Take a sheet of scrapbook paper - and chop it up Part 2

 Hi there.  Back to share my part 2 of  use that hard to use scrapbook paper.... You can see part 1 here.

Three more cards using the paper I chose. 

Card 4

I added some texture by stamping the Hero Arts Old French Writing with black ink and clear embossing.  I used a rose from a Uniti Ephemera pack with a reversed foiled sentiment - from Memory Box.   It was the left over foil, foiled onto white card.  

Card 5

This one was another monochromatic look.   I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts - With Sympathy.  I then masked it off and used some of the flowers from the set - stamping a bit extra of the stems below the masking.  

Card 6

For my final panel, which as very textured and patterned, I went for a large die cut sentiment.   I cut the Penny Black sentiment from black and silver card and layered them together.  Part of the die set was a die that cuts a few little hearts - which I did twice from red card.  

So that's 6 cards from one 12 x 12 hard to use sheet of scrapbook paper.  I am happy with the results I got.  

Here in Auckland we are battening down the hatches.... Cyclone Gabrielle is headed our way and the forecast for the next few days is high winds and heavy rain.  With Auckland still a bit waterlogged from the rain 10 days ago, we are on high alert.  Supermarkets were super busy today with people stocking up on bottled water, and food in case we lose power.  Hopefully it won't be as bad as predicted.  

Take a sheet of scrapbook paper - and chop it up Part 1

 While I was browsing You Tube  I came across a video by Maymay Made it Crafts where she took a 12 x 12 scrapbook paper - particularly ones that are hard to use and just chop them up - don't look or chose an area - just chop.   I have a box of 12 x 12 sheets - have had them for years.... so decided I'd try and see what I could come up with.  

I chose a sheet of some grey paper with some black and clear embossing on it.  It came in a pack of mixed company's papers, so I'm not sure who produced it.   I chopped it at 4 inches by 5.25 inches and off I went...  Today I'll share the first three cards  I made. 

#1

For this one, I trimmed the panel a little and added a black layer.   I went with a monochromatic look for this first one.   I used one of the Altenew Craft Your Life kit - Hello Beautiful  stamps and used some Altenew grey inks to added some colour  I due cut the stamp with the matching die.  I die cut a couple more white dies and layered them all together.   The sentiment is from the same stamp set. 

#2

My next card had a bit more colour.  I used Altenew mini set - Adorable Anthurium stamp and die set to make three pots of flowers.   I used Altenew Woodless Watercolour pencils to add the colour.   I added the back one directly to the card and the front two were popped up on dimensional tape.  The sentiment is from the same set.  

#3

The background for this one was very textured.   So I decided to add a bit more with a Hero Arts stamp called - Old French Writing (an older wooden stamp.  I used a dark grey Altenew ink for this.  For my floral I used a 49th and Market rub on from the Vintage Bits Blendable 01.  The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Creative Expressions cut with an Altenew die.  The card looks much nicer in real life.  

I had fun coming up different ideas for this rather different paper.   I've done the other three cards but still have to photograph and edit them.   

Happy crafting