Dust Bunny Blues

 

Stamped, masked & stencilled, paper-pieced, and hand coloured.

That's how I would like to learn to do housework - in a pretty dress with high heels and sitting down with my feet up!  ... not going to happen any time soon.

Image & Senti: Art Impressions    

Stars: drop-outs from a die

Stencil: Rosies

Also: Copics, PPaper, DI's, white gel pen, Stickles

Shared on challenges:

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mixitupchallenge-75-anything-goes-optional monochrome blue

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Scrap Bust total

 

This is the whole collection of Scrap Bust cards, minus the first one I had made for a card swap and had mailed - which incidentally started the whole thing off!  

This is the box of 50 scraps I started with, plus scraps of black & white.  What a sense of satisfaction when I was able to toss what was leftover at the end.

Thanks for all your encouragements and comments along the way!

Seagull Fold

 

This is a seagull fold chosen by Dawn for our NZ cardswap.  Wow, looks complicated but not.  Lots of photos for this one.  Feathers cut from vellum, the papers have soft sparkle.  I kept the diecuts within the colour palette of the striped paper and used up  various snippets.  Lots of tutorials if you google seagull fold, also an upright version called Finch fold.  Edit: before posting, I added another vellum feather at the bottom right of the front panel - but forgot to photograph it (sigh).

Bird die & branch: Sizzix/TimHoltz

Feather die: Spellbinders

Little bird dies: Craft Creations

The beautiful papers: My Minds Eye

Punch: woodware

Stamps: unknown

Also: gem

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Hamster Birthday

 

Inspired by the Red & Pink challenge.  EF background, diecut panel with inked edges, stamped and fussy cut hamster, stamped senti.  Hamster on 3D foam.

Shared on challenges:    

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i-spy-with-my-little-eye-something-with-feathers or fur  fur

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Star & Snowflake

 

One red, one blue, both CAS style cards, using a new-to-me die.  I never make two cards exactly the same.  I left them plain thinking I can put any sentiment on as needed.

Red Star card: I used a linen textured card under the diecut area and a gem for the centre.  

Red Star - Shared on challenges:    

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Blue Snowflake card: I used a blue pearlescent paper under the die cut and a diamante in the centre.

Blue Snowflake: Shared on challenges:   

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Scrap Bust #11 - White collage

 

Scrap Bust - see previous post Scrap Bust #1 for details of the challenge.  

This is the last post in this 50 scraps, 5 cards in 5 days Scrap Bust series.

At this stage the scraps are getting sparse and very small, however I used a collection of scrappy white strips, embossed them with different folders for the background.  Diecut a frame from one of the last big bits left (stacking it with other scraps), adding a stamped flower from my bitz box.  After this card I dumped what was left of the 50 scraps as I had far exceeded what the challenge was.  The flower was  done using watercolour stamping technique touched up with Copics.

Satisfaction... Done & Dusted!

Diecut frame:    Spellbinders

Also: various EF's, inks, Copics, pearls.

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust #10 - Hexi Lineup

 

Scrap Bust challenge description see details in previous post Scrap Buster #1.  (50 scraps in 5 days)

By now the box of 50 scraps is nearly empty/used up.  The woodgrain background is out of the bitz box,  previously made with an EF on grey card and swiped over with white chalk ink.  Five punched hexagons lined up.  

I  put some trees in and hey presto,  a little forest with mountains!  The brown trees are actually bronze metallic card but it doesn't show in the photo.  We don't get snow here in winter.

EF: Sizzix    

Punch: Fiskars

Sentiment

Also: various tiny tree dies, Chalk ink

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust #9 - Scrap Tossed

 

For details of Scrap Bust challenge see Scrap Bust #1 in previous post.

This background is made up of organised-by-colour strips arranged in a random chevron pattern onto black card so it shows between.  My latest fave stamped lady only wearing lippy, matted in black and raised with 3D foam tape, and my other fave stamp of patterned humps.  They just go together so well.  A couple of the papers are overstamped to make it more interesting.

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust #8 - Scribble Thanks

 

Check out Scrap Bust #1 for details of the challenge.

Softer colours for this one.  I cut two panels in a wavy line, stamped one with a new scribble stamp, glued onto waste paper with a thinner strip, then stitched around.   The sentiment is diecut with a vellum shadow.

Scribble stamp: Tim Holtz     

Senti die:

Also: stitching, gold pearls

Shared on challenges:

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avenue613-january-anything-goes-w-opt-monotone

mixitupchallenge-75-anything-goes-opt-monochrome

Scrap Bust #7 - Weave

 

Details of the scrap bust in previous post Scrap Bust 1.

This is using thin strips woven together onto waste paper.  Using more neutrals (I'd used up most of the brights) and as I was doing it I thought nest... bird  ...  The cage and sentiment (both from my Bitz box) is stamped and gold embossed, the bird diecut.

Bird die: Sizzix     

Cage stamped and embossed

Sentiment stamped and embossed

Also: gold pen

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust #6 - Banners Feel Well

Another Scrap Bust, see Scrap Bust #1 for details of challenge.

For this one I layered scraps onto scrap paper, then embossed - another scrapbooking style. I used a diecut frame for the stamped sentiment over a panel that was softly sponged with DI's in the background colours.  I banner cut smaller scraps and stitched them onto a waste strip, added diecuts from my Bitz box too.

EF: Sizzix    

Label Die (stacked): Spellbinders

Stamp:

Also little dies, DI's, stitching

Shared on challenges:

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girlzcreativefun-5-patt-papers

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wordartwednesday-683-684-anythinggoes
 

Scrap Bust 5 - Dragon Birthday

See previous post Scrap Bust #1 for details of the challenge.  As you can probably tell, I got addicted and had so much fun with my papers.

I arranged strips in half rainbow order, adding items from the bitz box on my desk ( I need to use them up too).  As well as the background strips, I made paper beads, dipping them in Versamark ink and UT embossing powder and heating.

Image: Eureka Digi Stamps (paper pieced)    

Die banner:

Die: 

Also: Copics, DI's, yarn, paperbeads & beads, stickles

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust 4 - Scrappy Squares

 See Scrap Bust 1 for background details of the Scrap Bust challenge.

For this one I used punched squares and zany stamps.  As the scrap pile gets smaller squares were a good option, and made a very bright background - I arranged them in colour rows & blends to get a cohesive look.  For the border, I stamped onto patterned paper.

I just gave this to a friend for her birthday, she actually squealed!

Lady stamp:    

Square punch: Sullivans

Sentiment:

Border stamp:

Also: Copics, gold pen

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust 3 - fishy

 

Scrap Bust 3 - scrappy fishes.  See Scrap Bust 1 for details of the challenge I set myself.  

This one incorporated scrap strips, scrap diecuts and stamping.  The white card is inked on the edges. The strips are all the same size,  placed in a arrowhead shape. Some fishes are glued flat others are on 3D foam.  One is sparkly with  Wink of Stella.

This will be for our son-in-law's birthday, he's a keen fisherman.

Die:      

stamp senti: Pink Petticoat

Also: DI's, WoS

Shared on challenges:

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Scrap Bust 2 - Flower Friends

 

Scrap Bust series - check out the original Scrap bust card for a description of the challenge and parameters.

Scrap Bust 2:  This time I used a strip background and embossed it, stitching around the outside.  Attached some own-made fishtail banners with staples, diecut a frame, with background sponged in pale blue and sentiment stamped.  Layered flower stamp used as feature, gold bow and stars to embellish.

EF: Sizzix      

Flower stamp, die and sent: magazine freebee

Frame dies, bow: unknown

Square punch (banners): Sullivans

Stars: drop outs from a background die

Also: Stitching, staples, 

Shared on challenges:

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girlzcreativefun-5-patt papers

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dd-tripleb-january blooms

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letscraft&createchallenges-215-ag-cheers-to-you-use-sentiment

Scrap Bust #1 - Beautiful Beginnings

 

Scrap Bust #1.   On you tube there is a tutorial on how to use scraps in many wonderful ways by Gwen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33G5PQnFh4) .  She did a "choose 50 scraps and use them to make five cards over five days" challenge for herself; at the end of five days she throws the leftovers away.  A scrap is defined as less than 6".

This inspired me as my scrap bin is overflowing, so I started, got addicted, and made 11 cards over five days (I will share them as the week progresses).  They are the same 50 scraps (plus base cards, black & white scraps, and any bitz from the box on my desk).  Also our NZ card swap this month is to use scraps!  How auspicious is that?  Hope you like it Maxine.

A scrapbook style.  The background is patchwork pieced scraps, diecut, edges inked; a frame layered, sentiment stamped, diecut, edges inked.  A butterfly stamped, embossed, coloured, fussycut.  A tag, stars and trees diecut, with gold pearls, thread embellishment.  Wow what fun!  Here are the 50 scraps I started the week with:

Label die: Spellbinders 

Frame dies: mpress

Butterfly: magazine freebee

Stars:  AAllcreate

Tag die: AveryE

Tree dies: unknown

Sentiment stamp:unknown

Also: Copics, DI's, thread, gold pearls 

Shared on challenges:

dd-tripleb-january 

colorfuloptions-january-YPG opt rainbow all the colours of the rainbow!

craftycalendar-january-add diecut

pammiesinkypinkies-2501-anythinggoes

creativeknockouts-538-celebrations

lovethoseprettypapers-atg-using-pretty-patterned-paper

allsortschallenge-814-matching pairs - envelope

pixiessnippetsplayground-497 lots of snippets YAY

Here is the background started:

   and a coordinating envelope: