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Using Up Scraps for Cards #1

Wendy — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:00:40 +0000

One of my goals this month was to use up the Close to My Heart Sophia Paper Packet. It was a bunch of scraps so I thought I’d make a bunch of cards. This just proves how far scraps can go! I made about 40 cards so I will be spreading out the pics over the next few days. First, I put all the papers/scraps on the cards. Then I went through my embellishments, found some that matched and added them to the cards. I really can’t say that these are my favorites but in the end I used up a paper pack and dug into my stash for embellishments that I have had for a very long time.

Embellishments used on the cards are: Special Moments Scrapbooking Embellishments, K & Company Wedding Collection Grand Adhesions, Marcella Dimensional Flowers, O’Scrap Stick Its, Stampendous Diamond Dot Stickers, Memories Complete Sticker Patches, Autumn Leaves Pretty Poppies, This & That Tags & Things Yellow Plaid Wood, Forever in Time Sheer Dragonflies, Recollections Butterfly Embellishments, Fashion Stickers, Close to My Heart Blush Polka Dot Ribbon, and K & Company Smitten Grand Adhesions.

More to come!

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Flower Power Layout

Wendy — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 05:00:29 +0000

Supplies used: K & Company paper, Studio G Glitter Glue, Rangers Cotton Candy Stickles, and

I have really been in the mood of adding glitter glue/stickles lately. After using a few different kinds, I’ve learned I don’t care for the Studio G Glitter Glue. It was very difficult to make the dots along the left side of this page and you can tell. It didn’t want to let go when I lifted the bottle and I would have a stream and then pull up straight hoping that it landed right to make a good circle. The Stickles was so smooth and easy after this frustration. I’d say that the CTMH Glitter Glitz is a bit in the middle, usually pretty easy to use too but not quite as slick as the Stickles.

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Please with a Cherry Layout

Wendy — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:00:35 +0000

I just love these quick layouts! The paper is K & Company and the only thing I added was a bit of sparkle with Ranger’s Cotton Candy Stickles.

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Use it or Lose it Challenge – Altered Paper

Wendy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:00:30 +0000

Sometimes we purchase a stack or pack of scrapbook paper where every sheet isn’t a favorite, or maybe we’ve had something in our stash forever and our tastes have changed. I have found that I don’t like now what I liked years ago. What do we do with scrapbook paper that we don’t like? The current Use it or Lose it Challenge is to alter paper. This is a great technique to use up some of that not-so-loved paper.

There are so many things you can do to alter paper. Here are some ideas:

if it is double-sided, flip it over and use the back.
break it up into smaller pieces. I don’t care for busy patterns but they are better in smaller doses.
Stamp on it to add design or color
use a sketch you love
add embellishments that you love.
emboss it (dry or wet)
distress it by sanding or with ink
add glitter or liquid glass

The thing that works best for me is to mix something I don’t like with something I really do like (sketch, color, embellishments, etc) to balance things out.

Here’s my before paper:

And here’s the layout that I came up with:

Supplies used: CTMH Paper Pack, CTMH Cotton Candy cardstock, CTMH Cotton Candy ink, CTMH So Blessed stamp set, CTMH Playful Flourishes stamp set, DCWV alphabet stickers, Versamark ink, CTMH brads, K & Company Grand Adhesions, and Heidi Grace Velvet Borders.

I did a few things to change the papers. First, I randomly stamped the pink butterfly onto the patterned paper. This added more color. I always like pink and the original shades of color were too pale for my taste. I also added a few pink brads to this paper. The green striped paper I used the back side and stamped flourishes with Versamark ink which gave it the look of a watermark. This is a great way to add a subtle pattern without overpowering your layout. Another way to do this is to stamp tone-on-tone by using the same color ink as your paper. You will get a similar effect. The blue paper is not included in my before photo but it was polka dot in the same colors and again I used the back side. I really don’t like using solids anymore so to add a bit to this paper I embossed it with my scoreboard. Overall the layout still seems a bit plan to me but I think it’s the solid background that I chose so I’m just letting it be.

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Journey Girl Scout Layout

Wendy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:00:30 +0000

Supplies used: K & Company Girl Scout paper stack, and K & Company Clearly Yours.

It doesn’t get any simpler than this. These are some of my older pictures and I’m just ready to have them scrapped and in a book.

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Girl Scout Camp Layout

Wendy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:00:01 +0000

Supplies used: K & Company Girl Scout paper stack, K & Company Clearly Yours, All My Memories Wisdom Stickers – Stone, and K & Company Grand Adhesions. Sketch by Becky Fleck from April 2006.

Well, I like this better than the last Girl Scout layout I did. Maybe it’s because I used a sketch. Then again, I think it’s just because I have this Girl Scout paper and embellishments that I want to use up and they just don’t go with my photos and I don’t want to reprint in black and white or sepia. We’ll see how the next ones I have planned go. I’m going to have to remember how I like the row of knotted ribbon when I decide to choose ribbon as my stash buster.

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