Using up my scraps...

Over the last 2 days I've made these 3x3 cards using my scraps. My one "rule" for myself was that I COULD NOT cut any uncut sheets of paper to make these (except to make the card bases). I like them... they turned out pretty cute. Sadly, they're for another swap, so I won't be keeping most of them. I did, however, make several duplicates of ones that I just couldn't part with. =) Enjoy.

Altered Mini-Composition Book Swap

I've been busy lately, just not super busy with much paper-crafting creating. After my open house and the crop with Emily, I got busy with some Christmas crafting... specifially I made this quiet book for my little girl. It was a fun project, but took a lot of time.

I started creating again this week, this time working on some consultant swaps that I've signed up for. Here is the first one I've finished... its an altered mini-composition notebook with a matching pen and 3x3 card. I made 8 of them and I'm sending them off to another consultant, who will sort them out and sent me back one of mine plus six more made by six other consultants. I'll use them for hostess gifts, among other things, when I get the swap back at the end of January. Its been fun to get back to crafting...

Supplies Used - All products CTMH unless otherwise indicated:

• Notebook paper pack
• Natural Twill Ribbon
• Friendship Small Alphabet
• Botanicals Super Set Stamps (Retired)
• Shining Star Stamps
• Thing of Beauty Stamps
• Sparkles
• Desert Sand Ink
• Black Ink
• Crystal Blue Ink

Gathering Cards

Here are a few cards that I've made with my new kit materials. The notebook papers are pretty cute, and I'm finidng that the Perfect Day pack is cuter than it looks in the idea book. I LOVE the cute "Shining Star" stamp set, as well as "Whooo Loves You". So cute. I'm thinking these will be the gathering projects I make for my first few gatherings.