Using Your Scraps: Greeting Cards

  

Today I wrote an article on Examiner.com about using scrap paper for card making and I wanted to include some instructions here on how to make these three cards. I hope this will inspire the making of many more cards in the future. Thanks for your inspiration, Melissa!

For this “Thinking of You” card use four 1”x 2.75” strips of patterned paper, one 4”x 2.75” solid color cardstock, one patterned paper heart punched/cut, coordinating ribbon and a phrase stamp. Leave a 1/8” border around the entire card as you work, adhere the four strips to the card 1/8” from the bottom and sides, overlapping slightly. Punch or cut a decorative border on one long edge of cardstock, stamp your greeting at approx. half way down and toward the right. Tie ribbon around this piece between greeting and border and adhere 1/8” from top and sides of card, overlapping strips. Place heart on top as shown. Viola, beautiful!!

 
Select three different pieces of scrap pattern paper and three scrap cardstock papers that coordinate to make this "Celebrate You" card. Stamp or write phrases on patterned paper scraps and punch 1 1/4” circles. Cut one of the cardstock scraps to 3 1/4”x 3 1/4” for the back and one to 3”x 3” for the front of top section. Punch out one butterfly approximately 1 1/2” in size and emboss or decorate or adhere a sticker to a cardstock scrap and trim.  First, adhere large square to top of blank card, 1/2” from top and sides. Add second square, centered on first. Glue circles and butterfly around the square, leaving equal distance between them. Stamp your main phrase approximately 1” from the bottom and to the right of the card. You are done!!

To create this “Cheers” card adhere one 5 1/4”x 4” scrap of patterned paper to a blank card leaving an equal distance on all sides. Stamp or write selected phrase on three different colored pieces of scrap cardstock, stamp a picture on a white piece of scrap cardstock and punch all four with a 1” circle punch. Punch two 1/2” colored circles and one 1 1/4” black circle. Decorate picture and mount on black circle. Adhere all circles in a random pattern on top of patterned paper. Easy!!