So this year I’ve been attempting to use up christmas paper by doing my UIUS challenge.  It hasn’t been successful in terms of using up paper… There is still a massive stack of it! But I have made a whole heap of cards in such an easy go to way.  It’s so easy to grab a few of the little packs I had made up, some stamps and embellishments and off I go.  The record was 15 in one crop session!

I didn’t finish off the stack I made up at the start of the year.  I also had a lot left of the Papermania sets and I have to admit I have got a little bored of this paper now… so I switched a few things round.  I took a whole load of the Papermania kit cards out and switched it with the other precut pieces I had in the box already…. and here is my UIUS box all ready for the new year!

Think I am going to have a little switch round of the embellishments too… and pop some in the box ready for crops!

So not used up any additional paper or cardstock… still going on last years little lot but still a useful way to get those cards made in bulk.  I actually ended up giving away a couple of sets to both my aunties as christmas presents and because I’d made them in little batches they all went together nicely.

I guess if I do manage to get through this little lot this year … There is always the massive pile of paper yet to be cut into! 🙂

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Yes I am still blogging the cards I made at Helen’s crop three weeks ago…

More Papermania paper, and this time stamps from a magazine kit… plus a random other card I made!

All three pretty much the same… the snow globe stamp was the magazine one, along with the little images on the envelopes and the sentiment.  I cut the snow globes out and created the little banners for the sentiment.  Then I also die cut a flourish which is a Crafters companion one to add a bit of fancy behind the images.

Not 100% happy with the stamping of the globe (cheap acrylic stamps!) But still like how the card itself came out.

Next I made a card on its own as only had one of the cute reindeer toppers left.

I used the framelits from a new set Helen had to create the background to the topper.

I also used the star punch to finish the card off… I backed it with a strip of cherry cobbler to show it off! .

Cute!

Happy crafting!

Catherine

Once again I have UIUS project to share. Although this week it is not a Christmas project or using the cards I had prepped as the starting point.  Instead this is a paper pack I got with a magazine of Craft work cards papers that have been hanging round forever to be used. And so this is when I got around to using them.

In total I made 9 cards that were fairly simple to put together.  I added ink to everything (Pumice stone distress ink) & some stickles at the end …. the rest was pretty much cutting and sticking.  Simple! 

Love how these came out. I used a bit of fussy cutting to add the embellishments of little butterflies and flowers and as everything got inked they all coordinated perfectly.

Happy project… another nine cards for the box at work.  And another wad of paper used up.

Happy crafting!

Catherine