After all the projects we crafter's do, we find we have a lot of left-over scraps. By the time we finish all the new "toys" there is a shoe box full of leftover Designer Series Paper. I pondered what to do with mine one day and started searching online for ideas. Both Ruth, from artfulstampin, and Jackie Bolhuis from Klompen Stampers gave me some fun ideas! This is so-o-o easy to do and allows a lot of creative fun!
- Cardbase: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" (Your choice of color)
- Several 1/2" strips of DSP scraps
- Inside and top layer: 5-1/4" x 4", one white, one your color choice
- Punch or a 3" x 3/4" strip for your sentiment
- Embellishments of choice
I grabbed a handful of my 1/2" strips of DSP and I started lining them up and gluing them strip by strip on my 5-1/4" x 4" piece of cardstock. In this case, a black piece. I used our multi-purpose glue. Rather than butting each strip up against each other, I left a bit of black showing in between. I think it gives the card a slicker look. Once my strips were glued on, I turned the piece over so that I was looking at the back side. I trimmed off the paper around the piece, leaving more strips to play with! The nice thing about this kind of card is you can angle your strips anyway you want to. Not one card has to be alike in pattern or colors. I used my heart punches to put my sentiment on and glue together. I adhered my patterned piece on a 5-12/" x - 8-1/2" card base and my sentiment with Stampin' Dimensionals. I also placed some glossy dots as embellishment on my sentiment. I also placed a 4" x 3-1/4" strip of DSP on the inside of the card. On the card in my video, I used my sentiment as a strip and I added an Opal Round embellishment in the spot where it needed just a little bit more.
To add an extra "ta-da!" I glued a wider piece of DSP on the flap of an envelope and cut around it. Look how beautiful the envelope looks!
Have fun with all your leftovers as you piece-meal your masterpiece for others to enjoy!
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