I haven’t entered into the Alphabet challenge very often but having this card already done, but not posted made it perfect for the following U is for Underwater.

After the holidays were over, I set about cleaning up my very messy craft space. Part of the clean up entailed using some of the leftover scraps and oddments sitting around. The inked background piece was something I did in the middle of last year and only used a portion of. The die cut was from when I cut and used the piece as a stencil. I couldn’t throw it away at the time as I thought I may use it again. I never did use it as a stencil but after cutting it down a bit I laid it over the inked piece and decided to go for it. The small turtle was another leftover fussy cut stamped image that I had set aside and came from a set from GKD. In deciding to use it on this card I also needed something more to go with it, so I took the larger image from the set, and used it as you see. The sentiment is off something I received that had come unglued and I used it here so it wouldn’t go to waste. The card is a small one, 4.50″ by 4.50″.

I did a few cards using up many of those bits and pieces and they have been sitting in front of my computer waiting for the right challenge to appear. I know I don’t need a challenge to post, but part of the fun is adding cards to various challenges so sometimes I hold onto them for a while. On occasion I think some of my better creations come about using scraps and this is one of those to my mind.

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Peace on Earth Challenge #80 is an anything goes challenge and I decided to use 2 new products for mine. 3D EF is from Taylored Expressions, and the nativity die is from Memory Box. I forgot to add that info to my last post. Anyway as mentioned there, I used the die twice which gave me two different looks and cards. On the nativity drop I used a sparkle gold Sakura pen along the rays. The die for the sentiment is StampinUP as is the sentiment. On the embossed piece I added some glitter to the poinsettia centers some in red and the rest in gold. Maybe I’ll make some small ornaments later using this nativity die as it is quite pretty and a good shape for a tree ornament.

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Challenge #552 – sketch is the current CAS challenge. I am trying to use some newly purchased products and this die is one of the items. I got a twofer because I cut it twice, once in gold CS and once in black. Then I paper pieced the center bit back into the frame using the opposite pieces, and this is one version. The sentiment is from a bundle from StampinUP and I added some glitter to the star section of the black outline. This is such a simple card and fits anything CAS.

Keeping it simple was the only way I could do any creating, as my left hand is currently useless and doing things one handed is a challenge of its own. I hope it settles down again soon because I’m fed up with the pain.

I now have 2 cards for my Christmas stash which is nice. Post follows for the other one I did.

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