New Weekly Challenge - Patterns

Hi Leo here, happy new kit time!

Here are the details for the first of the new weekly challenges. The new challenge is called:

Patterns
The new challenges will focus on a different pattern every week. You might want to interpret them literally and raid your patterned paper stash but we'll also be looking at ways to use pattern as the main embellishing element on your page.

How it works:
I'll post up details of each new challenge every week over the next five weeks, (this being challenge number 1). Each new challenge will be posted here on the blog and also in the Facebook Group for you to follow along with.
Complete all the Pattern weekly challenges to be eligible for an extra goody in your next kit box! The closing date to complete all four of your Patterns challenge projects will be 20th September 2019. All projects must be new projects made specifically for this challenge. You can use any stash you choose but it's a great opportunity to dig into your kit box and not leave it unused!

Ready to see the first challenge?

For the first challenge the pattern focus is:

Spots and Dots

So you can take this literally and head into your stash to pick out spotty/dotty patterned papers to use. Or you might want to think a little more about ways you can incorporate spots/dots in a different way. How about creating a spotty pattern on your background using cut out circles of papers? How about cutting up your photo/s into circles? It could be that you hunt out all your spotty or circular shaped embellishments?

If you need more ideas I've dug these up from Pinterest to help to kick start your mojo:

Lots of different sized cut out spots of paper in this one and mixing in enamel dot stickers too.

Love how the photos on this one have been added to the spots of paper and the spots being in a polka dot pattern. Would be a great way to tell the story of a day trip! Note the use of buttons too - these are fab for creating spotty patterns.

This one is a neater version of creating a spotty cut out background with the cut out circles in lines.

Both these layouts, (above and below) use a spotty patterned paper as their background.

This one uses both spotty papers and a spotty cut out design!

Ready to get going with your own layout?

Once you've finished your creation upload it to your platform of choice.

For Instagram tag @craftytemplates and mention it's for the Patterns #1 Quirky Kit challenge so I can find it.
For Facebook add it to the Quirky Kits Group - they'll be a post for each new challenge there to share it to or else mention it's for the Patterns challenge #1 when you post it so I can find it.
For blog add a link to your project from your blog in the comments below any of the Patterns challenge posts, (like this one).
Or if you'd prefer to keep your project private you can email them directly to Leonora@craftytemplates.com

Have fun!

xx Leo