'Scraptastic' cards, part 1

After making all the bridal shower invitations for my cousin, I was left with a 1-1/2" x 12" strip of nine pages from the Subtles Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack. (Note: In prepping the invitations, I had cut up nine pieces of DSP, but I only ended up using eight. So I had a strip of Marina Mist DSP even though I didn't use that paper for the invitations.) I decided to take those scraps (with some other supplies) and see how many cards I could make. Here are the results:

I used a 1-1/4" square punch and punched each of the strips into a bunch of squares and then combined the squares into different layouts. I ended up with thirteen fun, cheerful cards -- two four-card sets and five individual cards. I'll share the individual cards today and the two sets of note cards tomorrow. I won't add a lot of details since there are several cards, so if you have any questions, just post a comment and I'll respond as soon as I can.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Sunshine Sayings
Paper: Thick Whisper White, Calypso Coral, vellum card stock; silver foil paper; Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Swirly Scribbles Thinlits dies, 1-1/4" square punch, rhinestones, Glue Dots, Mono Multi liquid glue

I used all the squares to make a background for this card. To tone down the colors and pattern I added a layer of vellum card stock. Tip: I glued the embellishments on top of the vellum first. Then to adhere the vellum to the card base, I placed dots of glue behind the embellishments so they wouldn't be visible.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Sunshine Sayings
Paper: Thick Whisper White card stock, Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Sunshine Wishes Thinlits dies, 1-1/4" square punch, clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen, Basic Black baker's twine, Mono Multi liquid glue

My original plan with this card was to stamp just one "hello" above the die cut and DSP. But that didn't have enough "oomph," so I kept stamping until I had a whole string of "hello"s. I added baker's twine below the DSP to balance out the black and white on either side of the color.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up!):
Paper: Thick Whisper White card stock, Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: White gel pen
Accessories: Sunshine Wishes Thinlits dies, 1-1/4" square punch, Sherbet Designer Buttons, Button Latte buttons, White Perfect Accents, linen thread, Mono Multi liquid glue, Glue Dots

To make the quilt-style background for this card, I adhered one square of each color to a scrap piece of white card stock. I used a white gel pen to draw "stitches" on each square. I adhered the panel to a 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" square card base (it still fits in a standard A2 envelope) and added a die-cut heart and a cluster of embellishments.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge
Paper: Thick Whisper White, vellum card stock; Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: Pool Party
Accessories: Butterflies Thinlits dies, 1-1/4" square punch, gold metallic thread, rhinestones, 1/8" Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)

This card and the next one are the only two of the group where I used the striped side of the DSP instead of the flowered side. I had a harder time combing the stripes in different colors in a way that wasn't overwhelming. But I do like this one. I staggered the placement of the DSP squares so the stripes lined up and used a bone folder to distress the edges.

For the focal image I die cut two butterflies and adhered them together in the center. I pulled the wings up a bit on the top butterfly to add some dimension and placed a few small rhinestones along the body.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamps: Butterfly Basics
Paper: Thick Whisper White card stock, Subtles DSP Stack
Ink: Wild Wasabi
Accessories: Banner punch, 1-1/4" square punch, Petite Petals punch, Subtles Candy Dots, Glue Dots

I arranged the four striped squares on this card so the stripes form a diamond, and I added a small white flower to each square to break up the pattern. I really like how the striped border stamp along the bottom of this cards mimics the diagonal stripes in the DSP.

That's it for the first five cards. Stayed tuned for details about the two "scraptastic" card sets in my next post. Thanks for stopping by!