Raiding the Refrigerator (or Craft Stash)

We're still creating with Holiday Leftovers at Jingle Belles this week ... remember we want to see you use all of those little crafty leftovers that you saved because they were too pretty to throw away or recycle. 

Here how we raided our crafty stashes this week to create our holiday cards:

Lauren's Other Card(s)

Lauren says, "This week I was excited to find the last dozen or so of a sheet of extremely ancient Artchix Studio Inchies; and then I stumbled upon the perfect sketch (Sketch Saturday #724) to use them up!  I matted the inchies on a leftover scrap of green cardstock, then planted them on that orphaned strip of stripey Basic Grey exactly the right size for two 6" cards. I also used up a couple of Joy diecuts that were sitting on my worktable. I popped on a few Eyelet Outlet Holly Brads just for extra texture and interest."

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "When I saw the layout at Sketch Saturday #724, I thought it would be perfect to use with some of my Gelli Print leftovers.  I punched five 1 1/4" squares and then realized I still had enough leftover bits to create my card background.  I love those metallic paint prints.  I finished with a leftover piece of gold thread from my fiber stash & a strip sentiment that I found at the bottom of one of my stamp drawers (so no idea where it originated)."

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Holiday Leftovers

One of our favorite things about the holiday meal is the leftovers… we always enjoy a little stuffing and cranberry sauce on our turkey or ham sandwich. 

So this week we're celebrating Holiday Leftovers by creating cards using all of those little CRAFTY leftover: tiny pieces of paper, alphabet letters, stickers, ribbon, extraneous diecuts … you know those things you have saved because they were just too cute or pretty to throw them away… well, we want to see you use them to make some fun leftover holiday cards.

Here are our leftover combinations this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "One great type of card to make with leftover small bits is a clean & simple design, so I started with the AAA Cards Challenge to use a ripped or torn edge.  I took a scrap of rejected gelli print from this cardmaking exercise and tore a strip to use with the BYSHC Sketch.  The Gina K. Designs Gnome for the Holidays die cuts are perfect for those too pretty to throw away bits of paper (I used two different gelli press bits with a scrap of white textured paper for the beard & pom pom).  I took my gnome inspiration from the Peace on Earth Challenge and used Purple & Green for the Color Hues Challenge."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I used Sketch Saturday #723 to guide my placement of images, which thankfully helped me narrow down the choices, because I have LOTS of leftovers! I paper pieced together several pre-stamped but unused versions of reindeer and vehicle from Lawn Fawn's Car Critters & Add-On stamp sets; all of my patterned paper panels and shapes were leftover from various projects; I even had some tiny punched trees ready to roll. I decided to inset the blue circle into the larger blue panel; I stamped one of the sentiments that came with Car Critters, matted the strips and added them to the top right. Eyelet Outlet Enamel Hearts are always a nice addition, imo, so I finished off with a couple in bold red."

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