More in Lavenders & Purples

Today I finally finished the rest of the lavender papers from the HOTP Garden Journal Set.  Though I didn't mention it, I started using them in this post.  I'm really working to finish up some of my older paper sets.  Anyway, here are the last 3 cards made using these papers.

Card #1:

This first card is quite simple.  It started with some scraps of paper & a calendar page.  I DID make it larger than I usually do - 6 1/2" square - because I wanted as much of the cat and flowers as you see here.  That unfortunately means that it doesn't fit in the space I have set aside for my finished cards!  I didn't think of that when I decided to go a bit larger.  But I DO like the finished card.  

The focal was quickly cut down from the original calendar page to the size you see here - and then matted with two different papers - scraps from the paper set that I'm trying to get used up.  I had to piece the bottom layer to get it wide enough.  After matting the focal, I went looking for a sentiment I liked.  When I found it in a Hunkydory sentiment book - trimmed in gold - I decided to frame the focal with gold to tie everything together.  The frame is cut with dies from Tattered Lace called Georgette Squares.

Inside:

Inside is even more simple - scraps of leftovers from the front, and then a small version of front focal framed in gold (same die set).

Card #2:

This card is my least favorite, but I HAD to use up all that ephemera somehow!  As you can see, I fussy cut the butterfly & die cut the flowers - inking the edges of all of them.  Scraps create the background - with ribbon from my stash creating a border of sorts.  I stamped the greeting on a scrap of the paper (small stamp set from Studio G).  The butterfly has foam tape under its wings & the antennae are hand drawn.

Inside:

Inside is more of the same.

Card #3:

This last card (also shown at the top of this post) may be my favorite.  The card front is embossed with a Darice folder called Damask.  The beautiful lacy frame/mat is actually die cut from the center of the mat used for the first card in this post - using another die from the Georgette Squares die set.  I cut another mat to go in the center of the lacy one - from a different scrap of paper (same paper set) - before adding my focal.  The focal is a piece of printed vellum from my stash that I adhered to a small piece of white card stock.  The greeting was from my stash.

This makes a total of 7 cards from that set of papers (augmented with stuff from my stash).  I must say that it feels good to get them used up!  (Of course, there are still lots more where those came from, so I have my work cut out for me to get them all used up.)