lot of 12x12 paper to share. Today I will show you how to use 3 pieces of 12x12 paper to make 12 cards with NO patterned paper scraps! 

https://youtu.be/Em3DSsxCD8U

This post is not sponsored but compensated affiliate links are used below. 

I know a lot of 12x12 paper collections some with 3x4 cut aparts so I designed my template and sketches with that in mind. However if you are trying to use 12x12 paper without these sized cut aparts, you can simply cut a sheet to 3x4 or use 3x4 journaling cards. The template will give you the cuts to make 12 cards and a 12x12 paper will yield 12 cut aparts so no scraps. I will share the template and sketches in the post, but you can also download a printable PDF that has the template and sketches.

Get printable template and sketch PDF

Please tag me @jess.crafts and use the hashtag #jcsketches so I can find your beautiful creations on Instagram

12x12 Cutting Template:

Sketches:

Card Examples for Sketch 1:

Reverse Confetti Challenge: Encouragement and Congratulations

I was recently inspired to color this adorable stamp from the Reverse Confetti Girl Power stamp set and give her a new hairdo. So I checked out the latest Stock Your Stash challenge to see if the theme would fit. The theme this month is Encouragement/Congratulations so I decided to pair her up with an encouraging phrase from the Say It All stamp set. I love how you can color the sentiments in that set to coordinate perfectly with the colors from the image. I think keeping the color palette limited really makes a clean and simple card stand out a bit more. There's still  several weeks left so be sure to check out the challenge!