In the last couple of months, I've spent a fair bit of time going through all of my scrappy products and stash. I've given a bunch to my daughter, who lost most of her papers in a small flood in her house. And I gave a lot to my DIL Carol. I kept the things that I really loved and wanted. I organized and re-organized until, I don't think that I can change anything in my craft room studio, without taking everything out, and starting all over again. Ugh, I'm not ready to do that.
So, what do you do? Really what DO YOU do, when you have a bunch of little diecuts and chippy flowers, and tags, and misc papers that are as old as the hills, and seemingly don't go together, but you love them and don't want to part with them? Of course you scrap with them, and so do I. But, how much of it do you really use up? Yeah me too! So........
I challenged myself to use up a bunch of little bits and pieces on one layout. Of course, it did help that most of the bits, actually matched the colors in the pic! Check it out.....
Your Smile Warms My Heart
Love this pic of Mason, taken by my oldest Kevin! Check out his shop at Artist Rising!! He has gorgeous photos, and abstract art originals and prints for sale.
Papers are Imaginisce, Basic Grey, K&Co, My Mind's Eye and Teresa Collins. Normally, I probably wouldn't have put these papers together, but it works. I used my Martha Stewart circle cutter, and punches to make all of the circles. The small scalloped circles, were cut in half (I didn't have enough paper to go around!), and then layered them under the larger circles. Then, I added a ton of black Kaisercraft rubons all over the page to give it some cohesiveness. Is that a word?
The vine diecut was made with a Quickutz die, and the little scalloped oval was made with a Spellbinders die and a Basic Grey sticker.
So here's where the bits & pieces come into play. I used some chippy flowers from K&Co, a Recollections rose, a few more flowers from SEI, and some chippies & felties from Sassafras Lass and layered them over each other in 2 seperate clusters. The ticket is T!m's and the paper whimsies are also Sassafras Lass.
I really think that this LO was more challenging than my retro romantic vintage chic, layered concoctions are!! Okay, maybe it is layered!! It took me hours to place those damned flowers on there....it wasn't easy trying to blend the colors, and not have the same shape/color flower right next to it! And getting the right layered combination of papers wasn't much easier, especially when you figure that some were just scraps!
It isn't my usual, it's not my fave, the colors are just too bright for my liking. But I like it, AND I had fun doing it. And most of all, I got rid of a ton of teeny, tiny little bits! I'll definitely have to do this again....I have a bunch of journaling tags and more odds and ends, that are just begging to be used up.
The great thing about this, is that I'm continuing last year's scrappy resolution.......to use a least one 'old as the hills' item on each LO and project that I make! At the rate I'm going now.......my daughter and daughter-in-law, will still have plenty to choose from, when I'm gone! Hahahahaha!! Hey, I'm working on it!
So.... I challenge YOU to use up your old bits & pieces, and faves that you just can't part with!
Happy stashing!!
Lynne
