Quick Cards from My Scrap Pile

What do you do when your paper scraps are overflowing your scrap bin?  Well I decided it was time to make CARDS!  People often send me pretty cards (not handmade) that are just too nice to throw away but I can't keep them all.  My solution is to recycle the best parts of the cards by adhering them onto my 'scrap' cards.  It doesn't take much time to cut (love my Fiskars paper trimmer) the cards and other solid colored paper down and attach them to a card blank.  Voila!  You have a pretty new card to mail (perhaps to the original card sender) LOL!. 

For this card I decided to make a triangular pocket with a floral print piece of scrap paper. I glued it to a white embossed floral print scrap and added some paper flowers.  Finally, I made a small tag card to tuck into the pocket for a secret message. Adding some fancy ribbons and a cute word sticker made it unlikely that the recipient would guess that most of the parts came from my scrap pile.  I hope that you will give the papers in your scrap pile (You are saving those scraps aren't you?) a second look and have fun creating something new and pretty.  'Waste Not, Want Not' is my motto.  Happy Scrappy Cards!