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Hey everybody, Happy Weekend! I hope you’re having a good one! My friend, Vicki, owner of the Stamped Smiles blog, posted a super cute card recently that she created for the January ‘Use Your Stash’ challenge over at Danni Bindel’s This & That With Danni’s Dreams Facebook Group. I totally LOVE the idea of not buying new craft supplies and simply using what we have, so I decided to join in this challenge. It’s been well over six months since I’ve entered any challenges with my projects and I’d really like to get back into it if I can find the time. The prompts for Danni’s January challenge include gnomes, embossing folders, border dies/punches, hearts, and 12×12 papers. I dug into my stash and came up with all the items, and I love how this turned out!

Using the Crafters Companion Die’sire Ruth Create-A-Card Dies, I cut the card base from CutCardStock Astrobright Lunar Blue along with a layering panel from CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Eris. I spritzed the layering panel with Ranger Adirondack Stream Color Wash. When the panel dried, I cut it with a smaller die from the Ruth Create-A-Card die set, lightly spritzed plain water in the Ranger Distress Sprayer, and ran it through the Big Shot in the Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder. I lightly spritzed it with a homemade mix of Let’s Resin Teal Chameleon Powder and water in a Ranger Mini Mister. When that dried, I splattered Imagine Crafts Silver Pico Embellishment mixed with a little water over it with a fan brush.

I love Cottage Cutz dies because all the sets I have cut the pieces in one pass. Using the Flower Power Tomte Die, I cut the gnome and accessories from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock and colored them with Copic Ciao alcohol markers. I used the Catherine Pooler Love Connections dies to cut the ring of hearts from dark turquoise Colorbok Bright Smooth 12×12 paper. I then assembled the gnome and accessories and adhered everything to the card front. I stamped the sentiment from the Keep It Simple Simply Spring Collection Stamps in Versafine Onyx Black ink on a Solar White scrap and cut it with the coordinating Simply Spring Outline Dies. The finishing touch was adding a few Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots.

I cut the inside panel from the same size Ruth Create-A-Card Die used for the front panel and embellished it with a floral print from the Doodlebug Design Floral-Graph Rainbow Petite Prints double-sided paper pad and a leftover strip of the dark turquoise Colorbok 12×12 paper. It’s hard to see in the photo but I used the My Favorite Things Homespun Stitched Lines Die (which is a border die) across the dark turquoise strip. I stamped another sentiment from the Keep It Simple Simply Spring Collection Stamps in black ink, which completed the card.

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Astrobright Lunar Blue and Stardream Metallic Eris cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, Colorbok Bright Smooth 12×12 dark turquoise cardstock, Doodlebug Design Floral-Graph Rainbow Petite Prints double-sided paper pad
STAMPS: Keep It Simple Simply Spring Collection Stamps
INK: Ranger Adirondack Stream Color Wash; Copic Ciao alcohol markers- BG01, BG05, YR16, G02, G82, YG03, C-3, Y08, R14, R29, E02, E15, E21, E25; Versafine Onyx Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Ruth Create-A-Card Dies, Cottage Cutz Flower Power Tomte Dies, Catherine Pooler Love Connection Dies, My Favorite Things Homespun Stitched Lines Die, Keep It Simple Simply Spring Outline Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, Ranger Distress Sprayer, fan brush, Imagine Crafts Silver Pico Embellisher, Ranger Mini Mister, Let’s Resin Teal Chameleon Powder, Mini MISTI, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder, Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares, Freckled Fawn Enamel Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and you’ll consider joining Danni’s Facebook Group if you, too, like the idea of not buying craft supplies and using what you have in your stash! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,