I am trying not to let the scraps get too out of hand again. Yesterday I had used most, but not all, of a blue pinstripe paper from a 6x6 pad. I scrambled through the table scraps I had left from the recent marathon session of collage backgrounds and came up with some other bits of paper that would combine well with this large chunk.

By chance, I noticed a tag in the bin that looked great with this background. I had to border it with a bit of burgundy to keep it from fading right in. I even used a bit of the pinstripe to create a faux ribbon for the tag.

I had some stickers that suited this color scheme, too. So I used one on the background and one on the tag, aligned along their edges. With the tag and top flower mounted up on foam tape the flower becomes 3D.

The three hearts on the right are from the same sticker sheet as the flower.

The bottom of the tag made the perfect place to stamp a sentiment. It is subtle because of the pattern there but with the little black stitching printed on the tag the sentiment fits right in.

Ddd

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Serendipity came into full play in the construction of this scrappy card. I had a big chunk of the floral and used narrow strips left and right that reflected the same colors as the print.

Lo and behold, a sheet of text stickers matched in both theme and color as did the last two pink layered flowers I had left.

The flower centers had glitter so I sealed it with Glossy Accents.

Ddd

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This card is not as complicated as it appears. The upper portion is actually a print of various strips and the first seam on the background is not until below the pink chevron. I just added a few more pastel strips from the scraps to fill the bottom area.

Someone sent me a sheet of the HUGE glittery birthday stickers and one made the perfect centerpiece for this card.

Ddd

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Green scraps took the stage next. With such big bold blocks of color I needed to go with black Dazzles for enough contrast.

I used 6 stickers from a sheet featuring bicycles: the bike, the balloons, handlebar tassles (2), gift on the back, and the 'road' at the bottom.

The greeting is from a peel-off sheet of stickers - not Dazzles.

Ddd

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Scraps in shades of grey make for a very elegant background. I wanted to keep that classy feel so I used a white Dazzles sheet in a doily cut.

To create contrast I had to diecut a round as a backer for the doily. It was not quite large enough to go to the edges so I drew around those extending tips with a fine line black marker.

The text is a clear sticker.

Ddd

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Gray, green and yellow combine surprisingly well in these three scraps.

I opened a new sheet of Dazzles feathers - this time in silver to go with the grey.

The sentiment is from an old sheet of silver Dazzles.

Ddd

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The blue scraps I had left were all shorter so I had to turn this card upright with stripes running side to side.

Here's a Dazzles sheet I hadn't used yet so I dug right in and used the largest gold doily on the sheet.

I went back to some old Dazzles sheets to find a sentiment sticker for this one.

Ddd

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I had a few more blue scraps than red so I was able to make two cards instead of just one. These blues have a bit of green tint to them so I went with gold embellishments.

I went back to the sheet of feather stickers and the same text sticker that I started this series with. 

I think this really turned out elegantly.

Ddd

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Having used up the brown table scraps I moved on to the reds. I didn't have as many of these - in fact, only enough to make ONE card!

I actually used reds AND pinks and stayed with a straightforward striped background. With such a bright layout I needed to go very dark for the embellishments. I pulled out a black Dazzles sheet that was all various banners. I cut one word in two so I could fit the words on the stripes. The black strips give the banners something to 'hang' from and I curved the banners as I applied them

I used a black marker to draw little bows at the banner ends.

Ddd

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I didn't realize I had quite so many brown scraps in all those sorted envelopes! I mean, really? Seven cards?

This one used the largest scrap I had on hand along with one plain strip. The potted sunflower was colored with the same three markers I've been using all along on this series.

Oh, Look! I didn't stamp the sentiment on this one. This time I used the text afailable on the Dazzles sheet.

Ddd

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I moved on to another sunflower sheet of Dazzles and this time the plants are potted. I still kept coloring them - with the same three markers as I used before.

I like how the upper left snippet, which is actually scrollwork, resembles a garden of flowers. The vertical decorative strip is also a Dazzles.

Ddd

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The card today looks remarkably like yesterday's. However, I grouped the sunflowers on the left corner instead of the right. I colored the blooms again, used the same corner flourish and stamped the sentiment.

I like the little snippet of music in the corner.

Ddd

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I continued on with the brown scraps and the brown sunflower Dazzles but moved on one step by coloring in the blooms with Distress markers.

That stamp has been working for me so far so I inked it up again for this card.

Ddd

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For the next brown scrappy card I stayed with the brown Dazzles but moved on to a set of sunflowers.

The butterflies are Dazzles as well and I stamped the text.

Ddd

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Round two of the brown scraps - I used more scraps as blocks instead of all stripes.

Many of the new Dazzles I bought are brown instead of the usual silver, gold and black. What a perfect thing to have on hand for my brown scraps.

I used black ink to stamp the text on this card.

Ddd

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I gave up on using the table scraps for OWH sketch cards. The remainder of them I had sorted out had been cut down and used up until the bits were mostly too small to fit any of the sketches.

So I did a complete resort of the table scraps by color groups and used them to make scrappy backgrounds on card fronts. Then I went to my new stash of Dazzles (peel-off stickers) to decorate them.

Here's the first from the brown series - which is the largest color group. This one got decorated with a large gold feather sticker and a word sticker from the same sheet.

Now THAT'S the way to use up scraps!

Ddd

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From the paper scrap strips I sorted yesterday I created a red/pink background to use today. I also added some strips from the scrap bins.

In scoring through my vast collection of stickers I found a sheet of flower stickers made from layers of colored papers.

I 'planted' all of them along the edge of a black piece of cardstock and then used a craft knife to trim out the top and side edges.

The bottom edge is adhered directly to the card background while the leaves and flowers are up on foam tape.

I used a yellow sentmient to key off the centers of the flowers.

Ddd 

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After doing so many cards with background using 6 x 6 pads I end up with a lot of paper strips. I grabbed a bunch of these and sorted them into color groups to use as striped backgrounds.

To create the background I run a piece of white cardstock through the Xyron to cover it completely with adhesive. Then, starting at one end, I lay strips side by side and then trim the piece to size with the paper cutter.

For this piece I used strips in greens and golden yellows. I pulled a few older strips from the scrap bin to have more variety than I found on the tabletop.

I added a rub-on illustration that I got in a swap. The little birds just floated in space so I used a Sharpie marker to sketch in a branch. I added some black peel-off leaves and mounted the whole piece with a black border.

The rub-on is a style I have not used before as it is very plastic-y and has some fine glitter embedded in it.

I added a black-trimmed greeting stamped on green cardstock.

Ddd

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When I was cleaning up, sorting out, purging stuff in the studio I ran across three strips of paper trimmed from a fall paper. I had thought to make three cards using these as an element but suddenly had the idea to use them together. NICE! I placed them on a red-brown backing card and went looking for other elements to use.

I had in the scraps this round punch-out and a yet-unused dragonfly punch. After punching the dragonflies it leaves a peek-a-boo rim around the bug. This required a backing so I chose a scrap of shiny gold cardstock and trimmed it to a square. A little red-brown bordering it worked perfectly. I popped this up on foam and saw no need to add a sentiment.

I think this has a little asian feel to it.

Ddd

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I ran across some 'kits' of card bits and pieces that I had put together about a year ago. WHAT? Unfinished projects? Can't have that!

First, I had put together a striped background paper and a colored crayon box image out of a scrapbooking page-a-day calendar. I added a couple of strips of leftover patterned paper from other projects and a blue card base. I also had a blue diecut swirl.

I just brought them all together by using blue as a border to each piece and layering them in a pleasing arrangement.

The next kit had a red card base, checked paper, a tag, a printed circle and a diecut word. Since so much of the red base was exposed I chose blue as the bordering color. I tied red and blue twine around the base of the tag and popped the word circle up on foam tape.

Next up was a dark yellow card base with a strip of text scrapbook paper, a checked strip from the scrapbooking page-a-day calendar and one of those sundresses made from a large scalloped circle. I had run the dress through a Cuttlebug folder for texture. bordered the dress and the checked strip on dark yellow and added ribbon to the dress for straps and a belt before mounting on foam tape. I pulled a stamped sentiment out of the file and bordered it with blue.

Last project was a mix of patterned strips and a couple of blocks. I also had an illustration from the scrapbooking page-a-day calendar and a couple of diecut swirls. When I mounted the strips to form a background I ended up with that bold red stripe down the right side. I used this as a color key to breate borders for the blocks. Then I cut my illustration to the same size as the blocks and bordered it too. I pulled a stamped sentiment from the file and bordered it with the red before arranging and mounting all the elements. The sentiment and illustration are popped up on foam tape.

Just a few more sessions like this and I will have all these old 'kits' used up. THEN what will I do?

Ddd

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