Tuesday, December 18, 2012

i've achieved total SCRAPPINESS! ♥

by which i mean: every single bit of paper in my little set of 4x4(ish) thank you cards, including the glossy cardstock card bases, was either a leftover or an offcut! the little strips were from the big box of little strips (which, yeah, i pathologically save; mostly because i love cards like this!); the snowflakes are old (but still well loved); the brads are ancient (but ditto); and the twine was a heretofore unused gift. pretty sure i just hit the frugality hall of fame, right??!?!?! :) :) :) which is awesome, since this is my project for the new challenge at shopping our stash, which kicks off this morning and will run twice as long as usual, thus for TWO weeks, seeing out the end of 2012 by wrapping up on december 31st. the brief is to make a papercrafting project with a winter... but NOT HOLIDAY... theme. so think snow, snowmen, mittens, penguins, polar bears, sleds or sleighs, a fireplace, hot cocoa, daniel craig... no wait... i think we'll save him for summer, actually, because we don't really want to cover him up too much, do we, ladies? ;)

ok, what was i talking about, again? oh yeah. thank you cards. not as handsome as d. craig, but kind of appealing in their own way, see:

(since everything here is scraps i'm not sure i know whence it all came, but here's my best shot: glossy white cardstock: ranger; dark blue cardstock: core'dinations; patterned paper: love, elsie, dcwv, my mind's eye, sei, doodlebug, echo park, we r memory keepers, and a bit of a mask+misting experiment on off cuts of photo paper; snowflakes: recollections; brads: making memories; twine: the twinery; ink: colorbox; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape, scotch tape (holding the twine on the back) sewing machine)

i had the bases all ready to sew up, and knew i wanted big snowflakes as accents, but wasn't quite sure as to how i'd used them. then i saw this week's sketch at unscripted-- problem solved!


i also FINALLY managed to work in the "piggyback" challenge this week-- at least i think so; the brief was to make a real feature of the circle element by doing something interesting to it... does stacking up snowflakes count??! (if not, i guess i'll just have to try again next month!) :)

and now why don't ♥YOU♥ try heading over to SOS, where it's a veritable winter wonderland of papery pulchritude! (plus the cards look reeeeeeeeeeal niiiiiiiiiiiiice!) :)

15 comments:

  1. Awesome set of cards...they are gorgeous!

    Thank you for the awesome happy mail!!!!!!! You're thee best! I opened the card and I put the package under the tree:)

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  2. Fabulous! These look so pretty!

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  3. I LOVE these! Gorgeous mix of beautiful blues - goes to show hanging on to scraps totally pays off :)
    Also, Daniel Craig is much better suited to the summer. You're right ;)

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  4. Great set of cards, love your "quilting!"

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  5. You totally rocked this one.....fabby dabby wonderfulific project!

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  6. I SAW you slip D Craig into your list! HAHAHAHA! Sneaky. I also just remembered ho to embiggen this here comment box so I could SEE THE WORDS I'm typing. (ctrl +)

    I love not only the blue strips of paper, but how you triangle-ized them to make them way more interesting. I APPROVE!

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  7. these are so fantastic!!!
    thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches.

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  8. These look amazing. Way to use up your stash.

    Hugs~

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  9. Love how you used a variation in the width of the paper strips ... and the stitching really ties it all together ... fantastic wintry cards.

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  10. You are SO funny! AND talented! Exquisite cards and amazing use of scraps...you did it! And I'm impressed! And have a wonderful Christmas too!

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  11. This is fabulous! Stacking the snowflakes definitely works for the piggyback!

    Cutting the patterned paper at angles is sheer creative genius and so visually appealing.

    Thanks for sharing your craftiness with us this week at Unscripted Sketches :)

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  12. Your card is beautiful! You can tell you put a lot of time and effort into it. The recipients must be thrilled to receive them! Thank you for joining us at Unscripted Sketches! :)

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  13. That is an amazing set of cards. I'm in love with the colors.

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