Use Up Printed Cards #6

I'm once again working to use up my pre-printed cards.  I seem to have SOOO many of them that it hardly seems like I'm making a dent (I bought several packs of 10 because they were 10/$1 and I thought they were pretty - not realizing how challenging they could be to actually use!).   This card started from the printed card you see below (opened up so you see the whole outside in the picture).

I decided to use this one in pieces to form the "patterned paper" for another card.

Background: I first cut the back off & then cut off the manufacturer's info.  This is what I used on the front of the card.   Looking back at that picture, you can see that I matted it with some plain purple paper that I had in my stash. 

Focal: This started as white card stock - stamped with a "Janie's Girls" stamp (HOTP).  I colored the image using watercolor pencils, blending with a water brush.  I die cut around the image using a Spellbinder's "Tile Works" die.  I also used the die to emboss it, then used it as a stencil to add color to the frame - once again with watercolor pencils - blending out a bit very lightly.

Sentiment & Embellishments: I finished the card with an embossed message (also from the Janie's Girls set).  I matted the strip on black before adding to the card.  I chose a couple of small flowers from my stash & held them together with a brad before gluing to either side of the sentiment.

For the inside background, I reversed the process I had done on the card front - using the larger card front as the mat with a smaller purple piece for the inside, for an easy place to write my message.  As you can see, I added another flower set to the lower left corner.

This second card was made using scraps from a HOTP PaperFlair booklet (Clearly Collage), and some die cuts made with coordinating card stock scraps from my stash.  Dies used were: "thank" actually originally said "thanks" - HOTP - Paper Artist "Script Greetings", "YOU" - HOTP - Paper Artist "YOU", Heart - Sizzix - "Bonjour Paris"

The card originally looked like this:

For the inside, I cut a strip from another card to form a border - then added the cut out hearts (also from Clearly Collage).

 So there are two more cards made from those pre-printed cards.