Upcycling Scraps: A Tutorial for Creating Tags & Cards

Tired of hoarding your precious cardmaking scraps? It's time to turn those leftovers into treasure! In this blog post, I'll show you one creative way to repurpose your scraps into stunning tags that can be used to create a finished card.

Links to TWO REELS is further down this post showing - 

• showing how the tags were mad
• how used to create my finished handmade card.

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Gather your scraps!

While tidying through some old "demo bags" a wee while ago, rather than bin them, I thought I could make some tags for future projects. I did share how I did this in a reel, which you can watch below

Once these tags were finished, rather than just "file them" again, I decided to use them straight away and create a card. I began by edging each tag with a black pen to give a subtle edging and to make each stand out when I layered them on to my card.

I added some black twine to each tag and began to think about how I was going to layer them to make a handmade card. I found a panel I had already die cut and added a few light splats with a yellow and pink Posca pen. I wanted this to be very subtle so not to take away from the tags themselves.

I added 3 D foam pads to each tag and arranged on the panel. I always do a dry run first and after doing that, decided the design would work better being landscaped. I secured the excess twine to the back of the card - again with 3D foam pads - added more pads and stuck the whole panel to a black card base.

I did make a reel showing how this came together and you can also watch that below - appreciate visuals can be so much easier sometimes than the written word!

As an FYI, the main stamp used that created the stamps was Shady Designs Frame By Frame stamp set.

In case the videos do not play for whatever reason, I have also uploaded them to my YOUTUBE channel.

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I hope this post inspires you to rummage through your own scrap box. Repurposing your materials is not only a great way to save money but also a fantastic way to unleash your creativity!

Many thanks for your visiting today & until next time, take care,

Lou
xxx

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