Yesterday Rita Holmes had a video making a card with this format.  I didn't have the same die she used but came up with something that provided a similar affect.

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WITH A GRATEFUL HEART

Another idea from Pinterest.

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GREAT CARD FOR SCRAPS

Although this would be a perfect card for scraps of this or any other paper, I have to confess, I actually cut all of the strips 1/2" wide from 6" x 6" pieces of the dsp.  I had seen a card like this and wanted to CASE it.  My focal point is different than the one I saw on Pinterest.

Both sentiments are from Papertreyink "Give Thanks" designed by Dawn McVey.

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FALL LEAF FOR YOU

This is retired dsp from Stampin' Up!.  I am trying to get more of it used up this year.  Thank you for coming by today!  I hope you are enjoying some beautiful Fall weather like we are having here.

 

FALL CARD USING SCRAPS

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CARDS FOR TWO CARE CENTERS

This past Tuesday one of my friends came and we assembled cards for two care centers.  The pictures show an assortment of the papers that were used.  I had purchased the papers from Temu and was very happy with the designs.....they are beautiful!  

We made 48 cards using this pack of paper.  There are 24 sheets in each pack.  The sheets were cut to 5 1/2" x 3".  (The 1/2" strips left over are what was used on the cards this past Wednesday and Thursday.)

These cards were from a second pack of paper from Temu.  Once again, we made 48 cards using these beautiful Fall leaves.

 This is what was stamped insde all of the cards.

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3 MORE CARDS FROM 10/21 VIDEO

I hadn't intended to make this one horizontal, but then realized that the directional papers made it more appropriate to switch the direction.  Because of the spacing, I decided to make one more card with the curved section further to the left in the card below.

These cards are so easy to make and a great way to not waste 1/2" strips of dsp left over from other projects.   If your dsp is directional, you can switch it around to make horizontal ones like the two I have shown here.

I don't have a .pdf to share but I can hopefully explain:

1. Starting with a 4" x 4" piece of cardstock I drew a pencil curved line and then cut into the two pieces.  

2.  Using a piece of grid paper or a glass mat, place the two pieces on the grid so that it stretches to 4" x 5 1/4" and use a Post-It note or Washi tape to secure the pieces.

3.  Add adhesive tape along the curved edges of the cardstock OR a fine line of glue.  

You can then add the 1/2" strips to the blank area.  I used 3" strips but they wouldn't have to be that long.  I then flipped the piece over and trimmed down to 3 3/4" x 5" and matted it before adding it to the card base.

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