Making the most out of your stash

One set of papers 2 cards and 2 tags

I hate throwing away even the tiniest scrap of paper and have 10 different bit bags. So with this in mind I decided to see what I could create with the leftovers after making a card.

From my crafty stash I collected together the following:-

1  8" x 8" pre scored royal blue card blank
1 5" x 5" pre scored white card blank
1 sheet of yellow A3 card
1 12" x 12" sheet of siver mirror board (create and craft)
1 A4 sheet of blue spots paper (printed from the Bebunni baby cd rom)
1 A5 sheet of blue spot paper (printed from the Bebunni baby cd rom)
2 pieces of ribbon-1 blue gingham and one baby blue grosgrain
selection of blue and yellow buttons (Hobbycrafts brights selection)
Bebunni inserts x 2 of the same design
Bebunni Bundle of Joy stamps-stiched sentiment plaque and it's a boy message
Die cut words Little One (cut using Cricut Create and New Arrival cartridge)
small circle topper from Bebunni Baby die cut card kit

I also used:-

 Collall all purpose and 3d glue gel
ultimate pro trimmer/small rock-a-block
scissors
distress marker-Bundled Sage
Crafters Companion tape pen

Main card

Firstly I took the yellow A4 plus card and trimmed down to 1 piece of 7.5" x 7.5" and 2 pieces of 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" then set the rest aside.
Next I took the printed paper and cut down to 1 piece of  7" x 7" and 2 pieces of 3.5" x 3.5" then put the rest aside.
Then the silver mirror board which I cut too 1 piece of 6.5" x 6.5" and 2 pieces of 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" and as with the other two I put the leftovers to one side.

Using the distress marker I drew faux stitching around all 4 sides of the 3 yellow pieces. Using all purpose glue I glued the largest of the yellow pieces to the front of my card blank followed by the largest of the spot pieces.
Taking the two smaller pieces of yellow card I then glued the two smaller spot papers on to them.
Next I threaded a button onto gingham ribbon and then taking the largest topper I first wrapped the grosgrain ribbon and then the gingham around the base of it. I also wrapped the smaller toppers with a length of gingham ribbon at the base, and finished them off with a couple of buttons and added a bow to one of them.
The next step was to mat all 3 toppers on to the appropriate sized piece of silver mirror board using 3d glue gel and then I attached the largest one to the front of the card.

I then took the two inserts and chopped them down to 7.5" x 7.5" each removing the side with Bebunni on from each one and set aside.

 

Using the tape pen I attached 1 to each side of the inside of the card, I was not worried that they had sentiments on them both as my plan was to cover them over anyway.

I then took the piece of yellow card and printed paper I had set aside earlier and cut the yellow card to 7.5" x 3 3/4" (leaving a piece of  8 3/4" x 3 3/4") and the A5 spot paper to 7" x 3" leaving a piece of (1 1/4" x 2.5") along with the mini circle topper and one of the small square toppers I had made and used them to further decorate the inside of the card.

I first drew faux stitching around the yellow card as with the square toppers previously. I then matted the spot paper onto the yellow card with tape pen before attaching this to the left hand side of the card about 2" from the bottom ensuring that it covered the wording already printed on the card. Next using 3d glue gel I added the small circle topper to the bottom left hand corner of the left leaf of the card and the die cut words 'little one' to the border strip. Then on the right leaf of the card I attached the small square topper.

Next using the stamps I created my little sentiment plaque and using 3d glue gel attached to the front of the card along with some buttons. The finishing touch I tied a little piece of gingham around the other piece to make a little knot/bow.

 

So what did I have left???

Well I had 2 strips of insert that I had cut from the ones used in the main card

 2 pieces of silver mirror board measuring 5.5" x 12" and 2 1/4" x 5.5"

 A piece of yellow card measuring 3 3/4" x 16.5"

A piece of spot paper measuring 1 1/4" x 11.5" 

  A 5" x 5" white card blank

 1 small competed square topper

1 piece of grosgrain ribbon approx. 8" long

 

I decided I would use some mirror board, one of the strips of insert, the topper and card blank.

I cut the larger strip of mirror board into 2 squares 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

 

 

 

Then I cut one of the insert strips that were left over into two pieces measuring 4" x 4" 

Next I matted the pieces of insert onto the mirror board using the tape pen before attaching these to the inside of the card also using tape pen. Making sure the one with Bebunni on was on the left so there would be room to write a message on the card.

 

 

Finally using 3d glue gel I attached the small square topper to the card front.

 

 

So now I had two complete cards but was it possible to make anything else???

 

I still had one strip of insert

 some grosgrain ribbon

 A piece of mirror board measuring 5.5" x 2 1/4"

  A piece of yellow card measuring 3 3/4" x 16.5"

A piece of spot paper measuring  3/4" x 1 3/4"

 

I took the piece of yellow card and trimmed to 4 pieces measuring 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"

I took the piece of spot paper and cut 4 squares measuring 3/4" x 3/4" then cut them diagonally in half to create 8 triangle pieces

I cut the strip of insert into 2 pieces measuring 4" x 4"

I cut the piece of ribbon in half approx. 4" long each

 

Using the tape pen I attached the 2 pieces of insert to 2 pieces of  the yellow card and then added a triangle to each of the corners using all purpose glue.

Next using strong double sided tape I attached the ribbon to the back of them.

To hide the ribbon on the back I then covered the back of each one with the 3rd and 4th piece of yellow card

 

 

2 perfect little matching gift tags

 

So in answer to my question I not only managed to create 2 new baby cards but also 2 gift tags leaving nothing left over other than the tiniest trimmings of card!!

Well decided that for the next couple of design team pieces I would go with cards that not only used stamping but also colouring as well as printed elements from cd roms whilst still incorporating all my favourite bits and pieces such as die cuts, coloured PVA's and ribbon. Not to mention lots and lots of beautiful cardstocks.

Floral Shoe Card

For this card I used an 8"x 8" pre scored black textured card blank from Anna-Marie designs
as well as her dottie card in olive green,lime green and wine red and shabby gingham in true red and salt and pepper. I also used her die cut birthday messages and lastly her Blooming shoe acrylic stamp set.
 
The shoe was stamped using black momento ink pad and coloured in using alcohol markers
I used Promarkers-Berry Red, Lipstick Red,Grass and flexmarker Antique White.

The card was embellished using assorted paper flowers and leaf sprigs including floradoodles from petaloo and some which were die cut from true red gingham to co-ordinate with the rest of the card. Also used was a piece of tri colour striped ribbon, red and green raffia and Cosmic Shimmer pearlescent PVA glue in Olympic Gold.
The inside of the card was decorated to compliment the outside using the same cardstocks, more floral embellishments and a further message.

A BLOOMING lovely card for any lady!!

 I love the fact that this card is not over fussy but still has lots of bright cheerful colours

 

New Baby Card

I hope no one I know has a baby very soon as I feel reluctant to give this to anyone!!

I couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to go with a traditional blue for a boy card or to make it a green theme. So I decided I would not make myself choose and found a way to combine both lovely pastel shades in a wonderfully cute creation.

 

The amount of things I used for this card seemed to be endless so hopefully I will not miss anything!!

Card and Papers

Neenah,A3 centura pearl and various backing papers printed from the Bebunni Baby cd rom from Crafters Companion. Pastel glitter card from Create and Craft in green and baby blue and scraps of pastel blue and green card from my bit box.

Dies

Spellbinders Card Creator die-Diamond Effects using Grand Calibur and various items cut from New Arrivals Cricut cartridge using cricut create

Stamps

Bebunni-New Arrival,Bundle of Joy and Baby stamp sets

 

other items used were paper roses,green ribbon, brights buttons selection from Hobbycraft (I used blues and Greens), Collall 3d glue gel, Collall all purpose glue as well as distress inkpad in Broken China, distress marker in Bundled Sage and memento black inkpad.

 

Using my ultimate I marked out and then trimmed a piece of A3 centura pearl to create an 8" x 8" card blank

I then trimmed the following pieces of card and paper

Green glitter card-7 3/4" x 7 3/4"

Blue patchwork paper from Bebunni cd rom-7 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Green glitter card-7" x 3 1/4"

Blue patchwork paper (as above)-6 3/4" x 3"

Blue glitter card-5 1/4" x 7 1/4"

Green patchwork paper from Bebunni cd rom-5" x 7"

Then 2 pieces of Neenah cardstock to 5" x 7"

 

Using the distress marker I drew stitched detail around both pieces of blue patchwork paper and then matted these using glue gel onto the correct sized pieces of green glitter card. I then wrapped a piece of green ribbon around the border piece leaving two long pieces to the left to tie into a bow.

 

Next I stamped the main images from Bebunni New Arrival and Bundle of Joy onto the Neenah card pieces and coloured them using a selection of alcohol pens in shades of green, grey and blues.

I used the following brands and colours of pens:-

 Promarkers in -grass,leaf green, cyan, arctic blue, pastel blue, cool grey 3, cool grey 4

 

Flexmarkers-blue grey 1, celestial blue, soft aqua, cadet blue and aquamarine.

 

Maarvy Leplume-grey blue 691, blue 717, cool grey 894 and cool grey 892

I also used a Promarker blender pen

 

When I had finished colouring the images I used the Diamond Effects die to cut out the New Arrival image and then free hand cut around the Bundle of Joy Image.

 

The die cut image was matted 1st onto green patchwork and then onto blue glitter card.

The card front was given finishing touches by adding messages stamped from the new arrival and baby stamp sets, buttons, paper roses, die cut images, mini pegs and teal sky PVA. TE inside of the card was created by cutting down a Bebunni baby insert to 7 3/4" x 7 3/4" then adding the cut out stamped bundle of joy image and other small die cuts.

 Completed card front-with Bebunni stamped image New Arrival

 Close up of mini die cut images cut using Cricut Create and New Arival Cricut cartridge

 Bebunni getting his close up-he's so adorable who could resist another look??

 Stamped using Bebunni Baby stamp set and embellished with buttons from Hobbycrafts

 A little peek of Bebunni but a closer look at those lovely paper roses. Even baby boys cards can't escape my flower addiction!!

 Cute little sentiment stamped from the Bebunni New Arrival stamp set and that lovely two tone satin ribbon with bow.

 awwwwww Bebunni nice close up of his adorable face.

 The inside of the card complete with co-ordinating insert and another stamped and coloured image

 A close up of the stamped and coloured Bebunni Bundle of Joy stamped image in the inside

And the whole card front again because with Bebunni once is never enough!!!