Using Up Leftovers

While having one of my fairly regular tidy-ups of the work space I came across the papers I printed out for the Funky Hand challenge this month where we had a recipe to follow.  Rather than store them away in my oddments box which is getting full to overflowing I decided to make another card using the same three background papers.  The base card was cut using a Go Kreate die, using the smaller dies in the set for the layers.  The flowers were stamped onto the papers and cut out, adding buttons and pearls to the centres.  The sentiment was produced on the computer, cut out with a 'Nestie' and popped onto a Cuttlebug diecut flower shape.  Following the recipe I added a ribbon and that's it with another piece of the spotted freebie paper cut out with the Go Kreate die for an insert which I've stuck inside the card.

Take a look at the Funky Hand blog where there are regular postings during the month from the Design Team and you can also pick up the freebie spotted paper

Forgotten Friday 15

I didn't think I'd get around to making a card for Judith's Forgotten Friday challenge today but then the postman arrived  after lunch with a new  Go Kreate die set which I'd ordered so I just had to drop everything and have a go with it. The dies cut a whole shaped card and will work in the smaller machines like the Cuttlebug and Big Shot.  With the smaller dies in the set I cut out a frame using some Stampin Up background paper and then stamped a message and some little leaf swirls onto a matching piece of plain card to go behind the aperture. I added a little stamped dragonfly, a flower and a leaf spray cut using Marianne dies.

Where is the connection here to Forgotten Friday you ask - well the stamped sentiment is from an unmounted  set of birthday messages (by Chocolate Baroque) and I'm sure I've not used this actual one before although I've had them since they were issued some time ago.  The leafy swirl is a small stamp from another  CB set and I know I've not used that one before either ~ I am trying to look through my stamp collection regularly to remind myself of the ones which I've been neglecting.