2Peas Tuesday card challenge, 5-12-20: Love your Leftovers
May 12, 2020 1:59:48 GMT
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on May 12, 2020 1:59:48 GMT
If you've ever put together cards from a kit, you've probably ended up with some leftover bits at the end. This is often because it's more efficient for the company to cut a whole sheet of something or because they send extra pieces in case you make a mistake. But it doesn't really matter why there are extras, just that there are.
I put together Stampin Up's June 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit last year. It made sixteen mini, beachy cards. And I had some leftover die cuts:
The sand dollars and starfish are sparkly which means I love them. And the leaves seem so versatile. So I couldn't bear the thought of throwing them out. Which means they've been sitting in my craft space, being moved from flat space to flat space-- because while I can't throw them out, I also don't have any great storage idea for them-- and generally just not doing anything.
A couple of weekends ago, my CTMH demo had an online crop. I made some cards to fit a challenge using the leftovers pictured above and I thought that this would be a great challenge idea.
So, your challenge: dig out some of your leftover pieces and show them some love by incorporating them into a card. Your leftovers don't have to be punchouts or diecuts-- maybe you have a handful of leftover brads from a variety pack, or some leftover ephemera from a bigger pack, or a pretty ribbon you saved from a package. Basically, anything you've got hanging out because it's too nice to throw away but you just haven't figured out the perfect use for them yet.
These are the cards I made, and I'm extremely happy about how they turned out. My goal is always that I will make some "alternate" project with my paper pumpkin supplies, but I have a very difficult time thinking outside the box and designing my own. This used the sand dollars and leaves from my kit leftovers, as well as the stamp set from the kit. That blue wavy paper was also from a larger scrap I had leftover after making something else... it was conveniently STILL ON MY DESK.
Now it's your turn to dig out your leftovers and give them some love!
I put together Stampin Up's June 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit last year. It made sixteen mini, beachy cards. And I had some leftover die cuts:
The sand dollars and starfish are sparkly which means I love them. And the leaves seem so versatile. So I couldn't bear the thought of throwing them out. Which means they've been sitting in my craft space, being moved from flat space to flat space-- because while I can't throw them out, I also don't have any great storage idea for them-- and generally just not doing anything.
A couple of weekends ago, my CTMH demo had an online crop. I made some cards to fit a challenge using the leftovers pictured above and I thought that this would be a great challenge idea.
So, your challenge: dig out some of your leftover pieces and show them some love by incorporating them into a card. Your leftovers don't have to be punchouts or diecuts-- maybe you have a handful of leftover brads from a variety pack, or some leftover ephemera from a bigger pack, or a pretty ribbon you saved from a package. Basically, anything you've got hanging out because it's too nice to throw away but you just haven't figured out the perfect use for them yet.
These are the cards I made, and I'm extremely happy about how they turned out. My goal is always that I will make some "alternate" project with my paper pumpkin supplies, but I have a very difficult time thinking outside the box and designing my own. This used the sand dollars and leaves from my kit leftovers, as well as the stamp set from the kit. That blue wavy paper was also from a larger scrap I had leftover after making something else... it was conveniently STILL ON MY DESK.
Now it's your turn to dig out your leftovers and give them some love!
