Just some fun scrap cards.

I'm off work this week and have been taking full advantage of the peace and quiet and "free" time I have lately. Naturally I have been spending more time at my craft table than usual. I have been pretty good about not buying any new DP as I just have tons - although as soon as I can track down the new Cosmo Cricket locally, all bets are off. *wink* I have heeded the advice of Michelle Wooderson and when I have been out to buy DP (before not buying any recently) I have been buying just one sheet of it instead of 2 or more just because I really like it. Point being - I don't want to be wasteful, but still I am sitting here day in and day out cutting in to a new sheet of DP when my overflowing scrap box is staring at me...guilting me. So I went back to something I enjoy doing and that is making scrap cards. I have fun making scrap cards, they are less perfect, less matchy-matchy, but they are so playful and it's just a joy to try new colors and papers together even if they aren't from the same company or even in the color family. I also find that making scrap cards helps when your mojo is on vacation. Free-thinking and trying new things that sometimes are a hit but other times are a miss is part of the creative process.

I love this Little Me paper from Prima - expensive though it may be. Just a fun little card to have on hand when I need something for my little girl. With a base of Raspberry Fizz, I had to work my favorite color combo and get some Ripe Avocado ribbon in there *wink* This card is made with my new Verve - and goin' in a lil' contest over there as well.

I had not yet tried the Silver Lace German Scrap I got from Pez-A-Doodle and thought to try it with the light greens that I have here - Spring Moss from Papertrey Ink, BasicGrey's Wisteria that I got from Jacksonbelle Embellishments, some Scenic Route striped DP and some leftover Polka Dot Parade also from Papertrey Ink.

As we establish our roots in the community with school and pre-school and church, and now that we have kids that are school-age, we get invited to a fair amount of birthday parties. I had this one tiny piece of Cosmo Cricket paper leftover from the Honey Pie pack I used often at Easter time, inked up another new Verve stamp and embellished with some Dew Drops that were sitting on my table and we're ready for the next girl party. Both my kids have this bad habit of not getting the invitation to me until the day before or sometimes the day of - so it's good to have cards at-the-ready.

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Have a ghetto-fabulous day!