This layout I originally saw on one of Sharon Armstrong's Mystery Stamping videos. She calls is a Scrap Paper layout, that can be used in so many ways. On these 2 cards that I made before I left for Vienna, utilizes the soon to be retired Christmas Lights stamp set, and the already discontinued Lights Aglow DSP. The neat thing with this layout, is ANY paper scraps can be used. Find a focal point, and go!
Measurements: :
- Evening Evergreen (Very Vanilla): 1/2 sheet
- Soft Succulent (Cherry Cobbler): 4" x 5 1/4"
- Basic White (Very Vanilla): 3 3/4" x 5", 3 1/4" square (snowflake)
- (Gold Foil): 3 1/4" square (snowflake)
- Lights Aglow (ret): 2-3 colors of 1/2" strips
To Make This Card: (Directions for Cherry Cobbler version in parenthesis)
- Attach Soft Succulent (Cherry Cobbler) and Basic White (Very Vanilla) layers to folded Evening Evergreen (Very Vanilla) card.
- On the "green" version, I laid the 3 strips right onto the edges of the Basic White layer. I did the bottom strips first, and the side strips second.
- On the "red" version, I used only 2 strips and laid the bottom piece 1/8" from bottom, then the same piece 1/8" from the side, then added the next piece to the bottom, sort of "weaving" the layers.
- I placed my "snowflakes" onto the crossed pieces, but you could also exposed the crossed pieces and put your image on the open areas.
- The "green" snowflake is stamped in Evening Evergreen, die cut with coordinating die and attached to the card front with a Dimensional.
- The "gold" snowflake is just die cut with the snowflake die and also attached to the card front with a Dimensional.
- To finish the cards, stamp sentiment of your choice in Evening Evergreen (Cherry Cobbler).
- Finish embellishing with Festive Pearls in Gold, or (Festive Pearls) in Red.
