Hello again. I mentioned yesterday at the end of the post that I'd share the card made from the leftover pieces that were die-cut to make the card for that day. I made a quick card that uses those bits as promised and I added a few more bits and pieces that I had sitting around. Let's get creative.
This card is all based on the two pieces of the Delightful Floral Designer Series Paper that was the focus on yesterday's design. They were originally cut out with the 2nd largest rectangular die from the Nested Essentials Die set.
To match the DSP, I chose to base my card on a piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock to pull out that color from the DSP. There is a Basic White layer that measures 5 1/4" x 4". To add interest, this piece was embossed with the new Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder. Seems like I tend to grab this one whenever I want an embossed layer lately. It's just such a pretty pattern to tuck behind your designs. After embossing, it was attached to the card base with "green glue".
After playing around with the two pieces trying to place them this way and that, I decided it needed another piece of DSP in the mix to balance the design. There was another piece of the same DSP but in a Fresh Freesia shade that was perfect. It measures 4" x 1 1/2". This is attached down the center of the card front using adhesive.
The two rectangular pieces of DSP were staggered on the front and attached with adhesive also.
The sentiment was a little tricky. I wanted something that fit the design and wasn't too big. I loved the size of this little sentiment. And it fit right onto this interesting sort of rectangle. Both the sentiment and die are from the Wonderful Thoughts Bundle. Perfect. The sentiment was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink in the center. Then it was added to the design using two Dimensionals to attach it.
There were two butterflies cut from Fresh Freesia cardstock using the Meadow Dies. These are attached with a Mini Dimensional under the body part of each butterfly.
For a little bling on the card, I used three of the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems in the berry color. Two of the smaller gems are attached to the bodies of the butterflies. The larger gem is attached at the bottom of the design.
That's it for this design using up the leftovers from other card designs. I know you all have those bits that are too good to throw away, but if not used they start piling up to a formidable stack. Don't forget to through them every once in a while, and then play around creating with these odd bits and pieces. It can be a lot of fun and you never know what fabulous design you'll create!
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Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
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