SSCB#23 - Paper Scraps

Hi all, today brings us a new challenge over at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. The theme for this fortnight is to use up those scraps! I don't know about you, but I have a ton of scraps, I just can't bear to part with it! Here's half of my scrap stash - yes I'm unorganised, it all just goes into a box. Then when it's full, I start a new one!

*Warning - Photo heavy Post!!*

So here are the scraps I pulled out today.

 And I made a few cards with them!

For my first, I used the Serendipity Stamps Happy Birthday sentiment cut using a Spellbinders Floral frame, and mounted onto a kraft card base embossed with Swiss Dots. I then layered some papers along the bottom, and some pink satin pleated ribbon. Finally I added some Creme Liquid Pearls around the frame.

For the next card, I took a more masculine theme and I used a Houndstooth E.F, and used a strip of patterned paper topped with some brown gingham. The sentiment is Happy Birthday from the Everyday Words Horizontal Sml from Serendipity Stamps.

For my next card I made a Christmas card. I used a Tim Holtz E.F, and although I didn't have any Christmassy scraps, I had some glittery bits, so I used those for some Christmas sparkle.
The Merry Christmas Sml Sentiment is also from Serendipity Stamps.

For my next card I made a Thank You card. I used a Stampin' Up! Chevron E.F, and used some chevron scraps and plain blue card. I cut the Thank You Sml Sentiment using a Spellbinders tag die, and finally added a blue gem and some twine.

Here they are together:

For my next batch of cards, I went for a smaller scale, these are all about 4 x 4.

This card has strips of plain mustard coloured card, and strips of the red stripy card stuck directly to the base. I then cut the heart shape using the Serendipity Stamps Heart Base Die, and stamped Happy Birthday on the bottom. 

For this card, I stuck strips of patterned paper to some kraft card, and cut using the S.S Heart die.
Then stamped the sentiment underneath.

For my last card I used the heart die cut from the first card, and stamped the Live Well.. sentiment in red ink. I then layered some strips of floral and stripy patterned papers onto the card base.

Here they are together:

And here all the cards are together. I hope you feel inspired to create using up some of your scraps!

Here's the D.T list for some more inspiration:

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Vickie Zimmer

Thanks for stopping by

Pauline