Scraplings 12/5

Scraps? What do you do with them?  Save them up in endless bags intending to use them at some later date only to find you take out a new piece of cardstock instead?  Or do you use them?  I find I am a bit half and half. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I can't be bothered because there is a piece of pristine cardstock there in just the colour I want so it gets cut up.


Well, Scraplings, are the left over bits from the square cards that are so popular to make these days.  I think it was Shari Carroll of Hero Arts fame who first introduced Scraplings.  If I am wrong I know someone will correct me on this.  You can read about it here:


http://heroarts.com/learning/technique.cfm?techID=103&catID=3  then scroll down page to find scraplings.


We need to remember, however, that UK sized cardstock is different to that in the USA so if we make a 5.5" x 5.5" card the left over piece is approximately 2.5" x 11" which when folded in half gives us 2.5" x 5.5" to decorate.  it is the left over piece that makes a "scrapling".

The DT on Just for Fun made some crackers and here are my attempts - the first three you will already have seen but the last one is a new one.

I tried to do them differently so that it would give you some ideas.  The first one is a photo image (can't remember who the stamp is by) and I put some scrapbook paper on the cardstock and then carefully cut around the flowers on the left hand side with a scalpel.  Then I inserted the image.  A little bit of lace (got side-tracked and tidied my whole set of drawers whilst looking for the right piece) and the word "wonder" stamped in the bottom corner and that one was finished.

The next one is a Paperartsy image (Kids plate) stamped and embossed in brown with some Twinkling H2o's to add colour.  Corrugated card underneath coloured with Ink Stains (Weathered Wood and Broken China) and a Tim Holtz Gear which I thought looked like a ship's wheel.

The last one I thought I would use a die cut in case there was someone out there who wanted to do something like that.    A Spellbinders flower (Daisy Delight), coloured with Brilliance Peacock Tri Pad, top flower and leaves on sticky pads to make them stand out a bit and a sentiment courtesy of Stampin' Up.

Here is my other one - one for the men:

Again Paperartsy

Stamped mainly in Black with black tinges around the edges, some Walnut Stain rubbed on in places and Glossy Accents on the words.  All I need is a man to send it to now.

I do hope you will have a go at a Scrapling or two.  They make nice cards to just send as a RAK (Random Act of Kindness), to say "Thank You" or to include with a gift.  And they are made from Scraps!

For some reason when Blogger was down it changed this post from Thursday (day it went out - and was published!) to Friday.  It also did not download my comments that had been moderated so I had a couple in my Outlook Express and have copied them across.  Don't want anyone to feel they have wasted time commenting but sorry if yours was not there.