2 Cards Inspired by MB

Today I have a couple of miscellaneous cards that were inspired by a message board I frequent.  The first is a Christmas card - as you can see.  I thought the structure was interesting (I'm calling it a "Cut Away with Add On) - but more than that - it uses one sheet of 6 x 6 patterned paper - with no scraps left over.  What fun!  An example card was posted on the MB - along with a link to the related video - here - where they used double-sided patterned paper - also fun.  I decided to try it, though my 6 x 6 paper was only one sided.  In a later post, I'll show the changes I made to create the card in a 5 x 7 size.  For now, here are the details for cutting the card stock and patterned paper for this card which is A2 size:

The card base is 4 1/4" x 11" - score at 5 1/2", then cut 2 3/4"  off and save for later (I just used white card stock for the base, but a coordinating color can be fun too).

When folded, the short edge is for the card front (with the fold on the left side).  The cut off piece will be turned 90 degrees & attached to the card front - but don't do that until you've added your patterned paper.

Here's the cutting template for the 6 x 6 patterned paper (cut 1/4 wider & taller to create mats for them if you wish):

The largest piece (3 3/4 x 5 is turned on it's side and goes on the inside of the card.  The next largest piece (2 1/4 x 3 3/4) goes on the card front. The 3 3/4 x 1 is cut or torn in half to form a band across the remaining piece of card stock before it is added to the card front (see picture of card front below).  The remaining piece - a square piece - is turned on it's edge and centered over the center of the sideways piece (covering the split in the 3 3/4 x 1 piece).

Card #1:

The patterned paper was from a small Christmas 6 x 6 book of papers from my stash - don't remember the company that made it.  As you can see, I chose to mat my pieces with red glimmer paper.  Looking at it now, it might have been nice to mat the white cross-wise piece as well - I'll keep that in mind for future - might want to cut the white piece down by 1/4 in width & height if I decide to do that so enough of the patterned paper still shows.  Anyway, the final touch on the card front was to add focal and embellishments - here the focal is a Dazzles sticker greeting, and the embellishments are all also Dazzles stickers.

Inside:

I decided I needed a piece of white on the inside behind the front panel to give me a place to write.  It might be nice in the future to have a small embellishment that is hidden behind the sideways panel on the right side and just shows when you open the card.  It's pretty nice to make a card where you can take a piece of 6 x 6 paper & use it all up with no waste.  Fun structure & cutting guide!

Card #2:

Here the challenge was to use some digi papers.  Both patterned papers are digi papers from my stash.  As you can see, I used a larger piece of the one pattern for the background and a strip of the other pattern for the border.  Both were narrowly matted with a bit of black - before being added to the blue card base.  I'm pretty sure the focal and sentiment were from Hunkydory, but don't know which set because they came on a card I received that I up-cycled.

Inside:

Inside I cut a frame from one pattern to surround the sentiment (using a die from Spellbinders Tile Works A2 Card Creator die set), and added another strip of it below for the base of the border.  Then I added a narrow strip of the other pattern (matted in black again) with a small embellishment (from the same up-cycled card).  The sentiment is from Crafter's Companion Compendium stamp set - the page called Thinking of You.