Scraps to Beautiful: French Foliage & Autumn Spice Blessings
November 04, 2010
Today's card is made with leftover scraps sitting on my desk. I love these kinds of cards, because I never know what the end result is gonna be. But 9 times out of 10, I'm really happy with it.
I had a one-layer clean and simple card made with Stampin' Up!'s French Foliage leaves that hadn't made the cut (so-to-speak). I had hoped to have the leaves "swirling" in the wind. But it just wasn't coming together the way I had imagined. I also had a scrap of Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series Paper calling out to me, "use it or toss it"! (Hmm...does your paper talk to you?)
So instead of tossing them both out, I thought "hmm...I wonder what it would look like if I tore the edges around the leaves, and add it to a Cajun Craze background, with the Autumn Spice DSP scrap at the bottom? And there you go - love it!!! Plus - it was probably the quickest card I ever made!
Of course - I had to add ribbon. I tried both the 3/8" Twill Tape and Natural Hemp Twine separately and it didn't look quite right. So, "hmm... (I should have called this the hmm...card), I wonder how they would look together...GREAT!"
So, what's laying on your crafting table?
Dawns Stamping Supplies
(bold items available in Holiday Mini Catalog)
Stamps: French Foliage (#120845w or #121166c), Grateful Greetings (116511)
Ink: Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake
Paper: Cajun Craze & Very Vanilla Cardstock, Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series Paper (#120808)
Accessories: 3/8" Twill Tape, Natural Hemp Twine
Purchase the Stampin' Up! supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE
Enjoy~Dawn O
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