A Little of This and That

 Little by little I have been trying to use up my left over scraps.  Looking at Pinterest for some ideas on how to proceed with a scrappy quilt.  With so many wonderful ideas, I decided to  sew up my scraps lager enough to cut out a 5 inch squares, using an acrylic ruler. I had left over blocks from prior projects that made sewing up this quilt faster. Using my walking foot to do simple straight lines. I really love the way this mini quilt turned out.  I think this is a great way to use up left over blocks and scraps. This was another quilt using 4 inch blocks and yes using scraps.

Playing with a very old stamp set by Hero Arts.  I think it may have been one of my very first set of stamps, 15+ years ago.  I used water color paper and my water brushed markers by Marvy and Tombow.  I used some water to pull in the color to give a water color look to some of the cards. I also used other colored makers to color in some of the cat images yellow.  I used embossing folders and some heat embossing also.  These were boxed up and given to my favorite Veterinarian.

 Three cards that I submitted for the  Take Ten Card challenge.  Following the example layout that was in the latest magazine. I used some left over scraps of pattern paper, miscellaneous stamps, ribbon, sequins, die cut pieces and stickers.  It was fun to rummage through my stash of supplies and find new ways to use them.  I really love making card using simple embellishments and very little stamping.  Let the papers to all the work. That was a beautiful paper pad by DCWV and I am happy to say that I used every bit it too.  Now I will be on the lookout for another beautiful paper pad. ❤️

 Here are some girly looking cards using a very old 6" x 6" paper pad by Lasting Impressions called "Just The Girls".  Wink of Stella shimmer pen was used to the center of the flowers.  After  I added clear Nuvo drops to give some dimensional look to the centers of the flowers.  I added some hand drawn lines around the sentiment stamp.  It gives a new look to my stamp. A layer of vellum gives a nice base to add some embellishments that would have been lost on a  busy pattern paper.  The paper pad had a couple of sheet with sweet cut outs.   Using leftover strip for these last two cards.  This collection would make great Mother's Day cards too.

 A couple more cards using Papertrey Inks, " Brushed Blooms stamps set ".  I used inks from Hero Arts (Passion Flower, Fresh Lawn), My Favorite Things (Banana Split) and Memento (Grape Jelly, Cottage Ivy).  Embossing folders from Sizzix (small dots) and We R Memory Keepers (larger dots). I used BAZZILL card stock in colors "Jelly Bean" and "Gummy Bear".  The label die cut used on the top card is a new die from Spellbinders called "Venise Lace" from their Designer Series.  Sentiment from Hero Arts. I hope to do more cards using this set real soon.

Cards using some very adorable pattern papers by Authentique called, "Cuddle Boy" They had a pink version for girls too. I purchased these 12 x 12 inch sheets of paper from my local scrapbook store about a year ago to make a couple of baby shower cards.  After that, I just put the left over sheets in my stash until now.  I do not have a reason to make any shower or baby boy cards, but I was looking through my papers and came across them and I just started to play with them. A few of the supplies I used: rectangle nested die set to cut out some panels, tag dies, paper trimmer, circle dies to fussy cut some of the horse images, sentiment stamps and finally used some NUVO drops .  New to me but I really like this product.  You can make perfect enamel dots in any size you what.  I think I will be buying a few other colors soon.

Here are a few cards that I made using Papertrey Ink stamp and die set called "Brushed Blooms" I hope to continue to make more cards from this beautiful set. I used various inks by Hero Arts and Memento. The pretty pattern paper is a paper pad by StampinUp called "All Abloom".  I added a panel of vellum over the pattern paper and added the flowers.  It gave it and nice look to the cards.  The birthday sentiment is a Hero Arts wood block stamp I purchased at my local Jo-ann's store.