Patchwork technique

 I learned a new technique via the folks at Splitcoast Stampers, and it is a great one for using snippets.  It's called Disappearing 9-patch. You begin by creating a standard 3x3 nine-patch--I cut my squares with a 1-inch square die. After assembling the patch, you cut it in half horizontally and vertically. At that point you have four squares you can arrange in any way you find pleasing to the eye. It's fun to see the variations. I ended up turning each piece 180 degrees from how it started. 

You can put all four pieces back together with or without space between them and I chose to add a narrow edge around all the peices by mounting them on a mossy green snippet, which is then mounted on a yellowish snippet.

For the 9-patch, I used really small snippets of 9 different patterns of fall-ish papers. Six or seven were from the same set, and I found a few others that worked well with them. One-inch squares are pretty small, and knowing I started with one-inch squares, that  means the corner pieces are now 1/4-inch squares. 

I added a die-cut acorn and a sentiment from Mark's Finest to create a Thanksgiving card.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Thanks/Thanksgiving

Word Art Wednesday #515 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2145 -- anything goes

Pixie's Snippet Playground #415 -- use snippets

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- use patterned papers