Use Your Scraps! (CC2C)

If you’re like me, you have a bunch of scraps (I’ll talk about organizing them later) and they are just begging to be used. I do find myself reaching for new sheets of paper when I should be using up those scraps. So for CASEing Coast to Coast this month Rosanne had the brilliant idea to “Use Your Scraps” as our theme. We will start with her card today:

Read all about Rosanne’s card by clicking HERE.

What is CC2C?

As you may know by now, Rosanne resides in Pennsylvania and I live in California. So a few years ago, we decided to run a monthly blog post in which we Copy And Selectively Edit each other. “CASEing Coast to Coast” (CC2C) was born. I could be off a little, but I think this is our 45th monthly CC2C post, Rosanne! After a couple of years, CASEing morphed into creating around a theme that we take turns deciding on. I love this month’s theme and I could have gone many different ways with it, but I decided on paper piecing to use up some of my many scraps. Here is my card:

I used a combination of products on my card and will identify them in my description. Even though some of the items I used are not Stampin’ Up!, the techniques can be used with any brand of dies that you may have. Unless noted otherwise, the products I used are by Stampin’ Up! Here’s the Step-by-Step:

Card Base:

• Thick Basic White Cardstock, 11″x 4-1/4″, folded at 5-1/2″
  • Using a circle die such as Layering Circles Dies, crop a 2-5/8″ hole in the front of the card base.
• Stamp the sentiment under the cut hole using Azure Afternoon ink and Nature’s Prints Stamp Set.
• Using Azure Afternoon scraps from the Brights 6″x 6″ DSP collection, cut two pieces measuring 5-1/4″x 1/2″. For dimension, if desired, cut several more using scrap white paper and glue them stacked on top of each other and to the sides of the front.

Birthday Candle Focal Point:

• Cut another circle with the same die as before from a scrap of Granny Apple Green Cardstock.
• Using “Birthday Candles” Die from Simon Says Stamp, crop one from a 3″x 3″ scrap of Basic White Cardstock, one from a 2″x 2″ scrap of Azure Afternoon Cardstock for the candles, and one from a 2″x 2″ scrap of Daffodil Delight Cardstock for the candles.
  • Glue the white candle outline die to the Granny Apple Green circle. Carefully remove the Azure Afternoon and Daffodil Delight pieces from the die cut and glue them into the candles as shown, like a puzzle! A Take-Your-Pick Tool with the putty end makes this much easier!
  • Next I cut the smaller inside flames out using “Birthday Candle” by Simon Says Stamp and a tiny scrap of Gold Glimmer Paper and glued them over the larger yellow flames.
• Once you have your inlay assembled and dried, put glue on the back of the green circle. With the card closed, lay it into the cut hole in the front. Gently open the card while holding the circle down and let it dry. That way you will have it in the exact spot that you need it.

Now for the inside and final embellishment:

• To further decorate the inside, I stamped “happy birthday” in Azure Afternoon under the candle piece using the Biggest Wish Stamp Set.
• Add three gold Sparkle Gems to the front.
• If you still have a scrap of DSP, cut to fit and decorate your envelope with it! 🙂

That may have sounded like a lot of steps, but it was really fun and very easy. And now I have a few less scraps in my box!

Organize It!

Oh, I promised I would share my scrap organization. It’s not very fancy. I put all of my white scraps into a small plastic bin for easy access. For the colored cardstock, I put them into a file folder right in front of the uncut pieces of the same color. Those go into a hanging file folder in a plastic file box I bought at the office supply store. For my DSP, I put the scraps into Zip Loc bags and store them in the file folder box in front of the large uncut pieces. All of my DSP is separated alphabetically with the cardboard that comes in the specialty paper packs from Stampin’ Up! Like I said, not fancy, but it works for me! And it’s not expensive!

Join us again for CASEing Coast to Coast next month! Now go use your scraps!

 

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Stampin’ Up! Product List

Nature’s Prints Cling Stamp Set (English) [158793] $25.00	Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $17.00	Brights 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161643] $12.50	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $9.00
Azure Afternoon 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [161719] $10.00	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146990] $10.00	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119683] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin’ Pad [161663] $9.00	Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems [161288] $8.50