Scrap 'n Patch: recycle

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Hi guys. Today's card took me out of my comfort zone. I have a lot of pattern papers in my stash, but I find myself reaching for cardstock and my Cuttlebug folders for backgrounds instead of using the papers!!!! Yeah, just hoard the patterned paper forever!!!! :p

So I challenged myself to use some patterned paper for a card.

I absolutely love this paper line -- very brilliant and bold!

I also reused some flowers from a card I had received. I find it very difficult to throw out any cards I receive ....but there's just too many....and so I have started taking embellishments off the cards, so I can at least reuse them a bit...and not throw everything away.

So the flowers are from a completely different collection, but the colors fit together nicely, I think.

Of course I also added lots of bling...cause I love to make my cards sparkle! :)

Challenge complete! I love everything about this card! :) I'm happy....and gonna be making more cards with this patterned paper for sure! Super easy...and pretty. :)

Challenges:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca - happy birthday

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ - w is for wishes

http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.ca/ - anything goes

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/ - anything goes

http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ - use a sentiment

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/ - patterned paper

http://elisabethbellsworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/ - button it up
http://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ - anything goes
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ - anything goes

Hi guys. It's wedding season again...and my wedding card stash is almost finished. So I made a couple wedding cards...

Here's the first.

I've had this "Baby's Breath" embossing folder for over year now, but I actually never used it cause the pattern was too repetitive. I saw some cards on Pinterest using bling on the embossing...which worked great for very repetitive embossing folders. So I gave it a shot...

I also used some lace, which always adds a bit of an extra detail to any card. Finally I added two butterflies from my stash...although I do believe they are a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment stamp is from a Stampin Up collection.