Meanwhile, I am mastering the art of upcycling, cleverly disguised as "cleaning out my stash". I flipped through my file folder of blue patterned paper leftovers, and found the smallest pieces from which to punch out some circles.
I punched enough of the same pattern to line my folded card edge with them, folding over half the circles onto the back side. Then I took some of the same and some coordinatinf circles and made a 3D "balloon" or "bubble" as an embellishment to my card.
Finally, I printed out my Squigglefly image and cut it with rough edged scissors and gave the edges a bit of the same coordinating color from the circles.
Another CAS (Clean And Simple) card made for my "going Green" project. Not a lot of the color green here, but wait, there are more days in the month to play...
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7 comments:
You've been inspiring me to upcycle and recycle! On most of my cards, if I need to pop dot something, I use the outline of the pop dots (the background that's left after using the actual circle dot, it just has holes in it!) Instead of throwing it out, it's still useable.
well done, Melissa! I do the same, and can even cut strips of it off if needed.
Love how this turned out Pat! Great way to use up some of those scraps and the paper is too pretty to toss!
Very pretty, Pat!! No matter how hard I try to use up the scraps - they keep multiplying!
great card-thanks for playing along with Squigglefly!
Wonderful card Pat. I love that. It's a great friend card, great for men or women, great for those people you really know and for those cards you need for distant friends too. Woo Hoo Hobbyist!
Cheers, Holley
What a great card Pat and love the idea of using up scraps the way you have. Awesome card and love the Chi image on here!
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