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.

Celebrate in Style

Card size:
4.25" x 5.5"

Cartridge:
shoe, Paisley
label, Once Upon a Princess

Supplies:
herringbone and leopard patterned paper, Little Black Dress by Basic Grey
edge punch, Martha Stewart
gems, studioG at WalMart
cardstock, misc

Challenges:
CR84FN Color Challenge, #61
Mojo Monday, sketch challenge #255

Crazy Girl

Layout size:
12x12

Cartridges:
flower, Paisley page 33, button feature, cut at 2 1/2"
"crazy", Paisley page 32 word/wordblackout and shadow/word shadow feature, cut at 1 1/2"
g-i-r-l, Birthday Cakes, font feature, cut at 3/4" with plenty of space between to allow for circle punch around each letter

Supplies:
patterned paper, Total Girl by Jen Wilson for My Mind's Eye
pink and gold cardstock, Mango Frost cardstock matstack by DCWV
cream and aqua cardstock, misc

Challenges:
Scrapfriendly Yahoo Group - October Sketch challenge

You Make Me Smile

Card size: 4” x 8” (photo card easel)

Cricut Cartridges:
teal monkey, Paisley page 30 cut at 3”
yellow monkey, Paisley page 32 cut at 3”

Supplies:
patterned paper, A Walk in the Park by Echo Park;
cardstock, Cricut Rainbow by Provocraft;
stamped sentiment, string and buttons, misc

Challenges entered:
Fantabulous Cricut
My Crafty Spot

Sweet - Kindergarten Graduation

Card size: 4. 5” x 5.75”

Cricut Cartridge: bubble gum machine, Sweethearts page 38, cut at approx 4”
“sweet”, Paisley page 31, cut at approx 1.5”

Supplies: patterned papers, Over the Rainbow pad by We R Memory Keepers; twine, The Twinery; cardstock , Cricut Rainbow by ProvoCraft; vellum, misc

Birthdays are like purses...

Card size: 4.75” x 7.5”

Cricut Cartridge: purse, Paisley, page 55, cut at 2”
doily (scalloped circle), All Occassions Cake Art, page 37 cut at 3”

Supplies: all patterned papers, The Sasha Paper Collection by Prima Marketing Inc; kraft and all cardstock pieces and scraps, misc

Challenges entered: Scrapalicious

Note to my readers: I made two cards like this. See a close up of variation 2 below.

Rain on Your Parade

Card size: 5” x 5”

Cricut Cartridges: boots, Paisley page 49 cut at 2.5”
doily (scalloped circle), All Occassions Cake Art, page 37 cut at 3”

Supplies: raindrop paper, A Walk in the Park by Echo Park; yellow and fuschia glitter cardstock,
Mango Frost cardstock matstack by DCWV; kraft, black and colored strips, misc; embossing, swiss dots folder by Cuttlebug

Challenges entered: I missed the deadline to enter this but I received the inspiration to do this card from last week's challenge at Color Throwdown.

Sweet

Card size: 5” x 5”

Cricut Cartridge: Paisley, page 31, button feature
Lollipop cut at 4.5”, “sweet” cut at 1.5”

Supplies: 1” squares, Happy Go Lucky/Lime Twist; lollipop papers and “sweet”, Mango Frost cardstock matstack by DCWV; twine, The Twinery; buttons and string, misc

Challenges entered: Cooking with Cricut; The Paper Variety; Frosted Designs