What do you do when life hands you scraps? Make this card, of course! Unless you have veggie scraps from making soup, but you know that.
This is my first card from yesterday’s Stamp Review Crew blog hop. The strips are all the same width (3/4″) to avoid too many decisions. I adhered them to a 4¼” x 5½” scrap, then used the Deckled Rectangle die to trim the piece and line up the corners. When I have done “patchwork” cards before, I often emboss the finished panel with an all-over subtle design (like the retired Tasteful Textful folder). But there is a lot of pattern going on here, so I skipped that step.
I had finished my projects, finished writing the blog post, and finished checking the links … and it dawned on me that this was a stamp blog hop and I had used the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper as my focus. However, since our organizer (Holly), also used a Sale-A-Bration DSP, I guess I will not be kicked out of the group.
I love the colors in this paper and the fact that there are so many ways you can combine the patterns!
I guess I should have used a Deckled Circle for the sentiment, to coordinate with the background panel, but I had already taken off the original sentiment and forgot about it. I know there are tricks (e.g., dental floss) to remove an element from a project without damage, but I’m not very successful with that. The best I can do is camouflage or conceal! How about you?
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