Using up scraps

After I had created loads of panels using my temporatry handmade turnabout, I intended to make the most of my 5.5x5.5in square panels. In addition to the squares I created for my quartet of cards in this post, I also die cut some rectangular panels that I still have to turn into regular US A2-sized cards, but that also left me with some perfectly sized long rectangular strips that I used for some very CAS cards. And I do love how these turned out.

All I had to do was mat them onto (more scraps) of black cardstock before adhering them to my card and foam mount the white heat embossed sentiment strips (MFT).

I'm linking up my cards at:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - using scraps

November Rudolph Days at Maureen's blog

Pixie's Snippets Playground - #366 Use up those scraps

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Sweetest holiday wishes

I used the ink that was left over on my stencil after blending a background to create a monoprint.

I die cut a smaller panel and matted it onto black before foam mounting it to my card. The candy canes and sentiment are from an older Stamp of Approval set.

I'm playing at:

CAS Stencil - Stencil Monoprint

Beccy's Month of Holiday cards - M for monoprint

HLS Christmas

HLS CAS

HLS Watercolour

In the forest twofer

I'm so happy that I managed to create some cards this weekend in spite of the cold I caught.

This month's Twofer Card Challenge is all about Holiday Greenery, and for this month, both cards may be Christmas/Holiday related. I had my Uniko stencil (In the forest) already out, so I decided to use it for my twofer.

For my first card, I applied some new glitter pastes in soft green and gold through my stencil onto a panel of watercolour card. I used this week's MFT sketch for my layout, die cutting cirles (SSS stitched circles) and adhering them to a panel of fog cardstock (SSS) that I has stamped with a Hero Arts background stamp. The steniment is from the Bitty Bears set by MFT. I adhered my sentiment strip to a strip of Centura metallic card and added a thin strip of the same above and below my panel.

For my second card I created a watercolour background using CP inks in various greens, placed the stencil on top and let the paint dry. This did not have the effect I had been aiming for so I placed the stencil back and selectively applied heavy body paste through the stencil.

I foam mounted the die cut panel onto a fog card base and heat embossed the sentiment in gold and adhered my sentiment strip with more foam tape.

I'm playing at:

Twofer Card Challenge - #22 Holiday Greenery

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - T for Twofer 

(could not resist after seeing your T cards, Beccy)

MFT sketch challenge (1st card)

CAS Watercolour - Monochromatic (2nd card)

Uniko challenge - #56 (2nd card)

HLS CAS challenge (2nd card)