Creative Scraps!

Card Project designed by Sharon M. Reinhart

I am still on a mission to make use of my larger scraps rather than banish them to a lonely bin. I like to have some basic card bases cut, scored, folded and ready to go. This card begins with a white A2 side fold base (5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches scored at 4-1/4 and then folded in half, to create a top fold A2 begin with a 4-1/4 x 11 inch piece then score at 5-1/2 and fold). 

The printed paper used here has been most likely discontinued for some time. That being said I encourage you to use what YOU have and to look through your scraps and grab a piece of printed paper that has a repetitive pattern and use my design somewhat like a card sketch. Layer a 3-3/4 x 5 inch panel to the card front. Now choose a colour from your printed paper and cut a 3 x1 inch piece from a solid colour card stock. Layer horizontally across card front. Next layer a 3-3/4 x 1 inch piece of the printed card stock to a slightly larger piece of card stock that is the same colour as your card front. Stamp and die-cut a sentiment and adhere to the card front on top of the vertical panel. I love the stitched framelits from Stampin' Up for greetings and sentiments. To finish, either die-cut some small flowers or use pre-made flowers. Adhere three flowers to the solid colour panel and one next to the sentiment. Add a few die-cut or punched leaves and adhesive rhinestones and this one is good to go!
Hope you like it and are inspired to create!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon

Same supplies - different card!

Card project designed by Sharon M. Reinhart

Well I was on a mission to go through my supplies and organize. My mission ended quickly once I found all of the leftover kits from previous card classes and make and takes! I was still on a mission, but more of a creative one rather than a cleaning one! The mission if I accepted was to take these card kits and without adding more supplies switch the card design up! I gladly accepted this mission and thought I would share the results with you.

The original card was basically the card on the left but without the extra aqua card base. The tea bag fold was a basic triangle tea bag fold using squares of Recollections paper and the white base was pressure embossed and then dots of craft paint were added as an accent using the end of a paint brush using a dip-dot method. You can also use a stylus for this as well. Just dip the instrument into the craft paint and then dot onto your cardstock. The craft paint was also used to color the layered square of cardstock underneath the die-cut square simply using a sponge.

The first switch up (on the left) was to trim the panel to fit the aqua card base. This was another find in my inventory, pre-made note cards that had a beautiful silver embossed double frame on the front. The first switch up entailed using only a single silver frame. The second change on this card was to add a bit of Stickles glitter glue to the silver brad and random paint dots.

The second switch up (card on the right) was made into a side-fold portrait card. The fold made use of a progression fold, starting with a basic triangle fold and then folding the top left and right points under to the center to create this beautifully textured square design in the center. If you are interested in tea bag folding and looking for more progressions you may wish to check out my Fabulous Paper Folds online class or DVD, I share the basics and then a multitude of progressions! To change this design a little further I trimmed the white panel a little smaller to make use of the double silver frame on the pre-made card base. The other switch up was to use two more squares of the printed paper that was used for the tea bag fold as a layering element underneath the die-cut square.

So if you have left-over kits or bits and pieces from previous creations, challenge yourself to make something new using the same supplies. Hope you are inspired to create!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon