hoarded stash? SCORE!! After a flurry of card making, I always have a pile of leftovers I refer to as my OMD [Off My Desk] stash. Love to challenge myself to make things only from OMD!
PROCESS INVENTORY
IMAGES:
- Image on the front red band is a rubber stamp that I used in a Christmas card design several years ago. First stamped with black ink and heat embossed with clear EP - I then used a bleach technique to strategically remove the red where I would want another color inside the embossed lines. Using colored pens I then added back in the colors of green, brown & pink. I had maybe 6 or 7 of these red bands tucked away for "someday". Amazingly, they perfectly covered the See's Candy logo - see source of the envelopes below under paper.
- Inside I tucked in 6 tags that were made with four different punches. [A circle, snowflake, star and a fern leaf that I made into a tree.] Each punch is backed up with glitter paper to make them all shiny.
- Sentiment is a rubber stamp from ???
- The shiny gold envelopes are from a stack of about 50 gift certificate envelopes from See's Candy that were being discarded - {WHAT?? Throw those out? Surely I can find a use for those!}
- Colored CS pieces are OMD left over from previous Christmas cards.
- Glitter paper was one lonely piece of paper found in stash.
- Base CS for tag and for the sentiment are Ivory Recollections.
EMBELLISHMENTS:
- SU Tag Top punch used to shape the base by cutting the end of a 2 inch wide strip of CS to create the tags.
- Gold cording used for the hangers.
- Ribbon or bling used on each punch to help them look like ornaments.
- Black Onyx Versamark used for the sentiment.
This card should be eligible for the following
CHALLENGES:
That Craft Place – Christmas
Aurora Wings #20 – AT but a Card
Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always
Crafting from the Heart #90 – ATG Always
Clear It Out – ATG / Stash: ATG
Inspiration Destination #64 – ATG
Crafty Ribbons #140 – Countdown to Christmas w/ ribbon
Art by MiRan Challenge #47 – ATG
As You Like It / Your Favorite... “Favorite Christmas Colors & Why?” [I like the warmth of Ivory combined with any other color... it warms up the look - makes it more vintage.} TOP THREE
TTuesday Throwdown #274 – ATG
Paper Shelter – #231 – ATG
Pile it On #98 – Christmas/ Winter
OSAAT #252 – ATG w/ Red
Fussy & Fancy #154 –Happy Holidays
Create wildly and color with abandon! ~ginny
