It's Scraptastic Time

Hi there everyone! 

 It has been a few since I posted, but I have been busier than a bee. 

A couple of weeks ago, I created this card and ended up with a pile of scraps, here is a picture of everything that was left over.

I decided it was time to get Scraptastic!

I was on a mission and I created two more cards and two tags! 

  This one uses stamps from the Reverse Confetti Peacock Pretties set, lots of the cardstock and pearls from the pile and a wee bit of black ribbon.  I used two colors of pigment ink on the feather and embossed it with clear powder.  I added some black enamel accents to the heart on the feather to make it stand out.

For this card, I started with a black cardbase (not from scrap pile), embossed the pink piece and the black circle with some Cuttlebug folders, added the star and some twine.  Stamped the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti Inner Rock Star set in black ink and called her good!

Lastly, I created two tags using bits and pieces from the pile.  I stamped the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti Celebrate Cake set in black ink, added a bit of ribbon and called it good.

Here is what I have left:

I am thinking, I might be able to get one more tag out of this.

I love using up the scraps because let's face it, if I shove them to the side I probably won't go back and fuss with them again.  How about you?

Scraptastic Butterfly

Happy Wednesday!

Whew, it is finally heating up here in Central CA!  We will be in the low 100's all week.  We have been pretty lucky so far this year as we usually reach the higher temps much earlier in the summer season.  Lucky for me, I have lots of fans in my house because when I got in from work last night, the air had been running all day............but the house was hotter than heck.  Yep, the central air seems to be on the fritz and I am waiting for the repairman to show up at anytime.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is just the thermostat and it will be an easy fix.  In the meantime, I decided to do a little stamping.

I love the CR84FN color challenges and especially like that they are running two weeks long right now.  I would love it if they stayed that way, as it gives me a bit more time to get the challenge done before the next one comes along.  The current challenge (CR84FN36) is to use the following colors:

At first, I thought these colors were going to be a bit tricky for me to work with as I don't use alot of yellow (especially as a main focus) as a general rule.  I really like this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch 131 so I decided to pair the two up and this is what I came up with.  This card measures 4 3/4" square.  I inked up the adorable Cocoa Bean Butterfly from Memory Box in Scattered Straw Distress ink and stamped it onto a piece of cream cardstock several times and then again onto a scrap which I cut out and layered up with some foam tape.  The Penny Black sentiment (one of my favs) is inked up in Memento Rich Cocoa and stamped over the butterflies.  The kraft base card was embossed with a leafy embossing folder and then edged with a bit of Tea Dye Distress ink.  All of the cardstock used was from my scrap pile. :)

stamping hugs,