Christmas Aglow Leftovers

 

Because my Christmas Aglow papers included cut outs which I used to help decorate my cards, I did not have a full set of six 6 x 6 papers to cut another KCC.  I made 3 KCC's: KCC10, KCC2, and KCC1.  I only had 1 full sheet of paper and misc little pieces left (besides the sentiment cutouts which can be saved for other cards).  I DO feel I've been learning from doing KCC's, and I decided to use what I'd learned to make cards with the leftovers.  I got 6 cards:

Here's a closer look at each:

Card #1:

I started with a piece of paper cut just smaller than the card front.  I inked the edges and glued it in place.  Next, I embossed a strip of glimmer paper using Spellbinders 3D Cane Weave embossing folder.  This created a border to which I added a leftover strip of another paper and a matted sentiment.  The card still felt too plain, so I cut and matted a cut out from another paper and added it to the lower right.

Card #2:

Now I had scraps of the previous paper, and a larger scrap from another.  I decided to use them to create a center step card, as you can see.  I added a matted cut out to the center on foam tape, then die cut a Sassy's LLC greeting to just fit inside the wreath.  I decorated the edges further with greenery from Karen Burniston's Holiday Charms die set.  I finished the card by adding a few Jewel Dazzle "holly berries".

Card #3:

This card was what Bob Ross would call a "happy little accident".  I was working on this layout and had the 3 narrow strips laid out horizontally when I bumped them and they skewed something like you see above.  I decided I liked the way it looked so glued them that way.  The background paper is a red glimmer paper.  The striped paper is actually two cut outs that I taped back together & used the back side.  A matted white strip forms the perfect border to anchor my circle element - again, the back side of a cut out.  I matted it on a white piece die cut using Spellbinders Splendid Circles set.  As you can see, I added some Jewel dazzles - small ones to the circular element, and larger ones where the 3 small strips come together and in the lower left corner.

Card #4:

This layout was quick and easy.  I embossed the card front, the added my two pieces of matted patterned paper as you see here.  I added a matted Sassy's sentiment (Spellbinders Splendid Circles die set, and Nellie Snellen's Multi-Frame Flower die set).  I added a cut out bird from my stash, and finished with a little baker's twine bow.

Card #5:

 

At this point, I didn't have much left besides several cut outs that could be saved for other things.  I had a matted strip I had thought to use on a different card and changed my mind, a few really tiny nibblets that I figured I'd just toss, and several cut outs.  I decided to flip one of the cut outs so I had the candy striped square to help create a focal.  I started my focal with a Sassy's LLC sentiment.  I matted this with a punched scalloped circle cut from glimmer paper and glued it to my candy striped square.  I cut a decorative square using Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die set.  I cut red mats for both this focal and the matted strip and embossed both mats using Spellbinders 3D Celtic Weave embossing folder.  I found this cut-out bird in my stash, but he clearly needed something to sit on.  I decided on a couple of small evergreen branches (die cut from Spellbinders Holiday Blooms).  They were too long, so I trimmed them to size and added them with glue so I could glue my bird in place.  I used the two pieces I had cut off to make a little embellishment below the sentiment - completing it with a Jewel Dazzle "berry".

Card #6:

I really thought that last card WAS the last of these, but as I started working with the scraps to make tags, I decided to make one more.  It's pretty simple.  The background was embossed using s Spellbinders 3D folder called European Tapestry.  The focal was created using a couple of Spellbinders dies from Fancy Tags Two and a cut out from the paper set.

Then I made a few tags.

Tag #1:

I punched a strip of card stock at one end to  create the tag shape & hole for ribbon.  Then I added scraps and a cut out to complete the tag.

Tag #2:

This time I started with a piece of gold glimmer paper and used the punch at the top.  Then I added some scrap papers and cut outs as you see.  A couple of ribbons at the top, and this tag was finished.

Tag #3:

A burgundy card stock forms the base of this tag (again punched at the top).  I added leftover pieces - gluing them in place - then added ribbon.  Finally, I added some gold stickers to bring a little more interest to the tag.

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So, that's all of that paper.  I threw away a few tiny nibblets, and kept a few cut outs for future projects.  I got 51 cards and 3 tags from this set of twenty-four 6 x 6 papers.