Scrappy Thanks

Posted on 9th June 2024 by Nicole Mullen
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I love it when I can make a card and use up some of my ever-growing scrap card pile! For this card, I used shades of blue and used up lots of blues from the pile. On this card, I used:

Nm blue stripes birds on branch 1

For this card, I started with a Navy card base. I layered a panel of Royal Blue Pearl card over it, which I embossed with a brick embossing folder.

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I then die-cut a circle and made a frame for it using the circle dies layered.

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I wanted to layer different shades of blue on the main circle, and I had lots to pick from in my scrap pile! I pulled out the few shades which I felt complimented one another and worked with the navy and royal blue embossed background. I cut my selected pieces into thin strips, not minding what width the strips were.

Nm blue stripes birds on branch 2

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I layered all of these strips over the circle and once all glued down and the glue was dry I trimmed off the excess edges.

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Once it was done I added my navy frame over the top which really finished it off.

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I die cut my bird on a branch die from the grey card. This grey looks great against all of the shades of blue.

Nm blue stripes birds on branch 11

I cut a strip of Hammered White card and stamped a sentiment on it. Again the pop of white against the blue helps pop out against the many shades of blue.

Nm blue stripes birds on branch 11

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I put everything together to finish the card. I added the birds on with some foam tape that I cut to a tiny size. I love how all of the shades of blue came together, and that I could use so much from my scrap pile!

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I tried to capture some of the shimmer in the card in this photo angled towards the light in this shot. I love all the subtle shimmer on the Papermill direct card!!

Nm blue stripes birds on branch 15