Hey! It’s been a while. I’ve been in a crafting slump and just uninspired….until! I saw a card the other day on Instagram and it had this beautiful rainbow wreath of different die cuts on a black background and I got inspired. So I made that card.
As you can see I used a BUNCH of different colors of cardstock to create the rainbow wreath. I half of a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panel of each color. This left me with a bunch of half panels. What do I do with those? MAKE MORE CARDS!!
Now, this post is about what products I used to create the cards. It’s about how one card can inspire so many others. And sharing those aspects of the card making process.
I cut all of the remainder of each panel into 1/4″ strips. Each strip measured 1/4″ wide by 4 1/4″ long. And I made another five cards!
The first several cards It’s pretty easy to see how the strips were used. Each strip is glued down to a panel of lightweight white cardstock.
For the first card, above, I trimmed down the sides of the striped panel and popped it up with some foam tape, and mounted it on black cardstock. The sentiment is white glitter paper and then a few jewels.
The slimline card was created the same way. I added the bold black die cut on top and the sentiment in white again. But this creates a totally different look than the first card.
For this card, I made the striped panels and then die cut them using different sides of stitched hearts. Then I coated each of them in two layers of clear embossing powder. I’m one of those people who loves the texture of the embossing so I don’t do layers until it was all smooth.
The last two cards I used the left over strips to create one last panel and then die cut the sentiments from that. I kept the cards simple so the colors would stand out in the sentiments.
The purple strip of cardstock across this card was the last lone piece and it worked out perfectly.
I hope you enjoyed these cards and get some inspiration for using up some of those scraps in your pile!