Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Saving a "Bundle"

Howdy Blog Hoppers-are you worn out from all your hopping so far?  Can I offer you a margarita? 
 Welcome to my post for the "Hopes" Blog Hop--
Hopefully most of you made it here from Debby's Blog or from the Club Scrap Creates Blog.  If you just happened upon my post I encourage you to go back and check out some of the highly creative work posted on the other blogs (that is so way better than my stuff-really!)

So I have a bit of a hard time with these blog hops because I have a secret...I'm a bundle-er.  I'm not even sure of the correct spelling of that word but in detail-I bundle my Club Scrap kits each month to save on shipping so I don't get the bulk of my items until AFTER the Blog Hop date has passed.  This is a wonderful option for people who might be cheapskates a little on the thrifty side.  It just means that to keep from cutting up my Senior kit papers I have to improvise a little for the Hop.  With that in mind here's what I came up with...

I have been LOVING the card cutting formulas in some of the Raps lately and this month's was a great use of 12 ea 8 1/2 x 11 papers to make 12 cards.  You can find the directions here (on pages 16 and 17.)  

So without my Hopes Stamp kit papers I decided to go back through my enormous stash of stuff and find a similar pack of paper to work with.  The Written Word Stamp paper seemed to fit the bill perfectly.  I find it easier if you pick paper with a similar composition as the paper in the directions.  For example this pack had one very dark color, one thin or text weight type paper etc.  
Since the directions mentioned that the text weight paper was a print I went ahead and made my own "prints" with the Written Word Vellum and the Hopes UM stamps.
The next step is to follow the directions and cut out all your papers.  I find it easiest to make a quick note listing which papers I used to substitute for the papers listed on the directions.  This just keeps me from getting confused and accidentally cutting the wrong paper the wrong way (because this has never happened to you right?)  So after cutting, scoring and folding you end up with all your pieces.

Next I like to lay out my pieces in the "cards" they are going to create.  This helps me visualize my finished product, make sure I use all my pieces and make sure I'm not left with a card and a matte that happen to be the same color as each other.  It helps to have someone look over your work...like AJ.
Once you have everything lined up you can get to stamping.  I think total time spent on all 12 cards was around 2 hours from paper selection to finished product.  Speaking of the finished product...
Notice how the carpet (freshly vacuumed by dbf) matches the cards so well!  Here is a close-up of a couple of the cards!
Written Word is one of my mom's favorite all time kits and she has already hinted at how much she LOVES the cards ;)  I love them too!  So grab some paper out of that stash and make up 12 cards of your own!

Thanks for stopping by-to see an entire list of bloggers participating this month please stop back by Club Scrap Creates.  Until next time...when we might discuss metal chickens, drug induced dreams or fresh vegetables...See ya!

24 comments:

  1. Janet, Janet, Janet, you bundling cheapskate. Well, I sure do love what you made in the interim. And I'm certain that AJ affirmed your brilliance. The cards are truly fabulous. And what, you're not going to give them to your mom? Looks like you had great success with your stamping, too!

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  2. I always love it, when people make their own paper with the stamps and you did such a wonderful job. The cards came out just perfect!

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  3. WOWZA Janet!!
    First off, I would love to share a margarita with ya!
    Second, your Written Word/Hopes cards are AMAZING!
    Love this color combo and the fact that AJ proofed them for you. LOL
    Great job!!

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  4. I'm in for margarita's later :) I would so do the bundling thing too, it just makes sense! Totally awesome cards, how great that you have 12 great cards ready to go!

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  5. Great job utilizing those stamps Janet! I love the cards you greater - they are a more mellow version of Hopes! Beautiful work.

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  6. Janet, these are fabulous and I enjoyed reading your process too.

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  7. Love the whole collection and the colors. Written Word i still one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing your process.

    And yes my daughter is growing way to fast...cannot believe it myself sometimes!

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  8. beautiful cards, and great improvising! Stamps are such a wonderful tool that can be used over and over in so many ways!

    Your assistant is pretty!

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  9. Love your cards. Will have to check those directions out. Great inspiration. I see you have a helper like me!

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  10. I need to follow the directions and nice cards like you too, maybe with PSL next week, thanks for the inspiration!

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  11. I think these blue-hued cards using the Hopes stamps and cutting formulas are da-bomb! This is a perfect example of how versatile ALSB/ALCM can be. Great job, Janet!

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  12. Talk about creative inspiration! The sets turn out wonderfully in your color choice with the hopes stamps.

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  13. Another vellum idea I am stashing away! I need to put my envie punch to good use!

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  14. Beautiful cards but the kitty on them is the best! What a great apprentice with paws! Thanks for sharing!
    Lisa K.

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  15. What a gret way to make the cards, Love them!

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  16. I really like the RAPS!! When I need some ideas, that's the perfect place to start! A great way to make a ton of cards too! And, I enjoyed the hop tremendously, my knees don't even hurt!!

    Thanks for the velum idea!

    Carmen L

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  17. My sister loves when I am in a card mood. She gets them for her own use (I wish she would send them to my friends too). This G2Go pattern will surly get me "Carding"

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  18. Can't write yet... Still laughing from your entertaining post!!!! :) ok! Your cards are beautiful and yes, they do match that very pretty freshly vaccuumed carpet! Great job of improvising while in wait... Give a few to your mother and make her happy! Thanks!

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  19. These are fantastic Janet!! I hope you give them to BlueBuff! sounds like AJ and DBF were very helpful in the making of this blog post - very entertaining!

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  20. Great cards Janet - and I see the passed the "fuzzy" test!!

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  21. I too am a Cheapskate...um thrifty, so as a Canadian that used to pay $22 dollars a month in shipping to Canada as well as 5% GST Tax on top of that (grrrr but I had to have my Club Scrap!!) I got myself a USA shipping address to cut the shipping dramatically by 2/3rds, but I have to wait until dear hubby can drive me to Montana to pick up my kit, and sometimes that only happens every 6 weeks. That means the kit has sat at the post office for almost a month & a half before I get it...so digging back into my stash is something I do quite often because I see these projects and want to try them right away! Next month I will be picking my kit up on the 9th so I might get to actually use the correct kit to make the blog hop projects!

    Thanks for the great inspiration to try everything even if you have to improvise!

    Blessings,
    Melitta

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  22. There's a new link to the 06/13 Hopes Scrap Rap: http://clubscrap.com/wp-content/uploads//2014/Instructions/ScrapRaps/0613HopesRap.pdf Enjoy!

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