It’s been awhile since I’ve bought patterned paper (can’t say the same for cardstock!) and there are several new lines of paper I’d love to pick up in February/March, but I’d like to get rid of some of my older packs of paper before I buy anything new. So I’ve been trying to do projects that involve using up some of my stash of paper. Of course projects = scraps and scraps = cards! I’m not great at cards and find myself doing similar designs over and over, but I have to say it’s nice to spend an hour and a half in my scraproom and come out with SIX completed items!
Here’s a card I did last night to get myself warmed up:
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| 1 of a Kind card (A2) |
This card features some of the last scraps from my Lime Rickey collection, which I will miss! Basic Grey’s Lime Rickey line was the first package of brand-name designer paper I ever bought! I still have a bunch of the sticker elements and enough paper for a few more cards, but I am happy to say I’ve used almost every last bit of this paper line! It’s funny to think when I first got it I was hesitant to use it because it was so pretty I didn’t want to cut into it. The 1 of a kind stamp is Hero Arts and the birds are Basic Grey (Lime Rickey). Friend letter stickers are from the sticker elements in the paper pack.
This morning I scrapped from 8:30 until 10 am, and got all these done:
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| Vintage Funky Cards |
I used an old 6X6 stack of Funky Vintage Lizzy Collection, by Making Memories. I picked up the stack at the dollar store for $1.50 a few years ago! There are 2-3 designs I don’t like but the rest of the pack is awesome and you can’t beat that price (in Canada, at least). Card backs are Stampin Up! Very Vanilla and Early Espresso. I used nestabilities for the labels on all these cards, and mostly Stampin Up ink. sentiments are from Hero Arts and Papertrey Ink. Here are the individual cards:
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| 2.5 by 3.5 inches (small card) |
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| Believe in their dreams A2 card |
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| Just Because 3 inch square card |
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| Be Yourself (A2) |
And here’s a card from awhile ago that I never did post:
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| Bird NoteCard |
Bird and tree branch were cut with my Cricut and the papers are My Mind’s Eye, Home Collection.
And here are Sophie’s birthday invitations:
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| Invitation |
Jessie was cut with my Cricut (I pieced together 15 of these images which have 9 layers each!!). Since the Jessies took so much work I kept the rest of it simple, just strips of Sophie’s favourite scraps.
