Loving patterned paper!

I have a special love for patterned paper & enjoy the challenge of mixing patterns, colors & suppliers together in a way that eventually says...wow! Over the years I have gotten more confident when mixing unorthodox patterns & designs. It has become more of a feel than a science.
How do you go about choosing which patterns to combine together? Do you stick to collections or suppliers or is it by design type or color, or is it whatever is lying close to the top of the pile on your scrap table. I'd love to know.

Here are a few examples for you to enjoy:

Vintage nut by Kim Watson
I used a huge collection of American crafts loveliness here, from their Junior line.

**As seen in the  Tips & Tricks Paper, Special issue 2010 of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Copyright Creative Crafts Group. Posted with prior permission from the publisher.

You & Me by Kim Watson

**As seen in the  Tips & Tricks Paper, Special issue 2010 of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Copyright Creative Crafts Group. Posted with prior permission from the publisher.

Know this by Kim Watson

**As seen in the Tips & Tricks Paper, Special issue 2010 of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Copyright Creative Crafts Group. Posted with prior permission from the publisher.

For this page I hauled out my stamps & fancy stamp markers courtesy of American Crafts & Close to my Heart. They really give a new angle to stamping by allowing multi-colors to be added to one stamp. I'm a convert to stamping because of them!

Thanks for stopping by!
KJ

Giveaway of CK's hottest new special issue!!!

Creating Keepsakes has an amazing, spanking new special issue being releasing this week! It's on a subject we all LOVE creating too.... creating albums fast & quickly from start to finish, oh & not just mini albums, but albums of all sizes!

There are a variety of useful topics covered like vacations, baby, family themes, and loads more. You can even learn fun ways to use photo pocket pages and I hear there is even a section on creating scrapbooks digitally too!

I just know this special issue is going to be helpful & inspirational to everyone looking to create a dedicated album of sorts both quickly and easily!

So the question is, do you want a peek???? I am sure you do....so hop on over to this link>>> for a sneak peek of Fast & Fresh Scrapbooks at the Creating Keepsakes website, you can take a look-see there. You can also order a copy of this special issue at the Scrap & Paper corner. There is some SUPER news, if you order your copy between May 10-31 & use the code FAST-BLOG you qualify for a 20% discount.

But now for highlight of this post is that I am holding a copy of this issue in my hands right now that that could potentially be all yours because I am going to give away, compliments of Creating Keepsake, to one of my blog readers! All you have to do is leave a comment on this post for your chance to win! Now remember to make sure you include an email address with your comment so I can contact you if you are the winner and pop back here later in the week to see if you've won.

PLEASE guys only one entry per person because this offer is open to the whole planet hehe! So get commenting, you have until Thursday, May 13th at midnight EST to enter. I will randomly draw one winner and post the name here on Friday, May 14th. 

Happy Monday to you all!

KJ