Well it is already Friday which means back to my festive Friday projects … and this time I went back to the magazine kit and made some cards using scraps.
I saw this idea on a Sarah’s Stampin retreat video and thought I would give it a try.
I took a large scrap of cardstock and used the little pieces of paper I had leftover to create a little panel which looked like mosaic – on this first one I kept the gap between each piece to make it look like a grout. I then added this to a larger panel of the word based paper and mounted it onto the card blank.
I then kept it simple with a tag from the kit adding some thread for the top of the tag to add texture. The tag I added using foam adhesive for some dimension.
Next try I just totally covered the panel I chose with the rest of the leftovers without the ‘grouting’.
I think I prefer this particular effect (and it was easier to do). Along the edge I then added the two flowers and the sentiment circle element. I wish I had added dimension behind the panel and the flowers but in this case I stuck it down onto the two mats of lilac and purple before adding to the card blank.
I did add in some die cut circles for the flower centres – that added a different texture – but otherwise a very flat card – far from my favourite card but I really liked playing with the scraps to create that background.
I’ve never tried to do anything like this so higgledy piggledy but it was fun to move away from my usual linear style.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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