Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Use Your Stash Blog Hop

Last week, my new products arrived, and it made me realize something. I have too much paper. I am a paper addict. With that being said, I found the perfect way to bust my stash (a wee bit) with a blog hop put on by some of my CTMH sisters.

If you have arrived here from Michelle's blog, you are on the right track.

At the top of the pile in drawer #2 of my super cute Lingerie chest (that I found at a resale shop) was Emporium. My card stash was low, but I never start there when using up scraps. I always try to squeeze out as many scrapbook layouts as possible, first.

Without further ado, here they are:
Inspired by Spring 2009 Idea Book

Inspired by Spring 2009 Idea Book

Inspired by Spring 2009 Idea Book

Sketch Layout from Imagine

Sketch Layout from Reflections
A childhood friend lost her baby boy back in August, and I plan to use most of these layouts in a scrapbook album that she can personalize to remember her sweet Jayce by. After creating 6 pages, I was left with small scraps that were perfect for cards.











I used a lot of retired product for this challenge. 
Paper: Florentine, Emporium, Veranda (retired)
Stamps: Love You Forever (retired), Baby Love (retired), Capture The Date (retired), Trinity Alphabet (retired), Rustic Alphabet (retired), Headline Alphabet (retired), Laughing Lola Cardmaking WOTG, Art Philosophy, You Only Live Once, Words of Comfort, Look To The Light, For Every Occasion, Santa Claus, Artbooking
Inks: Cocoa, Twilight, Crystal Blue, Garden Green (retired), Sweet Leaf, Heavenly Blue (retired)
Tools: Paper-Piercer, Micro-Tip Scissors, Watercolor Pencils, Blending Pen, Corner Rounder, Scallop Border Punch, Sanding Kit, Artbooking Cartridge
Other: Metallic Brads (retired), Neutral Brads (retired), Sweet Leaf Ribbon (retired), Heavenly Blue Ribbon (retired), Chocolate Ribbon (retired), Neutral Embroidery Floss (retired),Clear Sparkles, Bronze Glitter Tape,Buttons (retired), Dimensionals (retired), Neutral Baker's Twine

Next up on the blog hop, please be sure to visit Nikki's blog. Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope we have inspired you to use up some of your old scraps, too. 

Casandra

12 comments:

  1. Great layouts and cards! Good for you for using up that pack. It was one of my favs :)

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  2. Holy Moly that's a lot of projects!! And, Emporium was one of my favorite paper packs EVER!

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  3. I love it and WOW did you ever use it up!! Emporium for a baby is perfect. I may be lifting a few of these, is that okay?

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  4. Wow, that is amazing! I'm sure it was a ton of fun using up that paper and making all those projects! They are all wonderful! I have some of that paper left and you've given me some great ideas to use it up!

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  5. WOW! what a lot of projects you got done! AWESOME!! very nice idea for the layouts for your friend.

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  6. I love all the stuff you got done with that paper. You really worked through your stash. I must admit that I loved emporium, and was nice enough to share a kit of it with my upline to recently find someone selling it. So of course I bought it and now need something to do with it, and my friend is having a baby boy. The layout outs are beautiful and the cards are just adorable... love it all!

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  7. WOW Casandra, you have created a wonderful group of artwork. I am sure your friend will be overwhelmed with this gift.

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  8. What a great collection!! You have been busy!! And what a thoughtful thing to for your friend.

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  9. I love all the projects. I have some of the stamps you used. I need to use them! You have given me inspiration. Thank you. Great job!

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  10. Wow Casandra! What a wonderful collection of projects!

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  11. Wow that is alot of projects out of a pack of paper, but a really cool idea, use it and get it out of there :)

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  12. Holy paper usage! You did a super job.

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