Here’s another little notecard made from a few bits of scraps. Some times it’s amazing to see what you can create from the little pieces of papers that could have easily landed in the bin.
My usual recipe is ‘scrap + ribbon + button = cute’.
I think it works!
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So confession time. This card was actually for a girl, but i thought that is would work well for a boy too.
This is a ‘congratulations, you passed your driving test’ card built primarily with stamps. I picked out a few stamp sets from my stash which had cars and a driving theme, and tried to build a picture in my head. Its important to do some proper planning whenever making a one layer card because you have to start at the top and work backwards using masks – i used post it notes to mask over the stamped area.
I chose a word stamp from this Gas Hogs stamp set from Sassafras and repeated it over the bottom section of the card to make a patterned paper effect.
When I was finished stamping, i felt that it was missing something (perhaps i just missed a little bit of colour) so i punched some hearts out of scraps of scrapbook paper and adhered these with a glue pen.
Thanks for stopping by, I have a few layouts to share soon so come back to me soooooooon.x
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This week’s MANday Monday carries on with my love of notecards. I just love their ittybitty style! And for this weeks masculine card I have also decided to work with chevrons.
Chevron patterns are very hot at the moment, very a la mode in the crafting world. Theres something about their zigityzagity nature that makes them seem masculine to me.
I didn’t have any chevron papers but I chose a page from the We R Memory Keepers Hippiyty Hoppity stack which had solid stripes in a variety of gorgeous colours, and by cutting strips of this paper you can make your own chevron effect.
`The trick is to cut at a 45 degree angle to the stripes, I used my cutting mat as a guide, first cutting across the diagonal of the grid marks, then turning my paper so that the edge lined up with the vertical grid lines. Then i cut at 1cm intervals.
I used a 12 x 12 piece of scrapbook paper, first cutting into the bottom left corner, then i repeated this on the bottom right – this makes sure you have both the ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ in order to make the chevron shape.
I love the way the bright chevrons stand out against the kraft background. All it needed was a little greeting – so I turned to these Hero Arts Sparkle stamps.
Thanks for stopping by.
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They say the best things come in small packages
Given that my crafty time has diminished since the arrival of Miss Pi, I have fallen in love again, with tiny notecards.
Notecards are a great way to use up scraps of paper and all those extra embellishments or cut offs that you never for round to using.
There was a piece of kraft cardstock on my desk that has given life to a few tiny notecards, heres the first one.
These Hero Arts stamps are perfect because the greeting is small, clear and so versatile (and cost effective too)
The cupcake is from the Bake me a cake line of papers from 3 bugs in a rug and the floral papers are from Echo Parks Victoria Garden range. They work beautifully together.
And….
the winner of the scrapbook paper giveaway is EllenM
I have also picked a bonus winner who will receive some random goodies from the craft stash -
Renee Schimel.
congrats you guys, send me your addresses – lez(at)hungryheffycrafts.com
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