I  love patterned papers. I think it was the pretty papers that actually got me hooked to (digi) scrapping in the first place. So, when creating layouts with some of the beautiful kits the designers create, of course I like to have some of the patterns shine. Often, however, using patterned papers as a background of a layout can be quite distracting, and the journaling at times can become pretty much illegible when we try to write on patterned papers. Throughout the years of my scrapbooking journey, I’ve discovered a few ways of how to find a happy compromise between using patterned background papers and making them work on a layout. One of these little tricks I will share here with you today, and the magic word is … Blending Take this layout, for instance: I used Dani Mogstad’s cute winter kit “Chill Out” for this, which has quite some pretty patterned papers, including the snowflake paper I used for the background. While working on the page, however, I realized that the pattern made the …