Sometimes I have extra stickers or scraps of paper that I don’t want to put away or store. What to do? Make a few cards! You can keep it simple or amp it up, and today I’m here to share a trio of ideas to get your creative mojo started! My focus was to create some birthday cards great for anyone boy or girl, baby or adult.
Option #1 works best for a sticker or small journaling card or die cut that you want to feature on its own. Mount onto cardstock, then a contrasting cardstock, and center onto a patterned paper as you see here.
Want to amp it up just a bit? Take a look around for elements that you can cluster together. Here I took a chipboard frame, some small stickers, and of course that big beautiful stardust sticker and placed them together on some coral cardstock.
This card needed a few added layers for pop and contrast – and I just love how those few extra steps (including adding glitter glue) brought it together.
Ready to take it to the next level? Working off the same basic principle, but going a bit more free form we have the third card. This time I stitched around the edges to create a layer/frame.
I also took the most fantastic chipboard ‘make a wish’ and used it to sort out what die cuts would look nice clustered underneath.
Remember that you want a variety of colors and sizes. Once satisfied, I added a robot on foam adhesive to add a pop of fun. To add more detail I added some chipboard stars, sequins, and of course more glitter glue.
I think that glitter glue is my favorite embellishment for all projects, adding just a bit of sparkle and shine! I hope you’ve enjoyed walking through these three cards and seeing how with a few adjustments and additions can take a project from clean and simple to a bit funky.
I used a mix of Shimelle papers/stickers + 28 Lilac Lane embellishments for these cards. Want to find some of your own? (Affiliate links used) – I’d recommend scrapbook.com for both. and for more card ideas! I’ve got two free card making classes there for you to check out as well.
Happy Crafting!
These are awesome cards, May! I always love how you cluster embellishments to create a collage/grouping. I often wish I did more of that. Thanks for sharing the inspiration! 🙂 ~ Andrea
I will likely end up with some Starshine stuff left over, so appreciate these ideas! (I’ve been finding it marvelous for scrapping Disney. 🙂 )
There always are just a few pieces left over from each project that never seem to get used. Thanks for the reminder to use them up! These cards are great, May.
So cute May