My designer paper scrap box is overflowing & seriously in need of a purge, so I've decided to see how many cards I can make this week only using my scraps. The first one is for the Play Date Cafe Challenge using this week's CPS Sketch.
My process was to go through my scraps and pull out any paper that was primarily one of the three colors of the challenge. Then I put them together in various combinations until I got a color & pattern balance I liked (some repeating circles help tie the seemingly unrelated designs together).
After piecing my strips together on my card base, I went looking for an image that worked for the sketch. Even though these aren't necessarily traditional holiday colors, I think they work well with this Inkadinkado Holiday Cardinal, which also has the repeating circle theme. To help tie the colors together a bit more, I used a leaf green glitter pen in the center of the circles and a scrap of the leaf green designer paper to frame the image.
Great use of your scraps-neat dp.
Great way to use of your scrap bin. The colors and patterns work wonderfully with your image. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.
great idea Stef! I love all the colours together 🙂
Fab idea! And a great success! This image looks great with those papers. Thanks for playing along with us at the play date cafe 🙂
Scraps–LOVE IT! I need to do this! I love your creative ideas;) And this card is so fab! I just love that bird–and how there are green dots inside the circular images! SO FUN! So glad you joined in the fun this week:) THANKS for playing along with us at the PDCC:}
Awesome way to use up those scraps! I have a pile about a foot high and could probably make a hundred cards with them! Love the way you tied in the image to your papers, the whole card is super! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Play Date Cafe!
Great idea to mix the papers and use up scraps at the same time. Love the cardinal. Beautiful card. glad you decided to join us at the PDCC.
This is so pretty Stef! I love those bold colors together, and the stamped cardinal is beautiful! Great job with CPS 185!!
♥♥♥Lea
Hey Stef! Love these papers, great job with the sketch. Hugs,
oooooooh! this is a BRILLIANT use of scraps…and for that matter a BRILLIANT “update” of traditional holiday colors!!! ♥♥♥
I love using scraps for cards. The patterns and colors you used for this card are fantastic. Love it!