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.
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After the squares and snowflakes were placed on the card stock I stamped two different holiday sentiments underneath the above arrangement and then added a different stamped sentiment on the inside of the cards. Finally, I used a variety of narrow ribbon I had in my stash in colors that matched the scrapbook papers and tied it around the fold line of the cards. This was a quick and easy little project and I was pleased with the end result.
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.
There are a number of my co-workers who are retiring in the next month or so...I needed to make some retirement cards. I had a number of scraps of different travel papers I had used for a couple of different projects awhile ago so decided to use them up for the retirement cards. These were inspired by cards shown here and here. The first one I used a stamp that says Bon Voyage, but it is a little difficult to read. After that I found a clearer stamp with the same words. This first one I layered three different pieces of travel paper and added a shimmery ribbon at the top. I then stamped the the Bon Voyage on an embossed tag from a Cuttlebug die. I inked it up with some Tim Holtz distress ink and added three little bling on the top schwoopie!
On these next two shots I ended up using one of edge punches and gave them either a scalloped edge or a diamond edge on each of the three different patterned papers. I still added some glittery ribbon below the sentiment and then inked and added the other Bon Voyage sentiment which was a little more readable. I also added a little bling on the edges and on the bottom one I added pearl accents to the outsides of the sentiment tag. The single picture shows the detail of the punched edges. Ribbon is all from sales at Michael's and Jo Ann's Fabrics.
On these final shots I found a Good Luck stamp and utilized the smaller scraps and the idea referenced above from Pinterest. I had seen this idea previously with bigger squares as a background or base for a larger sentiment but hadn't thought about using it for smaller scraps of paper. I also added paper flowers I cut using my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die cut. I love this die...it is so versatile! I added some pearl bling and decorative brads. I only added ribbon to one because the other ones I felt had enough embellishment with the flowers or the sentiment tag in the middle. These sentiment tags are actually Sizzliet dies their Decorative Label Set #4.
These scrap cards have been in the works for a little while. I had seen the banner idea in a card making magazine earlier in the spring. I wanted to recreate it and here is my attempt. I've added two small brads at the corners and used sewing thread as the string to hang the Party banner. I then stamped the birthday wishes on the front of the card and added another birthday wish inside.
