Originally published on February 8th, 2014

Reorganizing my Pinterest boards to include one for "This Week's Project" ideas has really motivated my crafting.  Now I pull some random ideas over on Sunday night (recipes, cards, sketches, crafts, books, projects) and use that board for inspiration when I want to craft.  I spend less time thinking of what I want to do and more time just doing.  Love it!  If you want to check it out, click here.  It turns out I was crafting fool this week.  Let's see what I made:

Card #1

My first card combines a color challenge and a sketch to create my homework for February Stamp Club.  Again this week, I tried to use as many scraps as I could and not cut up whole sheets.  It was a success.  The only full sheets I cut were those used to make the card bases.  I love the play of patterns with this card.  I also added my own sentiment design.  I didn't want to stamp over the floral patterned paper so I used some layering framelits to highlight the sentiment.  The dimensions of the paper scraps are 4" x 3", 1.75" x 1.75", 0.25" x 1.75", 0.5" x 4"

• Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
• Inks: SU Primrose Petals
• Cardstock: SU Primrose Petals, SU Gumball Green; various scraps
• Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight; Dimensionals; SNAIL; Big Shot

Card #2

My second card used the same sketch as the first but I used different scrap papers.  I also changed up the sentiment design in favor of an oval scrap I had laying around.  While it's not a traditional sympathy card, I think the cool blues and greens are soothing and the patterns are completely distracting.

• Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
• Inks: SU Midnight Muse
• Cardstock: SU DSP (don't know the name), various scraps
• Tools: SNAIL

Card #3

My third card is straight from a card on my Pinterest boards.  I love the simplicity of the squares but with the fun coordinating patterns.  Robin used the SU Festival of Prints paper stack (which I have), but I decided to use more of small scraps.  If you look closely, many of the papers used in this card were also used in card #2. Way to make double use of scraps!

• Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best of Greetings
• Inks: SU Marina Mist
• Cardstock: SU DSP (can't remember name);  various scraps
• Tools: 1″ Square Punch; SNAIL

Card #4

My fourth card used a sketch (that has since disappeared from Pinterest, odd...) and my new SU Smoky Slate cardstock.  I am in love with this shade of gray.  It's light and not overpowering but such a fun departure from white bases.  I also tried to again use a ton of scraps for this card and succeeded!

• Stamps: Stampin’ Up Stacks of Wishes
• Inks: SU Basic Gray
• Cardstock: SU Smoky Slate; various scraps
• Tools:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight; SNAIL; Big Shot

Card #5

My fifth card came from the need to use these specific papers.  So I scoured my techniques and sketches board and pulled this sketch out.  The picture is horrid, but somehow I couldn't take a non-yellowed photo.  Something about these papers just threw off the picture.  Anyway, I am loving how geometric and layered this card is and yet it's still very nice and simple.

• Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
• Inks: SU Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: SU Pumpkin Pie; various scraps
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch; SNAIL

Card #6

I adore the simplicity of the original butterfly card.  I had to try and make my own.  Looking at the finished project, I love the design and my pattern choices.  But, the butterflies are all crooked...  Next time, I need to use a ruler.

• Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
• Inks: SU Primrose Petals
• Cardstock: SU Print Poetry DSP
• Tools: 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch; SU Bitty Butterfly Punch; SNAIL

Card #7

I wanted to try out a different interpretation of the butterfly card.  For this one, I decided to make everything bigger and see what happened.  I love the asymmetrical design of this card.  I was going to just do a straight line of butterflies down the middle, but at the last minute I change up the placement.  I like this look much better.  Also, I repeated the use of the Print Poetry DSP but chose only papers featuring Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, and Crumb Cake.  I love the color play!

• Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
• Inks: SU Raspberry Ripple
• Cardstock: SU Primrose Petals
• Tools: SU Elegant Butterfly Punch; 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch; SNAIL

Card #8

My last inspiration card was this gorgeous play of circles and patterns.  To help me narrow down the choices, I used only paper from SU's retired Festival of Prints DSP stack.  For the first card, I ended up using the Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, and Cherry Cobbler pages.  I had to make it an actual Christmas card after seeing the results.  My only issue is the placement of the circles.  It was much harder than I thought it was going to be.  Now I know how to place the first (bottom) row to get a better placement overall.  Also, next time I will probably use a smaller size circle punch.

• Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
• Inks: SU Cherry Cobbler
• Cardstock: SU Festival of Prints DSP; various scraps
• Accessories: 3D flower sticker
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circle Punch; SNAIL

Card #9

My last card of the week is another version of the circles card.  This time, I used the Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, and Crumb Cake papers from the stack.  After putting it all together, it didn't look like a Christmas card so I made it a Congratulations card.  Also, I did a bit better with the circle placements. I'm sure that I will revisit this design in the future.

• Stamps: Random Stampin' Up retired stamp
• Inks: SU Early Espresso
• Cardstock: SU Festival of Prints DSP; various scraps
• Accessories: Fabric flowers; brad
• Tools: 1 1/4" Circe Punch; SNAIL

I'm loving my cards from this week.  Next week, I want to play around with one sheet wonders...