Originally published on January 30th, 2013 I got a bit inspired and made a few cards. I'm on a new plan to use my scraps before cutting up new 12x12 sheets. Thankfully I found a ton of ideas to do just that.

I had a few scraps of this fun pink chandelier paper. I paired it with scraps of polka dot ribbon, fabric flowers, and a cute little "congrats" stamp.

More fabric flowers and last of the polka dot ribbon, but with a hot pink zebra print background. This would be a perfect birthday card for a pre-teen girl.

I experimented with double stamping with the background flowers. I don't love the result, but it's nice. I decided to add a tag with sentiment instead of adding a new stamp.

I had a few pieces of this beautiful watercolor paper. It was so pretty that I didn't really want to use it, but i just had to. One of these "hope" cards is going to a my mom's friend who's dealing with a cancer diagnosis. I think the soft colors add a soothing presence to these cards.

It's a bit hard to tell, but I stamped "dream" in silver behind the black to add some dimension. I like the look and will definitely be playing with the idea more in the future.