Upcycling on card.

Hello My Happy Place friends!

Here's a simple card that you can make from your "trash"

Yes!  That's right, I said trash!

The last time I was at MHP I wanted to make a card with this design, but I was having trouble finding some paper scraps that matched. 

If you have ever come to MHP you probably know Marie, well she saw I was having problems and tossed a paper at me and said "try this"

What I ended up doing was punching these squares out of the front cover paper from a pack of paper.  You know the one, it shows strips of the papers that are in the pack.

Thus I used trash to make this card!

I arranged the squares and adhered them to a piece of scrap from my stash then ran it through the Cuttlebug in an embossing folder.

I used "Just a Note" (#6405)

from Eureka! Stamps for the sentiment at the bottom and added some pink and blue embroidery floss.

Easy peasy!

Next time your are going to throw away your "trash" think again and see if you can make something with it.

Check here to see another way that I used "trash" on a card.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment and let me know if you have ever used "trash" on a project.

Hope to see you soon at My Happy Place!

Technique

Want to learn some new techniques? 

How about this one?  Simple!

You know those acetate packages that are so hard to get into,

 then you cut up and throw away?

You know the ones that Cricut cartridges, new tools etc. come in!

Well, don't throw them away!

Bring them in to My Happy Place and I'll show you what you can do with them to repurpose them for a card or a layout.

Here's a card that I used some acetate on.

Ask me how next time you stop in. 

 I'll be glad to show you how!

All you need is a piece of acetate

and we have the Cuttlebug and folders to work with. 

Card Making

Cards don't have to be complicated.

  Here are 3 cards I made recently at My Happy Place.

This first one is very simple and easy to put together.

All you need is a few coorinating scraps, a paper cutter, a stamp and a pen or two. There are always people who have stamps that you can borrow if you don't have any of your own.

Or choose from some of the ones that My Happy Place offers for your use.

The second one is a little more work, but still simple and easy to make.

When you come to My Happy Place, ask me how I made my U stamp.

This third card was a bit more work yet, but still pretty basic, just need to use a few stamps and the Cuttlebug and some Spellbinders dies. We have a Cuttlebug and some dies for your use at My Happy Place.

Just ask one of the "Scrap Queens" how to use them and we'll show you how.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope to see you at My Happy Place soon.

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Happy Crafting!