WOW! It's been nearly TWO months since I posted anything here!! That's not to say I haven't been scrapping/papercrafting, though. Although, really, in the last month, I haven't scrapped very much.

In June, though, I made all of these birthday cards using scraps from this project and this project, (both of which used the same patterned paper kit).

What was brilliant about this was, instead of cleaning up my scraps and trying to store them for future use (only to never use them again), I actually used up ALL of my scraps from those two projects to make these cards, and because the papers all coordinated, the cards came together in about 45 minutes. Sweet!

I'll definitely do this again. Especially since I have already USED all of the cards that I made here and am in need of some more. These also could have been bundled and tied with a ribbon and given as a gift.

Oh, the possibilities!

Valentine's Day Cards

I made the kids' Valentine's Day cards entirely out of my scrap stash. Gotta love that!!

I trimmed the scraps down to 3x4 and adhered these white hearts onto them (these hearts were left over from my wedding favors...yes, that was back in 2000, yes I am a pack rat, but look! - these DID find another purpose, so I'm glad I saved them, at least my pack rattedness is organized.)

First, I did Owen's class using the red & pink family of scraps (right column).

Then I did Liam's class using the blue & green family of scraps (middle column).

Then my 13 year old daughter, who won't even be having a Valentine's Day party at school, said "Ooohhh, those are so cute! I want some to give to my friends! Will you make me some?!?" So, I made her about a dozen of them in the purple/orange/pink/red family. Basically, all the left overs (left column).

This project was SO quick and easy, and budget friendly to boot!!