Controlling the Scrap, continued

I had so much fun whittling down my scrap pile last week-end that I have continued the trend this week as well. I had grand plans to purge my house, shed and storage unit in preparation for a garage sale. All the other weeks that I have planned to tackle that project this summer, the weather was uncooperative. This week was PERFECT. And that's when my allergies decided to act up. Of course! So what's a gal with sniffles and sneezing, itchy eyes and throat to do? Well, I couldn't go digging up more dust. So, of course, I had to sit at my work space and craft. Yep! And I did! Eighteen more cards since my last post--for a grand total of 37 cards from Saturday to Saturday.

So...on with the pictures because I know you all want to see what I have accomplished.

This first card was so fun. I was able to utilize all sizes of scraps. I set up the pennant/banner pieces on my Cricut (putting to use odds and ends cuts from my card bases to do trial runs for size =) using the Birthday Bash cartridge, sized as follows.

Card dimensions: 4.5" x 6.25"
Top piece: 4.25" x 3"
Strip across top piece: 4.25" x 1.25"
Pennants in order of appearance (unlock ration as needed):
.95" x 1.20"
.75" x 1.20"
.95" x 1.50"
.75" x 2.20" (flower inset from Paisley at .65" x .63")
.95" x 1.50"

The card from which I scraplifted had a white stamped sentiment in the lower left corner. I liked that look against the kraft base but I didn't have a white stamp pad. So again, I used my Cricut and cut my sentiment out of scrap white cardstock.

If I was going to make more, I think I would make the top piece shorter by half an inch or so and I would use more of a print on that piece as I love the card above with the polka dot pattern best.

Hungry Dinosaur

Card size: 4.5" x 6.25"

Cartridges:
dinosaur, Create a Critter
number one, Birthday Bash

Supplies:
paper, DCWV Animal Crackers mat stack
cardstock, googly eyes, twine and sentiment stamp, misc

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Card size:

4.5" x 6.25"

Cartridges:

banner, Birthday Bash

label and cupcake, Once Upon a Princess

Supplies:

embossing folder, dotted swiss by Sizzix

background patterned paper, Total Girl by Jen WIlson for My Mind's Eye

cupcake wrapper and banner patterned paper, Happy Go Lucky Lime Twist for My Mind's Eye

twine, The Twinery

white, cream and colored cardstock, misc

Biker Birthday

Card size:
4.25" x 5.5"

Cartridges:
biker, Biker3 from Dude!
"Make a Wish", Birthday Bash phrase feature page 52

Supplies:
patterned paper, Complete Boy by Jen Wilson for My Mind's Eye
kraft and colored cardstock, misc

Bday w/Star

Card size:
5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges:
"Bday", Birthday Bash font
star, All Occasions Cake Art page 58

Supplies:
dotted embossing folder, from Sizzix Dots and Flowers set
corner chomper, We R Memory Keepers
kraft and colored cardstock, button and string, misc

Happy, Happy Birthday

Card size:
5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges:
"happy", Birthday Bash font welded with the Gypsy
"birthday", Gypsy Font welded with the Gypsy

Supplies:
dotted embossing folder, from Sizzix Dots and Flowers set
white cardstock and colored cardstock, misc

Joy! II

Card size:
4.5" x 6.25"

Cartridges:
cartoche, Gypsy Wanderings
"joy", Birthday Bash font welded with the Gypsy

Supplies:
patterned paper, Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey
dotted embossing folder, Sizzix from Dots and Flowers set
kraft, white cardstock, colored cardstock and rhinestones, misc

Joy!

Card size:
6.25" x 4.5"

Cartridges:
cartoche, Sweethearts page 74
"joy", Birthday Bash font welded with the Gypsy

Supplies:
patterned paper, Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey
dotted embossing folder, Sizzix from Dots and Flowers set
ribbon, My Craft Spot
border punch, Recollections
kraft, white cardstock, colored cardstock and rhinestones, misc

MVP Birthday

Card size: 5.5” x 5.5”

Cricut Cartridges:
hat, bat, ball and mitt, Everyday Paper Dolls page 51 cut at 4.5”
“Happy Birthday”, Birthday Bash page 65 (phrase feature) cut at 3”

Supplies:
patterned paper, Complete Boy by Jen Wilson for My Mind’s Eye;
cardstock, misc

Challenges entered:
Victorine Stamps
Cards for Men
Scrapfriendly Yahoo Group

Rock On - 8th grade Graduation

Card size: 4. 5” x 5.75”

Cricut Cartridge: star with “rock on”, Birthday Bash page 24 (phrase feature) cut at approx 4”

Supplies: patterned paper, Complete Boy by Jen Wilson for My Mind’s Eye; spiral punch, Stampin Up; brads and cardstock, misc

Simple Joys

Card size: 4.75" x 7.25"

Cricut Cartridge: Birthday Bash, page 32 (hippo) , Layer 1, Real Dial Size 3”
I cut cones from my four different colors, clipped the scoop of ice cream from the cones and stacked them by layering them. I then cut the leaf (layer 1 shift) and cherry (layer 2) at Real Dial Size 6.5”

Supplies: brown heart paper and brown and pink striped paper, Totally Girl paper pad by Jen Wilson for My Mind’s Eye; cardstock for ice cream scoops, Mango Frost cardstock matstack by DCWV; twine from The Twinery; cone, cherry and leaf, misc cardstock; ticket sentiment, Baby Girl, Sticko by EKSuccess

Challenges entered: Fantabulous Cricut, Scrapalicious Challenge #12 (Anything Summer)