September Card Front Swap-Day #4 Using up Scraps!

 

Today’s card front is another example of using up scraps!

 

Here’s a picture of the different fronts, using scraps!

So, What do you think?  Have you been inspired to use up scraps?  How about inspired to join a swap?  I have had so much fun participating in this swap!  I am always challenged to find a new design or technique to impress the other ladies involved!  I am always so excited to get my package of cards in the mail from the swaps!  There are always really nice cards! 

Thanks for looking and God Bless!

Addicted to CardMaking-Using up Scraps Card #3

The theme for November is “Punches”.   We are to use punches however we want!  That was fun!  I have a scallop punch that I absolutely love.  It’s Martha Stewart and I got it for dirt cheap on e-bay!  I love e-bay! 

“hi” is punched on a Stampin’ Up punch and the circles are punched with a 1 inch circle punch.  I used ribbon from Stampin’ Up or PaperTrey Ink on each card. 

Here are all the different ones…

So, what do you think?  Be inspired and

God Bless!

Addicted to CardMaking-Using Scraps Card #2

The theme for October is “Winter Wonderland”.  Here’s my card…

My new love is watercolor pencils.  I used Stampin’ Up Watercolor Pencils and a blender pen to bring this snowman to life.  The snowman is from a random stamp set that I bought on clearance years ago.  The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink’s Mailbox Greetings set.  The snowflakes on the background are from Stampin’ Up, stamped with white craft ink. 

Addicted to CardMaking-Using up Scraps-Card #1

When the kiddos went back to school I decided to start cleaning and getting rid of excess!  I did this with my craft stuff too!  It was very hard, trust me.  I am a paper hoarder/collector.  I decided to only use scraps for projects.  I first took all of my scraps of patterned paper  and cut them into nice, neat quadrilaterals (fancy way to say four sides!).  If the paper was big enough to make 6 x 6 pieces, I did that first.  Reasoning behind that… I figured they were the right size to put on a Cricut mat.  After I went to all that trouble, I decided that I was going to use only my scraps.  Yes, that's right!  I am only allowing myself to use scraps until they are gone or until the first of the year.  This is my plan!!!  The other benefit to doing this is I will not be creating any new scraps.  You may be asking yourself, “how does she plan on scrapbooking?”  Well, I did cut myself some slack!  If I am making a layout (mine are always 12 x 12) I can use new paper.  All of the die-cuts are made from scraps.  So, my first challenge was to create cards for the Addicted to Card Making swap.  I usually make 12 (I keep 2 for myself) identical cards.  So, I had to make cards out of different papers in order to use up my scraps!  Let me tell you, if you are looking for a challenge, challenge yourself to do this for a while!  It really makes you look at paper in a different way and match paper together that you would have otherwise never done! 

Here are the cards for September.  The theme is Monochromatic...

I love this stamp from Stampin’ Up! Full of Life set! 

Here are some of the other cards I made with the same “recipe” but with different papers…

Also!  My husband got a new camera so I am having a blast with “posing” my craft projects!

Be Inspired and God Bless!

Ladybug Card

I am so glad I actually had a few minutes to craft last night!  I created this card for a baby shower I’m going to TODAY!  I have several baby cards in my stash, but I wanted to create a ladybug card since the baby’s room has a ladybug theme!  I used a ladybug from Create a Critter and colored it with patterns from Better Together.  The card base is Stampin’ Up Daffodil Delight and the pattern paper in the background is Bella Blvd.  The stamps are from Stampin’ Up’s Fabulous Phrases.  

Let me know what you think!  God Bless!

Last Week of Summer Card Camp

Here’s my card.  What do you think?  These colors were a little hard to use for me.  A little to monochromatic! 

So, here’s the funny story about this card…while we were driving home from vacation earlier this week I watched several Stamp TV episodes on YouTube.  I was unable to watch the tutorial video for this weeks class for the Summer Card Camp.  I fell in love with this faux letterpress technique.  I decided what my card was going to be while still on the road.  So, imagine my surprise when I was finally able to watch the tutorial this week!

I also used some new “puffy” embossing powder for the little fish.  I’m not sure what to think of it, any suggestions would be appreciated!  It seemed to take forever to melt and then it didn’t really look smooth.

All of the cardstock and stamps are Stampin’ Up, except the shiny blue cardstock, I think it’s Bazzill’s.   The ink is Tim Holtz “broken china” distress ink.  The embossing folder is Cuttlebug Swirls.

Week 3-Summer Card Camp

Here’s my card.  I used Stampin Up paper, ink and seam binding.  Stamps are from the Unity kit of the month called “Just You”.

I love the leopard print background stamp!