I've generated lots of scraps of card and paper since my last blog (is it REALLY more than a year? Oh Dear!) so I thought I'd start putting them to good use. I found some small pieces of Eastern Palace Designer Series Paper - love this suite in the Stampin' Up!® 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue - and really just played around until the background combo jumped out at me. A bit of trimming then layering the pieces from the bottom edge and this gorgeous card began to evolve.
As you can see I decided to go with a girly theme but could just as easily have made it more masculine. I raided my "blue bits" drawer for the Dapper Denim used behind both white sections of the medallion ensemble and found a couple of gold foil pieces for the accents to tie in with the gold on the middle strip. The top medallion and greeting were stamped in Tranquil Tide, the medallion from the Eastern Beauty stamp set and the greeting from the Beautiful Peacock stamp set (2018 Sale-a-Bration brochure). The Eastern Medallions thinlits offer many options and are so easy to combine for cutting layering.
Apart from the Whisper White base card and tiny Gold Vinyl sticker the entire card is made from scraps. I'm planning to make more of these cards using different themes and I hope you will be inspired to get out those odd pieces you can't bear to throw away and turn them into wonderful creations.
If you don't have the Eastern Palace Suite of products and would like to make a similar card (you don't have to use scraps you know) they are available from my online store and I've listed them here for you. Purchasing $90 worth of the Eastern Palace Suite products during January-March 2018 will qualify you for your FREE Beautiful Peacock stamp).
Thank you for visiting, I hope you'll come back soon. No more promises from me to be more regular with posts but I hope to be better!
Happy crafting
Lorraine
