Granny Squares - from Paper!
October 2025 Concord & 9th
I have a daughter and a good friend who love to crochet. (Actually, I think I have a number of friends who do.) I prefer to stick with paper-based projects for creating, but one of the new bundles from Concodr & 9th has a fun way to enjoy the patterns and color from granny squares - with stamps and dies instead of yarn!
Techniques:
Concord & 9th Turnabout stamps are amazing! Have you tried them? They are such a fun way to create multi-step patterns for backgrounds. The Granny Square stamps include a turnabout that makes easy work of creating a series of granny squares.
I loved the pattern, but really wanted to add some texture, so after the stamping was finished I embossed it lightly* with the Basket Weave Card Front die.
I thought the greeting I chose would fit well in the larger granny square stamp, so I stamped just the outer border of it in Lilac, to match the cardstock background, and then stamped the greeting on that. I rounded the corners to mimic the stamp shape, making sure the layer was sized to fit over the four stamped squares it was going to be covering. Using foam tape to add that adds some nice dimension.
*If you use a cover die to emboss and don’t want deep texture, or the cut pattern that comes from a die like this, just change up your plates/mat in your die cut machine so it is less thick, which will give lighter pressure.
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th Lilac. White.
ink: Concord & 9th Aqua Sky, Aqua, Grape Soda, Eggplant, Black
Techniques:
coming soon!
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th
ink: Concord & 9th
Thank you for visiting! I hope you get some time to create something soon.
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