Hello, and welcome to our October NC Demos Blog Hop. If you started here with my blog, thank you for following me. And if you came here from Frances Wagner’s blog, thank you for checking out the rest of the blog hoppers 🙂 I know she has a great project to share.
Our theme this month is one we can all appreciate! We all have them, bits and pieces of cardstock, DSP and other specialty paper that we just can’t throw out because we are going to need it for a project someday. Well, that day has come! Let’s get scrappy and use up some of those bits and bobs, as my English granddaughter would say 🙂
I tend to hoard a lot of scraps, both cardstock and Designer Series Paper. What I’ve been trying to do lately is to die-cut or punch those scrap pieces and save them in a container for future use. I tend to go to punches first since they seem to be easier for me. But dies work just as well!
I recently used the Winter Tree Tops bundle for a card design for one of my classes. So that’s what was readily handy on my work table. I created 2 cards using some of the scrap pieces that were lying around. Here’s the first card.
I used 2 different circle punches along with the Bough punch. And dies from the Nested Dies set. I have to admit I had a bit of a hard time finding the right-sized sentiment for that little tag, but the Iconic Imagery set had the perfect size. I am also in love with the new Forever Plaid embossing folder from the current Sept – Dec Mini catalog. I really hope this makes in into the next Annual Catalog!
For the second card, I swapped out the circle punches for the Hexagon punch, which is another favorite. I still used the Nested Essentials dies, just picked a different shape. The plaid folder was used again to give some dimension to the solid Garden Green pieces.
I have included tutorials for both cards below, along with the products used. I hope you give one of these layouts a try. They really do come together rather quickly. Especially if you have some pre-punched or pre-cut pieces on hand.
Please continue through the rest of the hop. I’m sure Tracie Evans Langley has a great suggestion for using your srcaps! See you next month!
Tina Lesson
Jo Anne Hewins
Frances Wagner
Toni Campana ====> YOU ARE HERE!
Tracie Evans Langley – the Sassy Stamper
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Card 1 Supplies
Product List
Card 2 Supplies
Product List
Very pretty—love them both—thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much, Kristine!
Toni, I love both of your cards especially the first one. Great way to use scraps with punches (one of my favorite ways to use them up too)
Thank you, Frances. It feels good to get that last little bit of use out of my scraps!
Love the cards thanks for some great ideas
You’re welcome, Tina. I’m glad you enjoyed them 🙂
I love both of your cards. I think I prefer the second, but both are great. I think some casing will be done!
Thanks so much, Jo Anne 🙂 I love that we get to be inspired each month from each others creations!