What to do with those scraps!

Except for the Art Philosophy cuts, this card is made from scraps.

About 8 months ago I started trying to make better use of my patterned paper and cardstock. I started cutting my 12 x 12 into 4" pieces, so I could get 6 bases from each piece. If you look back, you'll notice most of my cards have an 1/8" border of either a White Daisy or Colonial White card base.

While cutting like this I noticed I always had a piece left over, after cutting my 2 - 4 x 5 1/4 pieces. It was fairly large......1 1/2 x 4, so rather than stuffing them with my other scraps, I started keeping them in one place. The result has been a large stash of these same sized papers, perfect for ribbon style cards.

I used some zip strips from Chantilly to go along with my Later Sk8r pieces. The sentiment is from Joyful Birthday and the stars were stamped with images from the Later Sk8r Workshop On The Go Kit stamp set.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.

Paper: Later Sk8r; Chantilly

Stamps: Later Sk8r WOTG; Joyful Birthday

Ink: Whisper; Lagoon; Outdoor Denim; Pear

Cardstock: Lagoon; White Daisy

Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge

Haven't forgotten Flirty yet.....

While I was not overly smitten with Flirty patterned paper, the stamp set in the Workshop On The Kit, was pretty wonderful. This beautiful stamped image is from that set. 

I inked up an embossing folder with Sunset ink, then embossed some coordinating cardstock. I added a border of Hollyhock, then some Sunset Baker's Twine. The image is stamped with Hollyhock ink and this simple card is done.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamp: Flirty WOTG kit
Ink: Sunset; Hollyhock
Cardstock: Sunset; Hollyhock; Colonial White
Embellishments: Sunset Baker's Twine
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge

A sweet Claire album

 For the last month of my Project Hostess Club, the gals and I put this sweet album together. I had a lot of help creating it by using the pieces from the album we made at CTMH convention in Dallas, along with Claire Workshop On The Go Kit.

 

 

We stamped with Hollyhock; Sunset and Desert Sand ink. We used the Keyboard Kraft Alphabet that came in the kit and cut many stamped shapes out. I also cut some shapes Art Philosophy and Artiste.








All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper/Stamp: Claire WOTG
Ink: Hollyhock; Sunset; Desert Sand
Embellishments: Keyboard Kraft Alphabet Stickers; DE Album Pages; Sorbet stitched grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Art Philosophy and Artiste Cricut cartridges

Spinning the Wheel of Life

I did not originally consider getting stamp set, Wheel Of Life. Once I reread all of the words, I thought it would be a good addition with some sentiments that were a little different.

I have been trying to use up my scraps. You know the scraps you get from cutting a 4" strip from a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock. Then you further cut it down for two cards at 5 1/4, thus leaving you a 1 1/2 inch strip. Well I have been saving these in all patterned and solid colours. I'm using ones from Claire and Footloose here along with some Clementine patterned paper.

I embossed the patterned paper first, then edged it with Saddle ink. I stamped the sentiment with Saddle ink over top of a Sunset second generation image from Clementine WOTG stamp set. I added some Sunset striped grosgrain ribbon and called it done!

All supplies are Close To My Heart,  unless noted.
Paper: Clementine; Footloose; Claire
Stamps: Wheel Of Life; Clementine WOTG
Cardstock: Colonial White
Embellishments: Sunset striped grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge
Other: Embossing Folder

Bird Kissing!

Ha, I wondered if that heading might get some attention....sounded weird! I have really been enjoy all of the bird stamps I have and decided to do a wee bit of kissing with this sweet bird from, Hello Blooms.

I used patterned paper from Chantilly and used Outdoor Denim ink to edge it. I used a retired set, Backgrounds & Borders to stamp the Pear images on the Pear cardstock; and to kiss the bird with.

The bird was inked with Pear ink and the background stamp inked with Outdoor Denim ink. I gently kissed them together, then stamped this now patterned birdie. I used the great target image from Hello Blooms to stamp in second generation Pear. The sentiment is stamped in Outdoor Denim.

We added Sweet Leaf stitched grosgrain ribbon with an Outdoor Denim button tied up with Natural Hemp.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps: Hello Blooms; Backgrounds and Borders
Paper: Chantilly
Ink: Pear; Outdoor Denim
Cardstock: White Daisy; Pear; Outdoor Denim
Embellishments: Sweet Leaf stitched grosgrain; Blue Buttons; Natural Hemp
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge

Donkey fun!

I had more fun using my cute donkey stamp from There She Goes Clear Stamps set, Ba Donkey Donk.

I used some patterned paper from retired Cruisin' and current Surf's Up packs. I stamped the Twilight cardstock with an image from , In The Background in complimentary ink. I added some Autumn Terracotta cardstock along with a piece of Burlap Ribbon; and an Antique Gold Button tied up with Natural Hemp. I coloured this sweet donkey with my Copic markers.

All supplies are Close To My Heart, unless noted.
Paper: Cruisin'; Surf's Up
Stamp: In The Background
Embellishments: Burlap Ribbon; Antique Gold button; Natural Hemp
Tools: Artiste Cricut cartridge
Other: TSG Stamps Ba Donkey Donk; Copic Markers

No Fear.....

I love the colours used in CTMH's Later Sk8r paper and found myself wanting to create some boyish cards with it.

All of the stamped images are from the Later Sk8r, Workshop On The Go kit, stamp set. I stamped with Outdoor Denim; Lagoon; and Slate ink. The green piece is Sweet Leaf with an Outdoor Denim mat, all on a White Daisy card base.

All supplies are Close To My Heart, unless noted.
Stamp/Paper: Later Sk8r WOTG kit
Ink: Lagoon; Outdoor Denim; Slate
Cardstock: White Daisy; Sweet Leaf; Outdoor Denim
Embellishments: Clear Epoxy bubbles
Tools: Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge
Other: Spellbinders die