1. It looks like stained glass. This was the original goal, but things do not always go according to plan. This time, it worked!
Things that I liked about today's card design: 1. It looks like stained glass. This was the original goal, but things do not always go according to plan. This time, it worked! 2. The inlay technique was surprisingly Zen…like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. I had never made anything quite like this before, and it was good to try something new. (gluing the intricate black die cut onto blue paper really expedited the process) 3. All three cards were created with scraps from other projects. It felt good to use some of the flotsam, rather than cutting large sheets of paper and having lots left over. 4. The focal point in the Christmas Window card was created with the same die, but it looks so very different here!
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. . .from the 6x6 paper pad I was trying to use up. All that remains are small fragments which will probably be layered under other elements, so this is the official end of my first use-it-up challenge! How does one celebrate the completion of this sort of project? Perhaps a nap or a slice of cake would be the best choices!
A simple-ish Christmas card, using the last of the gold stripey paper. Just a few more smallish pieces of paper left from the 6x6 stack!
Using an odd fragment in the use-it-up challenge, this card turned out better than expected. The heart and "THANKFUL" came from the coordinating 12x12 paper pad, and a few pearls never went amiss! "So" came from a Stephanie Barnard die set. I die-cut the word twice and the shadow once for a little depth of character.
The layer cake cards had this much of each sheet left over. These pieces just looked like bookmarks, so that is what they have become! I have two nieces and two nephews who live a few miles away and have a lot of extra reading time right now, so these will be put to good use.
A happy little card for a happy little girl's birthday! This fulfills the conditions for this month's Birthday Project Challenge (create a birthday card with hearts), and the sentiment strip also qualifies for my Use It Up Challenge, which was on hiatus during Solo & Ensemble season. With this morning's card, that's three in one day--a new record! Hooray for Spring Break crafting!
Planet Money and Make Me Smart were both talking about robots this week, so here are two cards with a similar theme. They used more of the triangle paper, but my favorite aspect is how fancy the rainbow paper looks with the dark brown mat.
What to do with a single sheet of golden heart cardstock? Cut it in half, trim the ends, and make two A2 cards! Another step closer to the end of the Gold Glam Self-Imposed Challenge! The pink accent is Lawn Fawn paper left over from the Love Birds, and the "LOVE" actually comes from one of the Michael's Christmas packs that my niece and I picked up in December! There is something so satisfying about shiny cardstock.
What is there to do with two 6x6 sheets of pineapple paper, when the pineapples are unnatural colors and you don't even like the fruit? How about cutting the paper into quilt squares and triangles? So far, I have a large pile of quilt pieces and exactly one card, but the potential is there for more! The squares are 1.5", so the final card is 5"x5". The chipboard elements are Echo Park I'd Rather Be Crafting, a birthday gift from a perceptive friend! The sewing machine came from the same chipboard set. The triangle paper is from the use-it-up stack (this self-imposed challenge is taking two months instead of one), and I kept adding mats until it looked finished!
This week's MFT card challenge was a very familiar template. I had one sheet of pink-and-blue-striped paper to use up. The white spaces between the stripes seemed a little boring, so I added a little washi tape, and now they are so much more fun! The "Hello" circles came from the matching 12x12 pack. . .bonus points?
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