Texture in the Cards

A local scrapbooking store fell victim to the economy like so many other businesses. It always makes me sad to see this happen but I did manage to get some great deals while they were closing up shop. These metal brads and word buttons were some of the deals I scored. I coordinated some paper scraps, added ribbon, and the brads.

I love how buttons and brads add texture and dimension. Something so simple can really take you card to the next level,.

I used ribbon for the stem and petals on this flower.

One of my favorite craft stores in Idaho Falls sells bulk buttons. You get to go through and pick out what you want. Sometimes there are great finds other times they are just basic buttons. These all came from those button bins. Nothing fancy but threading the bright colors together should brighten someones day. You could do this with any color or any holiday too. I just stamped a little Thank you on the bottom corner. I also did one with the Thank You stamped all the way up the card. It wasn't bad but I liked this one the best.

For all of these cards I already had most of the supplies on hand. I did buy a few of the phrase stickers but the paper and embellishments were from my stash. Not too bad for some nearly free cards. Even better was that I got to use up scraps. I love when you end up with a win-win!

What do you think? Have you been able to use any of your supplies and scraps?

CREATE!

Remember way back when... I first blogged my "Create" here

I stamped the letters on canvas and placed it in wooden hoops. A simple way to make a stunning statement.

But how to hang it in my new craft room......

How about upcycling a piece of ribbon from our fuzzy throw blanket?!

Just lay it out. Space the letters evenly and....

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VOILA! A great piece of wall art.

What do you think?

I'm loving it!

Thank You's

Just a few simple ways to say Thank you!

You never know when you may need to give a note of thanks so it is great to have lots of these lovelies on hand. They are simple and can use up paper scraps.

Just a ribbon, button and a stamp....

I love how simple this one is but yet elegant. Just ink the edges, add a sticker embelishment over a piece of ribbon with stamped wording.

Making several doesn't take anymore time than making one so while you have your supplies out, make several of each card. You will have built a nice card file before you know it! Ready for those last minute thoughts.

Simple Elegance

A basic idea can go a long way.

A little glitter ribbon for some bling.

Some shiney paper

and a tender quote.....

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A little tip from my mom....

Fold your ribbon in half and cut it on and angle to get a chevron tail.

Simple and Elegant.

A way to use up scraps....

I used to do all my scrapbooking with paper but now I digital scrapbook. Consequently I am left with lots of scraps of papers. I don't save as much as I used to but I don't want to waste anything either so I love when I can turn some of those scraps into something fun and useful.

Coordinating scraps, a touch of ribbon and a quote sticker.....

These 2 cards are basically the same with just a couple of minor differences. Just rounding the corners and turning it on it's side.....

This card became one of my favorites. The pattern came from 365 Cards, a book I picked up at Joann's. 

I didn't have cookies stickers or stamps so I had to improvise. I used my scallop punch and overlaped a couple of the punches to get the bitten cookies. Add a few chips with a brown marker and soften the edges with brown ink. The quote was great.

"Friends are the Chocolate Chips in the cookies of Life"