If you're anything at all like me, you have bits & pieces in
your stash that you can't bear to part with. Rather than let them
accumulate in a pile on your desk, grab them when you get a few
free minutes here and there and make up some Project Life-style
cards!! Even if Project Life isn't on your agenda, these still
look awesome on layouts...I've loved seeing 3x4 and 4x6 cards in
our gallery.
Here are 2 3x4 cards that are from my Front Row gallery...super
simple, but fun right?! I just added some of the printable labels
to the left card, and layered a printable card I trimmed down on
top of one of the kit cards on the right.
These next cards were made with leftovers from my CHA projects for
the SC booth...mixing pieces of all 2 of the new releases.
I kept the themes generic, so I could use them as filler cards
whenever I had a blank spot. The San Francisco paper from Here
& There was a no-brainer...cut out a row of houses, add a few
clouds and a geotag and you have a fun card to talk about
something happening in your town. The 'fact' card just uses an
open triangle stamp that I paired with different colors of Zing
embossing powder. I cut the middle out of each one and backed the
entire card with the B side of the Portland paper.
These next two gave me an opportunity to just play with
paper...which is always a good thing. ;)
The hand drawn words on the grey 'Love Wins' paper in the
Sundrifter line are lovely...but when you twist off the tops of a
few Mister Hueys and grab a paintbrush, that paper becomes even
more happy. Go outside the lines! Choose words that stand out to
you! Add a few chipboard arrows and call it a day!
The word bubble mask from Snippets is hands DOWN my favorite mask
ever. Sometimes masks are a bit intimidating to me, but this one
is perfect...used as the base for a larger page or as I did here
on a 4x6 card, you have the option to use as many shapes as you'd
like. I just grabbed my black pen and outlined a few bubbles,
then filled them in with embellishments I had laying on my desk.
Drew a few lines to journal on when the mood strikes and I'm all
set!
Check out the member gallery for LOTS of ideas on how to add cards
like these to your projects...and use those scraps you've been
saving in the meantime! :)
Where did the feathers on the speech bubbles card come from? I <3 those. And I love your ideas...brilliant!
Posted by: mw. | 02/19/2013 at 10:27 AM
So cute cn clever. Love these ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Dorina D | 02/19/2013 at 12:26 PM
Cute cards ! I just finished my PL 2012 album this weekend . Didn't use a kit or anything, used mostly leftovers from other layouts and or projects. Great way to use up odds and ends.
Posted by: Pam Sohan | 02/19/2013 at 12:40 PM
super cute!!!
Posted by: Lisa Henke | 02/19/2013 at 12:46 PM
Cute card! Love them!
Posted by: Lea Lawson | 02/19/2013 at 02:20 PM
Love these!. Were those triangles and hello stamps SC?
Posted by: Ruth Askea | 02/19/2013 at 02:33 PM
These are amazing! I definitely have bits I can't part with... I'm not doing PL but maybe I can work them into my Smash book. Fabulous idea - thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Glenda J | 02/20/2013 at 12:46 AM
These are GREAT! I love them! Thanks for the awesome ideas :)
Posted by: Valerie | 02/20/2013 at 09:41 AM
love them!! and I like the idea of making them ahead of time...
Posted by: Cflattop | 02/20/2013 at 04:31 PM