A "Feel Better" Scrap Card

Greeting to all my blogger friends!

I had great day creating yesterday.  I often spend time on Saturdays working on some kind of project.  Not all are as productive as yesterday.  Things seemed to flow.  Always a good feeling for me!

So I have a card to share!

This is another one of my my scrap cards!  Or you could call it a card created with cast-off parts!  I put together this card after working on a project for Spellbinders. 

I love this color combo of colors from Cosmo Cricket.  The line is called Odds & Ends.  I used "Remnant", "Sampler" and "Trinkets.

The only pieces for this card that I  cut just for it are the polka dot piece for the card front and the darker stripe Labels Eighteen  shape in back.   All the other pieces I had cut in my creative process of designing another card.  It was just a matter of arranging the pieces to make this design.

The photo below shows all the pieces that I used.  I've added lines (not so straight) to show cutting lines.

The verse from Penny Black is stamped with Warm Red Chalk ink.  I like to stamp first and then cut and emboss with my Spellbinders die templates.  That way I can get the alignment just right.  I use removable tape to hold the die template in place for cutting. 
After cutting and embossing it, I layered it with foam squares onto a Lacey Oval cut from Bazzill red paper.  I added little cream dots with a Viva Paper Pen.  There's also a couple dots on the swirl ends of the tag.
I layered the tag onto the floral Lacey Square set diagonally.  I added little cream dots to this, too.  I usually add any embellishment like this at the very end so I can set it aside to dry without messing it up!!!  I'm writing it as a step here but it can easily be done later.   Next I arranged the red Scalloped Oval behind the Lacey Square.  Actually, it's set slightly askew to get the scallops to balance.  I trimmed off the lower half, the part that doesn't show.   I set this tag/verse portion aside while I assembled the card front.

I sewed around a 4 x 5 1/4" piece of dot paper. It's really kind of fun to sew on paper!    I didn't add it to my card front yet.  I like to hide the thread ends so I usually wait to the end to fasten it to the card front.
To the dot paper,  I adhered the striped Labels Eighteen.  I cut a portion of the Picot Edge circle with 7 points and adhered it along the bottom of the Labels Eighteen.  The striped strip covers the edges of it.  I sewed along the edges of the stripe piece through all layers.
Then, I set the tag portion on top and adhered it in place.  I tied a narrow silk ribbon around one loop of the tag. That's it!

I challenge you to look at some of those cast off pieces!  I know you keep them somewhere, right??!  See what you can create!

Cut pieces shown:
1. Spellbinders Fancy Tags S
2. Spellbinders Lacey Ovals #3
3. Spellbinders Lacey Squares #3
4. Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals LG # 4
5. 1 1/4" strip
6. Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles #4
7. Spellbinders S4-310 Labels Eighteen #5

Other supplies:
Penny Black "Feel Better" stamp
Clearsnap Warm Red Chalk ink
Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends: Remnant, Sampler, Trinkets
Worldwin Treasures Oatmeal cardstock
Cougar Smooth Cream cardstock
Ivory Silk Ribbon - 1/4"
Viva Paper Pen - cream



I'm heading outdoors for awhile!  It's a beautiful sunny day here!  I have some yard work to do.  Then I'll tackle a few of the weeds in one or two of my flower beds. 

Have a creative day!
-judy