Still using up some of my scraps, from My Minds Eye stash. These are just general cards for various occasions, thanks, illness, missing you. I used the idea referenced in yesterday's post but turned the scrap pieces on their sides and added more to go the length of the card from top to bottom. I also staggered them to add some visual interest. I added some pretty green ribbon edged with gold from my stash. For the sentiment I used my Sizzix Decorative Labels dies and stamped my sentiment in Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink then ran it through my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I added a green pearl on each side of the label then popped it up on pop dots.
Next I took my Stampin Up lacy border punch and punched the same scraps used above and layered them from the bottom of the card about half way up the card. I used some olive green satin ribbon and laid that over the edge of the top scrap to give it a finished look. On the sentiment label I stamped in green and added green pearls to complete the look. I also popped this label up as well.
Last, I grabbed my Martha Stewart punches and started playing. This particular punch looks like a starburst...I'm not sure of the name of it and apologize for that...it went really well with the paper scraps I chose as it has somewhat of a starburst pattern. I used the punch around the page punch and punched along one side of each strip. I punched four strips and laid one along the left edge and one along the right edge of the card. The remaining two strips I put down the center of the card and backed up the straight edges to each other. I used the large starburst punch and punched a 2 inch starburst out of the same paper. I pulled a golden rod paper and punched a small 1 1/4 inch circle and a cut a large 2 1/2 inch circle. I stamped my sentiment on the smaller circle and mounted on top of the starburst and then mounted the whole thing on the 2 1/2 in. circle and added a gold jewel at the bottom. I put pop dots behind the circle to lift it off the page. I really like the way it turned out.And finally, my friend Shawn has designed her own set of sentiment stamps. She is selling a small number of sets and if you are interested you can check them out here. She is offering a great deal on them...there are 22 stamps in the set. A great addition to your stamp collection for a really reasonable price.
Deb, Love these. Love scrap cards and these are beauties. P.S. Yesterdays comment by Mani is spam, those links are spyware you might wanna delete it under comment moderation.
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